Sean Michael Kerner

Extreme Networks wants to put the lid back on the security issues that were blown off the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol , a security approach to assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network. Last summer at the Black Hat Conference, Insightix CTO Ofir Arkin explained how DHCP-based approaches provide incomplete detection of elements […]

Developers have no guarantees when they open source an application. In many cases, they don’t know who will use it, nor do they know how things will progress. The fairy tale version is that developers will flock to the recently open sourced application and begin to work with it, immediately adding value for all involved. […]

Microsoft  is very serious about network access control, so serious that it just announced a list of 100 partner companies whose products will interoperate with its Network Access Protection (NAP) technology on Windows server. NAP is Microsoft’s policy enforcement platform that will be in full release when Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, ships later this year. […]

DragonFly BSD continues its evolution with version 1.8, almost four years after being forked from the FreeBSD 4.x code base. New kernel virtualization features top a long list of system improvements over version 1.6, as the operating system looks ahead to broader commercial adoption. Most notable on the new feature list is the addition of […]

Red Hat intends to grow open service practices in the IT marketplace with the launch of its new Red Hat Certified Service Provider Program (CSP). It’s all part of Red Hat’s continuing effort to expand its install base and fend off competitors like Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux and Novell’s SUSE Enterprise Linux. Red Hat Global Professional […]

Linux on IBM mainframes is getting a vote of confidence from Oracle and research firm IDC. IBM  and Oracle  recently inked a deal that to garner broader support for Oracle applications running on Linux for IBM’s System z mainframe systems. IBM is responsible for hardware sales, while Oracle is responsible for Oracle software sales, according […]

Open source business intelligence vendor JasperSoft today rolled out the final pillar of its business intelligence suite, JasperETL. The release signals the final core feature release from the company, which will now focus on enhancing usability and accessibility. ETL , which stands for Extract, Transform and Load, allows applications to take data from outside sources, […]

In the emerging race to create identity systems that span the Internet, there are proprietary and open source systems. The two are no longer mutually exclusive: Novell’s  Project Bandit and Eclipse’s Project Higgins next week will show how their identity systems interoperate with Microsoft’s  Windows CardSpace ID metasystem at the RSA Conference 2007 in San […]

UPDATED: A security research firm is warning that all versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer are at risk from a vulnerability that could trigger a denial of service attack on end-users. According to Determina, the vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer alleged by Determina could potentially have a wide spread impact since they affect all versions of IE […]

Linux on the Playstation 3 (PS3)? IBM thinks so. A tutorial now available on IBM’s developerWorks site provides the rundown on how to deploy Linux on the latest game station from Sony. But there’s more than a Linux endorsement story at work here. The approach is also a showcase for IBM’s Cell broadband processor, which […]

US-CERT has issued an advisory this week that warns of vulnerabilities in Cisco’s Internetwork Operating System (IOS). Cisco issued three of its own. Security firm Secunia has labeled the vulnerabilities highly critical. IOS is Cisco’s embedded operating system that runs on Cisco routers and switches that are widely deployed on a global basis. If exploited, […]

Call it Red Hat’s forward spin velocity regarding Linux management tools. With competition such as Oracle offering full Red Hat support on their own products, Red Hat is now expanding and improving its Linux management footprint. The leading Linux distributor told internetnews.com that it is rolling out online monitoring tool this year Red Hat customers. […]