Linux without Unix?
FullPliant combined the Linux kernel with a newly developed system instead of the usual Unix tools.
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Projects, Linux, networks, systems, finds and internet standards from 2000.
Data security and the Chaos Computer Club
Wau Holland links data security with the responsibility to understand technical systems, explain them publicly and keep them under social control. Technical knowledge becomes political as soon as systems shape other people’s everyday lives. Verifiability creates more lasting trust than promises from manufacturers or institutions.
Read the full postSecurity check for Microsoft’s Internet Information Server
In August 2000 the Czech magazine Svět Namodro provided a web form with which administrators could check Microsoft IIS servers for known holes. All the flaws checked in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 were known and, according to Microsoft, fixed with Service Pack 1 for Windows 2000. The security company iDefense nevertheless warned that attackers could use the tool to pre-select vulnerable targets.
Read the full postLinux and Windows level as web servers
A c’t test in August 2000 showed that Linux had caught up with Windows 2000 as a web server, after Apache on Linux had still been inferior on multiprocessor systems a year earlier. Both delivered more static pages than the network could transport; with dynamic pages using PHP or ASP, both scaled almost linearly up to four CPUs. Outside the competition, the unreleased kernel web server TUX beat both IIS and Apache.
Read the full postLinux distributor Caldera buys Unix veteran SCO
In August 2000 the Linux distributor Caldera Systems took over large parts of the Unix vendor SCO, including the server software and professional services divisions. Caldera thus received SCO OpenServer, a support structure and access to around 15,000 sales partners. A joint “Open Internet Platform” made of OpenLinux and OpenServer was planned, and the price was 17.5 million shares and seven million dollars in cash.
Read the full postRFC 2827: Ingress filtering against spoofed source addresses
RFC 2827 recommends that providers drop packets with implausible source addresses at the point of entry. Abuse protection works best close to the source. Global security depends on many local operational decisions.
Read the full postLinux on embedded systems
The CLT talk shows how Linux is adapted to scarce resources and special embedded hardware.
Read the full postCorel Linux with security flaws
In January 2000 Corel Linux had security problems because the simple installation gave normal users too many rights. Through the configuration options, all users effectively received administrator rights. Corel wanted to correct the faulty application “Corel Update” with an update.
Read the full postEmail security hole at WebTV
In January 2000 a hole was discovered in WebTV, an internet service via television and set-top box, through which emails could be sent without the user’s knowledge. This was reported by the magazine Net4TV. At the end of 1998 the Microsoft subsidiary had already come under criticism for creating detailed user profiles without its customers’ knowledge.
Read the full postTalkline builds its own fibre network
In January 2000 Talkline GmbH from Elmshorn announced its own 2,700-kilometre fibre network in Germany. It was to become part of the international “TeamNet” network of its parent company Tele Danmark, which through SBC belonged to the third-largest telecommunications group in the world. The aim was greater independence from competitors on the liberalised German telecommunications market.
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