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What the DoD now says about open source

I could just see a commander in the field ....having to wait for procurement to get a simple map through bids while his troops are getting shot up even though it is publicly available (oh wait, isn't that how the Chinese embassy got accidentally bombed?)Always use the best tool for...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, U.S. Department of Defense, open source, OpenBSD, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities

Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilitiesAnother 25?Wow, how come people are finding so many holes in OS X? Has anything changed? There never used to be so many security vulnerabilities in OS X or could it simply be that they've [b]always[/b] been there and they've simply never been...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OSX, Apple Mac OS X, Mac OS X security vulnerability, Mac OS X security, BSD, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, security

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Red Hat takes the open source security challenge

Red Hat takes the open source security challengeSilly MeAnd here I always assume that if it's closed it's insecure.Open Source = the possibility for peer review.Security: Obscurity or Design?This has been discussed [i]ad nauseam[/i] with the "security through obscurity" versus the "security by design" model. This all goes back to...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Red Hat Inc., security, open source, OpenBSD

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care

Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes careWho's stealing what?Before De Raadt compains about GPL boys "stealing" code, he better review his license. Don't proprietary companies "steal" BSD code when they make proprietary programs from BSD code? If that's allowed by the license, then why are the GPL people to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, De Raadt, BSD Code, BSD, MADWiFi, Madwifi developer, OpenBSD, GPL

Discussion threads 2007-09-28

Mixing GPL and BSD code just takes care

The Software Freedom Law Center has released a set of guidelines for projects that need to mix BSD and GPL code. This follows a highly-publicized dispute over Atheros driver code for the Linux kernel, during which OpenBSD head Theo de Raadt and other OpenBSD leaders got, shall...

Tags: Developer, GPL, OpenBSD, BSD, Software Freedom Law Center, Raadt, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-28

OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards

OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awardsDavid Maynor definitely deserves a JeerHe has to be one of the most unprofessional bug hunters.Re: Maynor's bugI wonder when we'll get a comment from Mr. Ou regarding this one.Maynor's BugIt seems to me that the problem was that the judges here are...

Tags: SECURITY, UNIX, team, OpenBSD, Apple Inc., David Maynor, Pwnie, Maynor, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2007-08-02

OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards

LAS VEGAS -- The OpenBSD team has won an award for the most spectacular "mishandling" of a critical security vulnerability.Here's why:The OpenBSD team refused to acknowledge the bug as a security vulnerability and issued a "reliability fix" for it. A week later Core Security had developed proof of concept code...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Wireless, Windows Vista, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Mozilla, Microsoft, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issueIntel's viewI am from Intel, and I thought I would give you our perspective. Months ago, we addressed a processor issue by providing a BIOS update for our customers that in no way affects system performance. We publicly documented this as an erratum...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Intel Corp., Linus, Intel TLB, OpenBSD, processor

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Linus contradicts OpenBSD founder on Intel TLB issue

OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt has been making a lot of noise over a change in Intel's current generation Core 2 microprocessor goes as far to claim that this will lead to serious security flaws. Linus Torvalds by contrast has given a completely opposite view of the situation while...

Tags: Servers, Security, Processors, News, Microsoft, Linux, Intel, Hardware, Desktop, AMD

Blog posts 2007-06-29

OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the cold

OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the coldMust be the competitionBecause of the drastic changes in the processors over the last couple of years, more flaws in the design are probably more likely to show up. Still, this is an issue that should be addressed. Especially on...

Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, Intel Corp., open source, processor, OpenBSD, cold calling

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the cold

OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt wants Intel to come clean on the severity of bugs in the Intel Core 2 processors, warning that some of the bugs "will *ASSUREDLY* be exploitable from userland code."de Raadt's comments follow Intel's release of a BIOS patch to cover potential unpredictable system behavior on...

Tags: Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Hackers, Metasploit, Open source, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Punditocracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Is Java the missing lever in comparing Windows to OpenBSD?

Is Java the missing lever in comparing Windows to OpenBSD?Java Community ProcessSun invented its own standards body.http://jcp.org/en/home/indexIBM.There was a reason IBM pushed for opening java, in addition to saving on licensing fees. Whatever restriction the community process may have placed on IBM's direction with Java has now been loosened...

Tags: Programming languages, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Win4BSD, Java, BSD, Microsoft Windows, L-unix Link, OpenBSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-16

Is Java the missing lever in comparing Windows to OpenBSD?

In thinking more about the business of ranking one OS as better than another Ive reached an odd conclusion: specifically, that its perfectly reasonable to do this with respect to any set of business conditions as long as the evaluation is limited to factors affecting ...

Tags: Vistabulations, General

Blog posts 2007-04-16

x86 Security

I, ah, blush to admit this - but when last weeks revelations about the Windows .ANI cursor hole appeared, I thought someone was pulling an April fools joke. Apparently not, but the mess led me to wonder just how something like this could happen. ...

Tags: General, Vistabulations, Security, Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-04-10

OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flaw

OpenBSD hit by 'critical' IPv6 flawIt still isYou can still make that claim. Remember, "Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years!" That still makes for a very good arguement of being one of the most secure operating systems.My faultI posted on...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NETWORKING, BSD, OpenBSD, IPv6, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-03-14

Open source pressure is free

Open source pressure is freeIntel has a simple solutionHow can there be a conflict over this? Intel wants to sell hardware and Theo wants to give away software that will run on this hardware. Well almost, the OpenBSD team would like to sell CDs at $50. There...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Intel Corp., OpenBSD, Theo, hardware, open source

Discussion threads 2006-10-09

Secure open source at least a year away

Secure open source at least a year awayFlaw in X Window SystemDear Sirs!1. It is called X Window, NOT X Windows!2. That "dangerous" bug was exploitable for certain local users only. Not very serious but never the less, the patch was suplied whitin ...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OpenBSD, Linux, Secure Linux, security, X Window, X Window System, open source

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

OpenBSD update promises better protection

OpenBSD update promises better protectionCome on people, OpenBSD is a great distribution, and Linux benifits fromthem as well. Give a hand to preserve the diversity. This is also the most secure open source OS, actually probably the most secure of all including comercial.OpenBSD update promises better protectionAnd I was starting...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, OpenBSD, Linux, BSD, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

Choosing America

Politics has no business in business proposals, right? Exactly what I said when I ran into this sentence fragment: the abolition of personal freedom in the US under the Patriot act in part of a business plan discussing the company's decision to put their...

Tags: Sun Solaris, openBSD

Blog posts 2006-03-17