The FreeBSD Quaterly Status Report for April-September 2009 is now online.
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OpenBSD
OpenBSD 4.6 released
Felix EhlersTheo de Raadt announced OpenBSD 4.6 on the openbsd-misc mailing list.
Security
The PCI Data Security Standard
Felix EhlersThe PCI DSS is a worldwide security standard assembled by the PCI SSC . The organization was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa, Inc. The PCI DSS was created to minimize and prevent credit card fraud in any organization that processes credit card payments. If your company holds, processes or passes credit card information then you need to follow this security standard.
Open Source
First Dovecot 2.0 alpha released
Felix EhlersTimo Sirainen announced Dovecot v2.0.alpha1 release on the dovecot-news mailing list. It’s not fully finished and polished but he states that it should work for most people. The core and main developer Sirainen already started using it without noticing any errors until now.
Security
More antivirus suites arrive on Mac
Felix EhlersThe first antivirus program for Mac OS X came from Sophos. Other vendors waited until the Mac got more attention, not only to users but also to malware authors. These beautiful computer systems are nowadays not only used by graphic designers but also by developers, administrators and CEOs. Everyone who wants a beautiful computer and/or operating systems. No doubt it is the sexiest UNIX system.
Now the antivirus suites for Mac OS X from other vendors are popping up.