May 18, 2001, 9:49 am
Those of you running RedHat servers might want to subscribe to KRUD, Kevin’s RedHat Uber Distribution. Every month you get a CD with all of the latest patches and builds applied. “May 2001 KRUD includes two new utilities for KRUD: krudfind and krud2date. krudfind uses a database of package information to make it easy to find all of the packages you need to install to load a particular service. It will resolve dependencies, download the files, and install them… all in a single pass! No more hunting for which RPM provides an obscure library! krud2date lets you update all of the installed packages on your system, including following all the dependencies, with a single command. ” [Zope Newbie News]
May 17, 2001, 8:13 am
The Accidental Curist. Doctors doing a little gene therapy, hoping to regrow some blood vessels, are happily surprised when damaged nerves get repaired.
[Wired News]
May 15, 2001, 3:37 pm
Business Week: Picture This: A Password You Never Forget. It’s one of several applications that rely on graphical images for the purpose of authentication. All of these graphical solutions are built on the premise that the brain remembers images more easily than letters or numbers. [Tomalak’s Realm]
May 15, 2001, 1:58 pm
InfoWorld: New worm spreads disguised as virus warning [Security Focus]
The worm, called VBS.Hard.A@mm, shows up in users’ inboxes disguised as a virus alert from anti-virus firm Symantec, the company said in a virus alert. With a subject line reading “FW: Symantec Anti-Virus Warning” and an attachment bearing the name “www.symantec.com.vbs,” the relatively innocuous worm, like many other recent worms, is written in Microsoft’s Visual Basic Script (VBS) and propagates through the company’s Outlook Express e-mail client. The e-mail carrying the worm is sent by “F. Jones,” who the e-mail identifies as a Symantec senior developer.
May 14, 2001, 3:39 pm
Update: Evolution of RSS. Completely rewitten, we’ve expanded our RSS treatise. Now with more background info, a 0.92 DTD with examples, an interview with Dan Libby, plus extensive reference links. By Andy King. 0514 [WebReference News]
May 7, 2001, 2:54 pm
New York Times – free registration required Compressed Data: Microsoft to Put Digital ID Into Its Products.
Microsoft plans to incorporate a user-identification approach into its operating systems and software products, and the company says the change could speed up business-to- business transactions and increase the level of confidence in those online transactions.
The user-ID system, known as Identrus, employs a technology for identifying people and organizations online through the use of digital signatures — unique identifiers that can be read and used by computer networks.
Under the Identrus system, those digital certificates will be certified by banks, an extra measure of security that Microsoft says should enhance the public’s trust in online transactions.
[Privacy Digest]
May 7, 2001, 8:29 am
Webreference: The Evolution of RSS “We look at how RSS has evolved from its humble beginnings through present day and beyond. We survey all versions of RSS, including a feature comparison, a new RSS survey, plus format and validation information. Learn how the newest versions of RSS will move us towards a more Semantic Web.” [Zope Newbie News]
