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LINUX enthusiasts host podcast about windows vista!

Note: There are some swear words in the podcast so please don't follow the link if you're likely to be offended. Thanks again to James and Andy from Stikkit Technology for inviting me to join their podcast to talk about security for Microsoft systems Read More...
Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 8:18 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

How to share printers between Windows and LINUX systems

For those of you who struggle to make your Microsoft Windows and LINUX systems "play nicely with each other" I can highly recommend reading a recent post on Microsoft's Open Source Lab blog which is named Port25. For those of you who struggle to make Read More...
Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 5:16 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Thanks to everyone that took part in LUGRadio Live 2006 - a huge LINUX User Group event

It was brilliant to see over four hundred people taking part in the UK's largest LINUX User Group get together. As you'd imaging there was plenty of debating the finer points of all areas of Open Source development and applications. LUGRadio was billed Read More...
Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 6:07 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

If you run LINUX then you need to read about these two kernel vulnerabilites

There are a couple of privilege escalation vulnerabilities that have recently been posted on the SANS Internet Storm Centre site . If you run LINUX it's worth taking a look as in theory these may cause you pain regardless of your distro and package choices. Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:17 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

Which platform has the most security vulnerabilities?

This is a question that often comes up during conversations between meetings of people who hold different views of which platform is best. When looking at any such vulnerability statistics I think it's important to consider that a single vulnerability Read More...
Posted Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:33 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

I'm looking forward to debating LINUX and OpenSource Security with the community at LUGRadio this weekend

If you're into Open Source and or LINUX and plan to be in the UK this weekend perhaps you'd enjoy LURadio Live 2006 . There's sure to be plenty of lively debate and if last year's event is anything to go by there are likely to be in excess of six hundred Read More...
Posted Monday, July 17, 2006 10:25 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments

Bill Hilf has published an annotated version of his Keynote from LINUX World - it's on Port25

Bill was the first Microsoft employee to deliver the LINUX World Keynote. As you may know Bill's closely with the LINUX community over the years and hence he has an excellent perspective on the benefits of different approaches to software development. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:46 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments