Hewlett-Packard Co and Novell Inc have certified SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 on the entire line of Itanium-based Integrity servers from HP, including the enterprise-class Superdome servers.
HP had been supporting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on its Integrity line, and the support was only available on its two-way rx1600, two-way rx2600, and four-way rx4640 and rx5670 machines.
The Edulinux system works on a client-server model, where PCs in the network work just as terminals and all applications run from a central server. PCs in the network can operate productivity tools such as OpenOffice and Internet browser Mozilla, all compatible with Microsoft Office.
The Chilean government’s high school Internet access network Enlaces plans to install Linux operating systems in 600 schools, after a trial project with Edulinux in 25 establishments, local newspaper El Mercurio reported.
The Edulinux open-source platform allows schools to use old computers with low resources that are not able to run modern applications.
At the same time, Edulinux improves the use of Internet, e-mail, software and educational resources.
A group of security volunteers on Tuesday released a new version of an advanced open-source framework for developing, testing and using exploits.
The Metasploit Framework 2.3 is the latest evolution of a project that began as a lark and has turned into a serious tool for penetration testing and exploit development.
The framework, which is written in Perl and runs on most Unix systems and Windows, is a somewhat less formal version of pen-testing tools such as Core Security Technologies Inc.’s Core Impact or Immunity Inc.’s Canvas, but it is designed to be every bit as powerful and easy to use.
Misunderestimating open source
Wednesday, January 12th, 2005Open source, as a concept, is misunderstood and thus underestimated.
Most people think that open source means Linux. It doesn’t. There are true open source Linux implementations (like GNU Linux) but there are also Linux implementations that would never be considered open source by open source advocates.
Open source also goes beyond Linux. For instance, there are many Java open source projects. As with Linux this can lead to confusion. Sun’s Java is not true open source, because you can’t get at the source code.
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