Archive for January, 2010
FreeBSD Foundation Accepting Project Proposals
The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce we are soliciting the submission of proposals for work relating to any of the major subsystems or infrastructure within the FreeBSD operating system. Proposals will be evaluated based on desirability, technical merit and cost-effectiveness. To find out more about the proposal process please [...]
VMWare acuires Zimbra from Yahoo
The announcement published on Zimbra's site states that VMWare will has acquired Zimbra from Yahoo. It is apparent that VMWare has it's sites set on entering the cloud in a bold way, and this move places them in competition with Gmail. The Zimbra Collaboration Suite is available as an open source community supported version, a closed source and [...]
NetBSD runs on OpenBlockS 600
According the web site from the self proclaimed 'Embedded Leader in Japan' this devices is a palm sized server available for approximately 599 USD. It includes two 1000bt network connections a rs-232 console connection and two USB connections. At this time it supports OpenBlockS600 supports Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, and NetBSD. A full review of [...]
HighPoint Technologies RocketRAID 622 for FreeBSD and Mac OS X
The RocketRAID 622 from HighPoint Technologies supports most modern operating systems, according to the site, but only list Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. It took some additional digging on the HighPoint Mac support page to discover that Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) has support already built in. While the RocketRAID 622 boasts some pretty [...]
Mac OS X buffer overflow vulnerability published
Earlier today SecurityReason released a proof of concept for the buffer overflow vulnerability found in libc gdtoa() function which is used by printf(). The index array overflow was first reported by researcher Maksymilian Arciemowicz last June. The advisory describes a flaw in the libc/gdtoa code in OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Mac OS X, as [...]
Accepting Travel Grant Applications for AsiaBSDCon 2010
Calling all FreeBSD developers needing assistance with travel expenses to AsiaBSDCon 2010. The FreeBSD Foundation will be providing a limited number of travel grants to individuals requesting assistance. Please fill out and submit the Travel Grant Request Application at http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/TravelRequestForm.pdf [...]
BSD Magazine goes free
The announcement published by Michal Gladecki, the new Editor-in-Chief of BSD Magazine on the FreeBSD announcements mailing list earlier today read as follows; "We are happy to announce that BSD Magazine is transforming into a free monthly online publication. The online version of BSD Magazine will stay in the same quality and form. It will [...]
