Month: December 2008
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IE fix
Microsoft yesterday release updates for a no. of zero-day vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer versions excluding IE8Beta2 – this one is still forthcoming. Considering this is only the 2nd out of sequence update in 18 months, you’ll have some idea of how serious it is. Please make sure you have auto updates switched on and have…
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The Slackware 12.2 interview
Slackware, in my mind, has never been a Linux distribution for novices who aren’t interested in learning about the whole Linux ecosystem. Note that’s not a criticism, just a comment. And in that comment lies the issue with a lot of the Slackware articles that have appeared over the years. Many of them appear to…
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More on the IE exploit
Microsoft says Internet Explorer 5.01, 6 and 8 (beta) are also potentially susceptible to the zero-day exploit, published recently. Until now it had been assumed that only Internet Explorer 7 contained the vulnerability. Microsoft recommends that Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and memory protection be enabled in Internet Explorer 7 (Tools/Internet Options/Advanced/Enable memory protection…), but this…
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MS SQL vuln and Microsoft patch madness
Yet another zero-day vulnerability has been found in a Microsoft product, the 3rd this week. The MS SQL issue relates to a remote code execution bug in a stored procedure. All you can do is a. make sure there is no external access to your SQL servers using authentication or b. take them offline –…
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FSF files suit against Cisco
The Free Software Foundation has filed a law suit against Cisco for alleged breaches of copyright in, specifically, many Linksys products ( WRT-series comes to mind as having OSS software ). Apparently the 2 have been in discussions since 2003 but it appears that Cisco have gone into dormant mode as there are still apparently…
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Formula 1
The most interesting news to come out of the F1 paddock for years is the departure of Honda from Formula 1. To say this puts a damper on things is putting it mildly and it’s possible there could be more departures. This leaves Barrichelo and Button without drives for next season if a buyer for…
