Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘Error Correction‘ files: The public milestone release of Fedora 12 this week had one big flaw in it that is now set to be corrected. One key standard practice on nearly every Linux system I have ever seen or used is the separation of root and user roles. New software installation that affects […]

As the Internet continues to grow in both users and usage, the underlying DNS infrastructure is growing along with it. Today at its Analyst Day event, root DNS operator VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) said that it had completed its Project Titan DNS upgrade ahead of schedule. Project Titan, originally forecast to entail a $100 million investment, […]

From the ‘Free Software Making $$‘ files: Mozilla gives its software away for free, yet year after year they keep making money. For the 2008 year, Mozilla is just now disclosing how much revenue it generated and it was another growth year for the open source group. Revenue at Mozilla was reported at $78.6 for […]

From the ‘Browser Operating System‘ files: Google today has officially open sourced its under-development Chrome OS operating system under the Chromium OS project. The code is available now at: http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/building-chromium-os – I’m currently in the process of trying to build a full system now (so more to come from me soon).  Right now the gziped […]

From the ‘I Told You So‘ files: Back in September, Google launched Chrome Frame which embeds a Chrome-type browser inside of a Microsoft Internet Explorer(IE) browser. At the time, Microsoft claimed that Chrome Frame could make IE less secure. Guess what? Turns out Microsoft was right. Late Wednesday, Google issued an update to Chrome Frame […]

At the beginning of 2009, HP announced its ProCurve ONE program to put networking applications onto blade switches. Eleven months later, the program is expanding with new partners, though some of the original partners have yet to officially release their own certified applications. The HP ProCurve ONE update comes at an interesting time in the […]

From the ‘Coming Soon, Very Soon’ files: The third beta of Mozilla’s open source Firefox 3.6 browser is now adding fixing 83 bugs and adding several new features. Of the 83 bugs fixed, 13 have been tagged as being critical. It looks to me like the majority of those critical flaws are crash related items. […]

When it comes to IT security, is the best defense a good offense? That’s the thinking behind the open source Metasploit vulnerability testing framework, which is out with its new 3.3 release this week, sporting new features for researchers to deliver payloads and test wireless, database and browser security. While Metasploit could potentially be used […]

From the ‘It’s Not Vaporware‘ files: Google is holding an event on Thursday to discuss its Chrome OS open source operating system. Details are sparse at this point, though the official media invitation gives us some clues that we’ll get some real technical insights. “This event is a follow-up to the announcement we made in […]

Sometimes good things come in small packages. Networking vendor Brocade today is introducing a new series of small form factor carrier Ethernet routers called the CER (Compact Ethernet Router) 2000 series. Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) is kicking off the CER lineup with the CER 2024 which has 24 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the CER 2048 which […]