Sean Michael Kerner

DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) is a technology that can make the Internet’s Domain Name System more secure, yet it’s also not trivial to implement for a variety of reasons. One potential solution to making DNSSEC deployable is something called DLV (DNSSEC Look-aside Validation) which is now getting a boost from a trio of vendors. Network […]

From the ‘playing chicken with links‘ files: URL shortening service tr.im is back – after telling us all just yesterday that the service was being terminated. Apparently making the top of Google News Sci/Tech section and all the feedback made Nambu (the vendor behind tr.im) change their mind. There still is a fundamental problem though […]

From the ‘soon to be Oracle Solaris‘ files: Sun is planning on ending the production of its Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) by the end of October. SXCE is (soon to be – was) a binary release of the leading edge of OpenSolaris development. SXCE is updated every other week by Sun. Though the actual […]

From the ‘does it really matter?‘ files: Nokia is changing the name of its open source software division – once known as Trolltech – again. Nokia acquired Trolltech in 2008 for $150 million and brought the company’s technology into Nokia under the name Qt Software. Qt was/is Trolltech’s primary technology and is the open source […]

From the ‘kinda/sorta open source‘ files: Web security vendor Dasient today released an open source version of their Web Anti-Malware (WAM) server security technology. It’s called mod anti-malware lite and the basic idea is that it will identify and block/redirect malware on a server. Dasient announced their core technology in June, but the new part […]

From the ‘VMware did what?‘ files: Virtualization vendor VMware today announced the acquisition of Java web development and middleware vendor SpringSource for $362 million. SpringSource is the vendor behind the popular open source Spring Framework that is used and supported by numerous Java middleware vendors including Red Hat JBoss and IBM Websphere. VMware expects the […]

From the ‘seems stable to me‘ files: There still isn’t a stable release of Google’s Chrome browser for either Linux or Mac users, but Google is getting closer with the Chrome 3.0.197.x dev-channel release. Chrome 3.9.197.x fixes at least three different issues related to plugins, that were affecting the Linux version of Chrome. Google has […]

From the ‘time to update Apache‘ files: A new Apache HTTP server release is out, fixing at least 4 security issues in the popular open source web server. None of the fixed security issues look like show stoppers to me. Only one of the listed security updates for Apache 2.2.13 actually has a CVE number […]

Mike ZafirovskiSource: Nortel After being brought on board four years ago to help turn around one-time telecom giant Nortel, its president and CEO, Mike Zafirovski, is now being shown the door. Zafirvoski’s departure comes as the bankrupt telecom vendor releases its second-quarter fiscal 2009 financial results showing continuing losses. Zafirovski joined Nortel in 2005 after […]

From the ‘bit by bit‘ files: There is soon to be one less URL shortening service – tr.im has announced that it is ending its service. Existing users will have their links continue to work until December 31, 2009.  Why is tr.im ending? According to tr.im they just couldn’t make any money at it – […]

From the ‘ongoing development‘ files: The first Alpha milestone release of Firefox 3.6, codenamed Namoroka is now out. The early indication from Mozilla developers is that this release will be out in less time than it took to put out Firefox 3.5. Firefox 3.5, was originally supposed to be Firefox 3.1 and got stretched out […]