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Features Buffer overflows are a leading type of security vulnerability. This paper explains what a buffer overflow is, how it can be exploited, and what countermeasures can be taken to prevent the use of buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

The Sun Fire V40z is Sun Microsystems' "entry-level" server, but that classification doesn't fit the performance level and feature set included in this system -- it's far more powerful. I spent two weeks testing this machine in a production environment, trying different operating systems and measuring the performance of database calculations, and I was pretty impressed with its performance.

Bill Cook leaves Sun Microsystems to take a new job as sales chief at the Linux system seller.

If your office thinks legacy but still necessary Win32 applications are holding it back from moving to Linux, your office should think again.

The federal government's recently-launched open-source content management system may not be so "open" after all, a leading IT lawyer and several software developers have claimed.

Hackers still love Windows and other Microsoft gear, but they're increasingly targeting alternative operating systems, particularly Linux and Mac.

Regular readers will know I have vigorously opposed Australian governments legislating for the use of open-source software, and have long taken the position that the opportunity lies in education, not legislation, so agencies are properly equipped to evaluate open-source options, and artificial barriers are eliminated when an open-source product happens to be the most suitable tool for the job.

The Globus Consortium, an alliance of grid computing companies and experts in academia, has released its latest open source toolkit for grid computing.

CS2C and Novell will jointly promote value-added Linux products and solutions designed specifically for the China market and will work together to localize Linux products and solutions, deliver product and technology training, and provide technical support and services.

The merger of Mandrakesoft and Conectiva has already borne fruit in the form of Mandriva Limited Edition 2005. Bill von Hagen takes the new distro out for a spin and lets us know what the future has in store for this transatlantic product.

Few developers can afford to ignore cross-platform issues when developing applications these days. I've written a guide to help developers with the task, along with a demo application that uses the wxWidgets framework.

What is so nice about Firefox? You can install all kinds of extensions and add-ons, from a monitor of Abe Vigoda's current health status to a version of Pong, the original video game of my youth. These install easily and dozens are built each week.

Siemens will ship a Linux-based Wi-Fi cordless phone in August, according to eWEEK. The OptiPoint WL2 Professional will be SIP- and CorNet IP-compatible, and resemble a normal phone with a large screen. It will support both 8011b and 802.11g, and cost about $500, according to eWEEK.

Danish Linux/BSD hosting company EasySpeedy, http://easyspeedy.com, specialised in dedicated hosting with co-location benefits, has released yet another Linux distribution, Debian, for customers to install remotely. By adding Debian, EasySpeedy is currently covering 7 Linux/BSD distributions in 13 versions. The company is aiming at offering 25 distributions by end 2005.

Putting your CEO's mug in an OpenOffice.org Impress slide show is pretty easy -- just call up marketing and get them to email you the appropriate graphics file. But what if you're the one charged with creating that portrait for the marketing department? This article will guide you through the process of eliminating a background from a graphics file, leaving just the object you want. You don't have to be professional photographer or graphics artist to learn this. All you need is a digital camera and the GIMP.

eWEEK Labs tests Ubuntu Linux 5.04 and reports that the buzz surrounding this distribution is well-warranted.

Review: SuSE Linux Pro 9.3 works well for general use, but it's an even better technology testing ground.

With last month's release of VMware Workstation 5, the virtual machine software is better than ever. VMware Workstation now has 64-bit host support, the ability to capture multiple snapshots for each virtual machine, easier sharing of virtual machines, and the ability to connect multiple virtual machines in a "team" setting. Perhaps most importantly, GNU/Linux support is improved in version 5.

Tips and tricks on getting Linux and Windows machines from different networks to talk securely

One of the strengths of the gratis network analysis program Ethereal is the vast number of protocols it can decode and analyze. The "dissectors" named analysis modules contain large amounts of knowledge the developers have accumulated about the respective network protocols.