Monday, December 20, 2004

Slashdot | OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release Slashdot | OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release OpenOffice 2.0 Preview Release Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 20, @12:16PM from the do-you-see-what-I-see dept. gmuslera writes "A preview release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 was released, which has new features like better MS-Office compatibility, an Access-like program and a more. Here is a review of it with screenshots and how it performs. It's work in progress, maybe not recomended for production sites, but it is a good sample of what is coming." 1:42:24 PM    comment []  trackback []

freshmeat.net: Project details for BEAST/BSE freshmeat.net: Project details for BEAST/BSE - "Beast is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application. It offers multiple input methods like multitrack, piano roll, and pattern editing and supports skins. On the technical side, it has a wide range of abilities like sequencing, unlimited undo/redo history, real-time synthesis with multiprocessor support, full duplex 32-bit audio rendering, precise timing down to sample granularity, on demand loading of partial wave files, on the fly decoding of various sample formats, aliasing free oscillators, and full Scheme scripting support. " 1:41:18 PM    comment []  trackback []

freshmeat.net: Project details for MyHeadlines freshmeat.net: Project details for MyHeadlines - "MyHeadlines is module that adds syndicated headline functionality to any PHP and MySQL-based website. Your users may subscribe to multiple RSS feeds from a fully categorized database of over 1,000 sources. It was previously a PHPNuke/PostNuke Addon, but can now be integrated with any Web site. " 1:38:13 PM    comment []  trackback []

freshmeat.net: Project details for UNG freshmeat.net: Project details for UNG- "UNG (UNG's Not Gallery) is a Web gallery script for control freaks, tweakers, and other power users. It browses subdirectories (uploaded manually via FTP/SCP/etc.) of a specified location and creates a hierarchy of categories and pictures. It automatically creates thumbnails for images that don't have them already and has an optional comment system so people can discuss posted pictures. " 1:36:03 PM    comment []  trackback []

Netcraft: PHP Exploit Enables Theft of phpBB Passwords Netcraft: PHP Exploit Enables Theft of phpBB Passwords:"A published exploit demonstrates how to use new security holes in PHP to steal database passwords for the popular phpBB bulletin board program. The release of a working exploit on Friday, just two days after the flaws were announced, provides additional incentive for web hosts to upgrade to secure new versions of PHP." It is important to note that this a general PHP issue not something related to phpBB directly.  All would be well served to upgrade. 1:29:31 PM    comment []  trackback []

Meet OpenVPN | Linux Journal Meet OpenVPN | Linux Journal:"The main VPN solution used for more complex tasks is IPsec; some people use PPTP. Although PPTP is usable, security flaws have occurred in its past, and it simply does not match up to IPsec... A disadvantage of plain IPsec is its notorious complexity: many, many things can and do go wrong. To the rescue, then, comes OpenVPN, a full-blown open-source VPN solution based on SSL. OpenVPN offers the same functionality as IPsec in tunnel mode; you can tunnel entire networks through it. In this article, I focus on using OpenVPN as a road warrior's VPN solution." 1:20:40 PM    comment []  trackback []