Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘Greatest Open Source Tech‘ files: Happy 15th Birthday Apache! But wait, didn’t we just celebrate Apache’s 10th Birthday? Not quite, today’s anniversary marks the birth of the Apache HTTP Server (often commonly referred to as just Apache), which pre-dates the Apache Software Foundation by five years. It is the success of the HTTP […]

Enterprise-level security isn’t just for the Internet-facing side of a corporate network, they need security inside their own firewalls, too. 3Com, which is just about to become a part of Hewlett-Packard now that the acquisition has gotten regulatory clearance, has introduced a batch of new products in this area. Enterprise Networking Planet has the details. […]

From the ‘Jacobsen v. Katzer‘ files: It’s a big win for open source — or is it? I’m talking about the Jacobsen v. Katzer dispute about open source code violation.  Bruce Perens has written a definitive story over on Datamation about the specifics of the case (so I won’t repeat that here). The long story […]

Software developers know all too well the pain of finding and fixing security holes. To help make the process easier, HP has teamed with Fortify to develop a new tool that will offer both static and dynamic code analysis. Developer.com takes a look at the new offering, which is expected to hit the market later […]

When law enforcement officials need help with an investigation, they’ll often lean on Internet service providers to collect information from network transmissions. As a result, ISPs commonly use technology known as lawful intercept to gather data that could further the cause. But not all lawful intercept technologies are created equally, as an IBM researcher demonstrated […]

Rival tech firms can only keep up their partnerships so long. With their business interests in servers and networking on a collision course, HP and Cisco are putting an end to their formal partnership. Cisco has announced that it will terminate HP’s status as a certified partner in April, though the two firms expect that […]

Malware writers are always on the lookout for vulnerabilities in software that they can exploit, and unfortunately, sloppy programmers give them plenty of code bugs to exploit. SANS Institute, which specializes in vulnerabilities issues, has issued the top 25 mistakes programmers make and what that leads to. CodeGuru has the list of shame. When it […]

Metasploit continues to garner interest among commercial security providers. Core Security has now signed on to integrate support for Metasploit into its Core IMPACT Pro application. But the mutual support only goes so far. The Metasploit owner Rapid7 and Core Security don’t have a formal relationship, so don’t look for Core Security employees to be […]

From the ‘Uncle Sam Needs Penguins‘ files: It seem to me like nearly every other week there is some kind of pronouncement or analysis of how to get more open source into the government. It’s a topic that’s full of opinions and many have argued that the in the U.S. the new administration has fostered […]

With its most recent Firefox 3.6 version already secured, Mozilla unveils a number of new security improvements to older versions of its popular open source browser. eSecurity Planet details the new patches and some of the critical vulnerabilities addressed with these updates. Mozilla has released an update for two older versions of its popular Firefox […]

We don’t always get the technology of choice at work. Some people may prefer a MacBook and iPhone but get a Windows laptop and BlackBerry at work. So it goes for developers, too. They may deploy their PHP apps on a Linux box but primarily they are writing them on a Windows machine. Developer.com finds […]

Realizing that mobile security is going to be critical as enterprises conduct more of their business over wireless connections, Juniper is making a push to shore up both ends of the network. The firm has rolled out its Juniper Mobile Secure offering, which automatically brings new devices in line with corporate security policy. Enterprise Networking […]