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Linux-Announce Digest #918
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Thu Oct 7 17:13:06 2004
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Linux-Announce Digest #918, Volume #4 Thu, 7 Oct 2004 17:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Release 0.1.2 from the Hurderos Project. (g.w@hurderos.org)
Linux Gazette #107 is out! ("Benjamin A. Okopnik")
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 19:22:06 CST
From: g.w@hurderos.org
Reply-To: g.w@hurderos.org
Subject: Release 0.1.2 from the Hurderos Project.
Good evening to everyone.
The Hurderos Project released version 0.1.2 of its Open-Source
enterprise identity, services and authorization management solution on
October 6th, 2004. Source and binaries are available at the following
locations:
Source: ftp://ftp.hurderos.org/pub/Hurderos/src
Binaries: ftp://ftp.hurderos.org/pub/Hurderos/binaries
Significant changes between the 0.1.1 and 0.1.2 release are noted
below.
The web site has also been updated, most significantly, with a
Hurderos Project FAQ and the beginning of a roadmap for future
development. The project site can be found at the following location:
http://www.hurderos.org
The goal of the Hurderos Project is to move Open-Source enterprise
solutions upward in the technology stack by providing a truely
open-architecture and open-source solution for identity management and
service provisioning.
While major commercial Linux players either own or are investing in
directory service solutions there is no open-source product which
integrates all the disparate technologies needed for a complete and
integrated enterprise information management solution.
The identity based authorization scheme used by Hurderos provides an
open-architecture replacement for the proprietary scheme used in
products such as Active Directory. The project web-site has
additional details on strategies for the upcoming release which will
build a feature enhanced version of the MIT Key Distribution
Center/Administrative server using the Hurderos authorization
technology.
Due to the complexity of the underlying technologies the next pair of
releases will also focus on providing an integrated build and
installation process for MIT Kerberos, OpenLDAP and the Hurderos
management system, graphical interface, support tools and software
API's. The goal of these enhancements will be to reduce the barrier
for organizations which desire to implement a comprehensive and
complete Open-Source identity, services and system management
architecture.
Significant changes from 0.1.1 -> 0.1.2:
* Validated against Postgres 7.4.3
* Fixed client side GSSAPI name creation. Connections now
work to foreign hosts.
* Removed commented instances of ISMEcom constructor calls.
These had been commented when ISMEcom was updated to support
secured communication contexts.
* Dropped crufty unused Java code.
* Cleaned out references to deprecated Java methods.
* Updated build process to use MIT Kerberos 1.3.5.
* Implemented new Property display widget for identity
elements.
* Login screen acquires Kerberos credentials if administrator
identity and password is specified.
* isme invocation wrapper uses Postgresql jar file found in
$prefix/lib if available.
As always,
GW
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The Hurderos Project
Open Identity, Service and Authorization Management
http://www.hurderos.org
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Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 00:09:56 CST
Subject: Linux Gazette #107 is out!
From: "Benjamin A. Okopnik" <ben@callahans.org>
Issue 107 of Linux Gazette is ready for viewing and download at
http://linuxgazette.net/
Contents:
October 2004 (#107):
• The Mailbag
• More 2 Cent Tips!
• The Answer Gang
• News Bytes, by Michael Conry
• Knoppix with 2.6.7 kernel from non-bootable CD-ROM, by Anonymous
• closedShop - The Open Source Shopping Cart, by Chris Fleizach
• Secure Communication with Stunnel, by Barry O'Donovan
• Understanding Threading in Python, by Krishna G Pai
• AMD64 Linux kernel and the NX bit, by Pramode C.E.
• Document Processing with groff and mom, by Peter Schaffter
• Speed Compiling with Distcc, by V. L. Simpson
• How to Reset forgotten Root passwords, by Suramya Tomar
• Ecol, by Javier Malonda
• The Wonderful World of Spam
• The Linux Laundrette
• The Backpage, by Ben Okopnik
Linux Gazette is a reader-supported monthly ezine dedicated to two simple
ideas: making Linux a little more fun, and sharing ideas and discoveries.
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