The new version brings ULE as the default scheduler, DTrace inside the kernel framework, booting from USB devices, improved NFS Lock Manager (NLM) client, a new cpuset(2) system call and cpuset(1) command that brings an API for thread to CPU binding and last but not least DVD-sized media (only i386 and amd64).
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Security
Secunia PSI 1.0 released
Felix EhlersThe danish computer security service provider has released Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector) version 1.0 after a 17 month beta test period.
With this software you can identify unpatched and old software that makes your Windows system vulnerable to attacks. Though this is not a complete indicator, Secunia can identify currently about 5.500 applications. This is quite a lot and the list continues to grow. I also tested and still use Secunia PSI.
Open Source
Hiawatha 6.10 released, new feature: CSRF protection
Felix EhlersHugo Leisink has released a new version of his webserver hiawatha. The version 6.10 adds CSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery) protection. Hiawatha is a secure and light webserver written in C.
Security
Writing Insecure C
Felix EhlersThere’s a small series about insecure C programming on the informIT website.
David Chisnall shows the pitfalls involved in writing insecure code in C.
1. Error Checking2. Integer Issues3. Buffers and Strings
Open Source
Google Browser Chrome released. First exploit available.
Felix EhlersGoogle’s new browser Chrome has been released today.
There’s also the first exploit available.
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