New Qt Release, Integrated with VS .NET

freshmeat.net: Project details for Qt
This is the first GPL edition available for MS Windows ever. Qt/Windows has been integrated with Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET. An all-new edition of Qt optimized for back-end server development is available. Binaries are provided for both commercial customers and the open source community. The paint engine and Qt Designer were improved and are more powerful. Wide architectural and API improvements were made. Support for multithreading was extended, and much more.

REALbasic 2005 for Linux

Announcements 2005 | REALbasic 2005
REAL Software announced today that REALbasic 2005 for Linux, a groundbreaking new visual development environment for Linux, is available for public beta and can be downloaded now from www.realsoftware.com/demo. REALbasic 2005 for Linux Standard Edition will be offered for free when it ships in August.

Compatible with VB and includes utilites to migrate VB to RB.

Turning Up Rootkits at UConn

UConn Finds Rootkit in Hacked Server
The rootkit was first placed on the server during a system compromise on October 26, 2003, but was only detected one week ago, on July 20.

UConn said the attack took advantage of an insecure service for which no vendor patch was available, but stressed that an analysis of the computer showed that that the original compromise was incomplete.

A couple of things to keep in mind here. First, because the original compromise was incomplete, it most likely means that the rootkit was dropped by some worm exploiting a known weakness, but for some reason failed to fully deploy. In all likelihood, the ‘kit never “called home” so the attacker(s) never accessed the machine. Second, this stresses the need for constant vigilence. The 18 month gap between the intrusion and detection was most likely because the ‘kit was dormant and not giving off any signels of its presence. On the other hand, a sysadmin should know if, in less than 18 months, that there was an unauthorized access to the box.

So, remember folks: keep the firewalls up and limit remote acces to servers.

O’Reilly Adds del.icio.us Tags To Articles

Our del.icio.us Folksonomy (Beta)
We’ve just added del.icio.us tags to our articles. These are single keyword categories generated by the O’Reilly readers as they bookmark our articles in del.icio.us. The sum of these tags is a taxonomy (some say folksonomy) of articles that emerged from our readers rather than being handed down by our editors.

Based on data supplied by del.icio.us, O’Reilly is adding popular folksonomy tags to it’s articles. The tag info will appear in the upper left hand corner of the article. This is a great way to tie content to the broader community and put it in some sort of context.

Running XP As Non-Admin

Users Overlook XP’s Non-Admin Security
Microsoft is sparing no expense to spread the Least-privileged User Account security gospel ahead of next year’s Longhorn launch, but a little-known fact—especially among IT administrators and end users—is that the technology is already available in the Windows operating system.

The article references the nonadmin wiki as a good source for information and tools. It is run by Microsoft developers.

New York Law School to Offer Certificate Law Practice Technology

New York Law School’s Institute for Information Law and Policy to Offer Certificate of Mastery in Law Practice Technology
New York Law School’s Institute for Information Law and Policy is introducing a “Certificate of Mastery in Law Practice Technology”.Starting in the fall 2005 semester, students will be able to pursue this certificate, to be awarded as an honor upon graduation. Students receiving the certificate will have demonstrated mastery of particular technology skills –such as electronic litigation, online transactions, or courtroom technology–that will prepare them for law practice and distinguish them as especially qualified candidates for legal positions.

In order to receive the certificate, students complete a core curriculum in cyberlaw, intellectual property, and information law; attain at least four

Clam AntiVirus Update

freshmeat.net: Project details for Clam AntiVirus
This release introduces a number of bugfixes and cleanups. Possible descriptor leaks in archive unpackers and mishandling of fast track uuencoded files have been fixed in libclamav. Database reloading in clamav-milter has been improved.

I’ve been waiting for this update:) We’ve been having issues with the db reload in clamav-milter, especially when under load from worm email.

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