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Monthly Archives: August 2008
SSH key based attacks on Linux system
US-CERT has issued a warning about attacks against Linux system using compromised SSH keys. The attack appears to initially use stolen SSH keys to gain access to a system, and then uses local kernel exploits to gain root access. Once … Continue reading
Ubiquity from Mozilla Labs
Mozilla Labs announced the launch of Ubiquity, a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and … Continue reading
Posted in Announcement
Tagged Digg, Google, Mashup, Mozilla Labs, Twitter, Ubiquity, Wikipedia, Youtube
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Perspectives – Firefox extension to protect man in the middle attacks
Perspectives is a Firefox 3.0 extension which helps in protecting wireless users from “man-in-the-middle” attack. Perspectives contacts network notaries whenever your browser connects an HTTPS website. This extension also partially resolves the arguments going around the web about the way … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged Carnegie Mellon, CNet, Extension, Firefox 3.0, Perspectives
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Kino – raw1394 kernel module not loaded or failure to read/write /dev/raw1394! error
I tried using Kino and Cinelerra to capture video from my Panasonic DV camcorder in my Ubuntu 8.04, but none of those softwares detected my camcorder. I tried both firewire and USB. Kino was giving me “WARNING: raw1394 kernel module … Continue reading
Amarok 2.0 Beta released
Amarok team has released their first beta version of Amarok 2.0, code named Nerrivik. Amarok is a very good music player for Linux with a very nice GUI and lots of features. I love Amarok and though I use Ubuntu … Continue reading
Moved my home page to Joomla
I couldn’t blog as much as I want due to my workload. I just got my home page redesigned (2 days ago) using Joomla (it was developed using normal HTML editor earlier). The site is live with the new design. … Continue reading
Dell Inspiron 910 Mini Notebook comes with Ubuntu
According to Gizmodo, the internal 910 web documentation they got, Dell’s Inspiron 910 (Mini), Dell’s answer to Eee PC, will sport Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6 ghz), 512/1024 MB memory, 4/8/16Gb Solid State drive (SSD) and Ubuntu 8.04 or Windows … Continue reading
Posted in News, Ubuntu
Tagged Atom, Dell, Eee PC, Gizmodo, Inspiron 910, Inspiron Mini, SSD, Ubuntu
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If it’s animation or special effects, it’s Linux.
Read the interesting article at ComputerWorld.
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 4 released
Ubuntu team has released their 4th alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Some of the new features in this release includes Encrypted private directory: The idea is to provide a default location for users to securely store … Continue reading
Posted in Announcement, Ubuntu
Tagged encryptfs, GNOME, Intrepid Ibex, Network Manager, Ubuntu 8.10, Virtualbox
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