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March 31, 2003

nvidia

Nvidia updates Linux software | CNET News.com

Posted by Brian at 11:22 AM |

OpenSSH 3.6 released

The OpenSSH guys have released version 3.6, which (from the changelog) appears to be a somewhat-minor release in terms of features and bugfixes. The more notable new features are a "RSA blinding" implementation to guard against timing attacks and a progress meter and improved error handling in "sftp".

Posted by Brian at 8:50 AM |

March 28, 2003

Eclipse 2.1 Released!

The 2.1 release of the awesome Eclipse IDE and tool platform has been released. Go get it! I personally use IDEA as my Java IDE, but Eclipse is a terrific (and free!) development environment.

Posted by Brian at 11:14 PM |

Eric Raymond Interview

IBM developerWorks has an interview with Eric Raymond, the well known open-source guy, talking about his upcoming book "The Art of Linux Programming". Short, but interesting.

Posted by Brian at 11:16 AM |

March 27, 2003

Custom Debian Kernels

Creating custom kernels with Debian's kernel-package system is just what it sounds like: an excellent step-by-step guide to building custom kernels on Debian GNU/Linux, using their "kernel-package" system. I have to do this frequently on my firewalls, to include the FreeS/WAN VPN stuff.

Posted by Brian at 11:56 AM |

March 25, 2003

Trackback for Beginners

The MovableType folks have posted a Beginner's Guide to Trackback, the weblog "remote comments" technology that's becoming more and more popular. Trackback lets you notify a remote site that you're posting a related weblog entry or comment on your site, through the use of a TCP-based "ping" request.

Posted by Brian at 10:42 AM |

Java Scheduling API

Java Scheduling API allows you to easily schedule tasks (possibly on multiple hosts) through a standard API. Seems to use a socket-based protocol rather than RMI to communicate between the task runner objects and the scheduler object(s).

Posted by Brian at 10:28 AM |

JSX2

JSX2 is a Java technology for serializing objects to and from an XML format. Looks like it works without requiring any changes to the objects or explict object mapping, which is pretty cool compared to other technologies like JDO or Castor.

Posted by Brian at 10:25 AM |

Liberty Alliance Intro

JavaWorld has a nice introduction to the Liberty Alliance single sign-on specification. Interesting stuff, kinda like MS Passport, but minus the evil.

Posted by Brian at 9:54 AM |