I thought IBM was only responsible for bad overly intellectualized documentation and nazi war crimes?
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp3861.html
http://www.acsa2000.net/ibm_and_hitler.htm
But, shirley you have IBM confused with RedHat?
Hey, I have been building production xSeries systems on Blades since
before your pants were plastic, kiddo! But to say IBM's hardware
contribution is the "bulk of fedora development" here is quite a
stretch?
http://news.cnet.com/Red-Hat-cancels-Fedora-Foundation/2100-7252_3-6058203.html
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:you mean like IBM, who is responsible for the bulk of Fedora development?
> Fedora 10 has to be my favorite distro this year. It's absolutely amazing
> just how easy Linux installation has become. Setting up KDE and Gnome is
> really simple to allow either. Eclipse runs immediately from package
> management install with all the plugins!
>
> Here's a great reference for setting up Fedora 10 Personal, with
> instructions for adding repos, installing codecs, and turning off unneeded
> services: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f10.html
>
> Once you get all your codecs setup, test it with free television:
> http://freetube.110mb.com/index.php?view=Ac3dmbW92aWVjaXR5
>
> And the patch process actually works! I won't give you my "coding at 300
> baud" ancient history stories, but this is the most powerful system,
> incredibly created via open source submissions!
> {I actually have had "discussions" with Linux admins who choose NEVER to
> patch anything, believe it or not (partly because patch management was
> rarely chosen over compiled sources, due to breakage and limitations)!}
>
> Discovery and reporting of security issues is swift, I can't imagine any way
> a "profit" based company with top down hierarchical business plan management
> could possibly compete with the open source model.
-jmz
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Here's three security
> issues reported so far:
>
> Fedora Directory Server before 10 allows remote attackers to obtain
> sensitive information, such as the password from adm.conf via an IFRAME
> element, probably involving an Apache httpd.conf configuration that orders
> "allow" directives before "deny" directives.
> http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=CVE-2005-3630&ctype=cve
>
> tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5,
> Fedora 9, and Fedora 10 does not log failed authentication attempts to the
> OpenPegasus CIM server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to avoid
> detection of password guessing attacks.
> http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=CVE-2008-4315&ctype=cve
>
> ZoneMinder 1.23.3 on Fedora 10 sets the ownership of /etc/zm.conf to the
> apache user account, and sets the permissions to 0600, which makes it easier
> for remote attackers to modify this file by accessing it through a (1) PHP
> or (2) CGI script.
> http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?id=CVE-2008-6755&ctype=cve
>
> Anyone got any good suggestions for Fedora 10?
>
> www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452
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