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PHK says md5crypt() algorithm no longer secure
This week has been interesting with regards to online security: LinkedIn, Last.fm, eHarmony, et al had security issues and breaches. Not directly related to these breaches, but still in the realm of security, Poul-Henning Kamp, the author of md5crypt(), has said that md5crypt() is … Continue reading
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Miscelaneous FreeBSD news updates (KDE, PC-BSD, Raspberry Pi, FBSD Foundation, OSI)
Below some miscelaneous links to FreeBSD related news and updates: KDE/FreeBSD Bulletin with recent FreeBSD KDE ports related updates. PC-BSD 20120605 Snapshot now available for testing. There’s also a BSD Talk interview (BSDTalk 2016) with Kris Moore, founder of the … Continue reading
Call for Testing (CfT): xorg 7.7
Martin Wilke has put out a call for people to help him test xorg 7.7, an open source implementation of the X Window System. The FreeBSD Xorg Team is pleased to announce Xorg 7.7 Release. We are very happy to be … Continue reading
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BSDCan 2012 – “The technical BSD conference
Martin Cracauer, a FreeBSD developer, went to BSDCan 2012 and wrote up his experience on the Open Source at Google blog: BSDCan 2012 – “The technical BSD conference”. I’m sure this will have been read by many with an open source interst (26716 RSS … Continue reading
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iXsystems renews collaboration agreement with Fusion-io
iXsystems’ TrueNAS Unified Storage Appliances will continue to leverage Fusion ioMemory technology for powerful, high-performance storage solutions. From the press release: iXsystems Renews Collaboration Agreement with Fusion-io
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Why should you be using FreeBSD?
David Chisnall, a FreeBSD developer, asked on the FreeBSD mailing list why people are using FreeBSD: Why Are You Using FreeBSD? You may have guessed, but there are many, different reasons. The following are some reasons why FreeBSD is still … Continue reading
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FreeBSD Security Advisory (Crypt)
The FreeBSD Security Team has identified an issue in crypt and has issued the following security advisory: FreeBSD-SA-12:02.crypt (30/05/2012). I. Background The crypt(3) function performs password hashing with additional code added to deter key search attempts. II. Problem Description There is a programming error in … Continue reading
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BSDCan 2012 videos
BSDCan 2012 is over. For developers there’s now (more) development work to do, for those of us who could not attend time to watch the videos. Fosscl has created a youtube playlist of the BSDCan 2012 presentations. For an overview and … Continue reading
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