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Linux-Announce Digest #131
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Linux-Announce Digest #131, Volume #5 Mon, 16 May 2005 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (Paul M Foster)
ANN: S-Lang 2.0.1 released (John E. Davis)
TCP/IP Connection Cutter for Linux Firewalls - Version 1.03 (Chris Lowth)
FSF Europe Newsletter (fwd) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
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Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 23:00:53 CST
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (Paul M Foster)
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
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SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
17 May 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Tuesday of each month)
Sarasota Coffee & Tea Co.
1419 5th St (5th and Central)
Sarasota, FL 34236
See http://www.sarasotacoffee.com/contactus.htm for directions.
DUNEDIN **************************************************
28 May 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library
Community Room A or B (see notice on site)
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
30 May 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
Panera Bread
1908 4th St North
St Petersburg, FL 33704
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
2 June 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
4 June 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
TAMPA ****************************************************
7 June 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second TUESDAY of each month)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
Technology Bldg, Rm 426
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 02:37:21 CST
From: davis@space.mit.edu (John E. Davis)
Subject: ANN: S-Lang 2.0.1 released
Reply-To: davis@space.mit.edu
slang-2.0.1 has been released. This is primarily a bug-fix release.
See <http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/download.html> for downloading
information, etc.
Changes since 2.0.0
1. modules/png.sl: png_gray_to_rgb was missing an assignment after
normalization.
2. slsh/lib/print.sl: Ignore SIGPIPE while in the pager.
3. src/slang.c: SLang_peek_at_stack1_n was broken.
4. src/slsmg.c: If the cursor is left outside the visible display area
during SLsmg_refresh, then "clip" its position to the visible area.
5. src/slarray.c: Typo (= vs ==) was corrected in the array_eqs_method
function. (Dino Sangoid)
6. src/slmath.c: Use IS_NAN macro instead of isnan (Dino Sangoid)
7. src/mkfiles/makefile.all: Added dll support for the mingw32 build
(Marko Mahnic; marko mahnic at email, si)
8. src/slang.c: Removed a while loop that did nothing. (Dino Sangoid)
9. src/mkfiles/makefile.all, src/slconfig.h, src/slposdir.c: Support
added for 16 bit systems using watcom C (Dino Sangoid)
10.doc/tm/*.tm: Some spelling errors corrected (Mike Noble)
11. src/slang.c, src/slnspace.c: There was a conflict between private
and static namespaces that arose when _implicitly_ loading a file
into a specified namespace. Resolving this issue involved the
complete separation of the private and static namespaces.
12. The _get_frame_info function now provides the name of the active
namespace.
13. src/sldisply.c: Line drawing characters were not activated when
xterm was started in locale mode. Escape sequences were tweaked.
(Alexander E. Patrakov, patrakov at ums, usu, ru)
14. slsh/lib/print.sl: If an element of an array of structs is NULL
then print the element as NULL.
15. modules/varray.c: typo was preventing mmapping of a file from
working properly.
16. slsh/lib/*.sl: changed "static" to "private" to protect the
functions when loaded into a namespace.
17. autoconf/configure.ac: Add tests for atoll and strtoll. Some
versions of MacOS X do not have atoll.
18. modules/png.sl: Added png_get_colormap_names and changed
examples/colormap.sl to use it.
19. src/slarrfun.c: Ignore _NaNs in min/max functions.
20. slsh/lib/sldbcore.sl: Added several aliases to the debugger:
b(reak), c(ont), d(elete), h(elp), l(ist), n(ext), p(rint),
pp(rint), q(uit), s(tep)
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 03:25:43 CST
From: Chris Lowth <chris@lowth.com>
Subject: TCP/IP Connection Cutter for Linux Firewalls - Version 1.03
Version 1.03 of "cutter" is now available. This version generalises the
parsing of the /proc files it uses so that a far wider set of contrack
module configurations and versions are handled.
CUTTER 1.03 - May 2003
"Cutter" is an open source program that allows network administrators to
abort TCP/IP connections routed over a Linux firewall or router.
Network security administrators sometimes need to be able to abort TCP/IP
connections routed over their firewalls on demand. This would allow them to
terminate connections such as SSH tunnels or VPNs left in place by
employees over night, abort hacker attacks when they are detected, stop
high bandwidth consuming downloads - etc. There are many potential
applications.
Documentation and downloads are available at:
http://www.lowth.com/cutter
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LICENSE
Cutter 1.03 is released under the terms of GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2 (June 1991) and comes with all the usual freedom, openness and
disclaimers associated with that license.
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Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 12:37:32 CST
From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: FSF Europe Newsletter (fwd)
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1. Ciaran O'Riordan working full-time for FSFE
2. IFSO becoming associate organisation
3. WIPO IIM on "Development Agenda"
4. FSFE office in Hamburg
5. Fellowship SmartCards being sent out
6. Freedom party in Milano
7. Teaching the World Bank
8. FSF Latin America on its way
9. Nordic University Computer Club Conference in Sweden
10. Alessandro Rubini speaks at University in Lecce
11. Web pages translated to 14 languages
1. Ciaran O'Riordan working full-time for FSFE
Thanks to the success of FSFE's Fellowship campaign, Ciaran O'Riordan=
,
long-time Irish Free Software advocate, is now working full-time for
Free Software Foundation Europe in Brussels. Among other things he is
working with FSFE's associate organisation FFII on the software paten=
t
issue and the other FSFE activities at European Union level. FSFE
hopes that with the increasing number of Fellows it will be possible
to make this a permanent activity.
2. IFSO becoming associate organisation
The FSFE is happy to welcome Irish Free Software Organisation (IFSO)
as its latest associate organisation. IFSO was founded on 5 January
2004, the 20th anniversary of the GNU project, and works to protect
Free Software developers and users from harmful changes in legislatio=
n
as well as promoting awareness of Free Software in Ireland.
3. WIPO IIM on "Development Agenda"
Last month, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met i=
n
Geneva for its Intersessional-Intergovernmental-Meeting (IIM) on the
establishment of a "Development Agenda for WIPO." That title refers t=
o
the idea of establishing a critical review process for WIPO policies
in terms of their beneficial and harmful effects with specific regard
to developing country needs.
As this is the kind of reform the WIWO declaration [1] is pushing for=
,
Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff participated in the IIM. Georg Greve
also staid for the Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development
related to Intellectual Property (PCIPD) and both statements are
available online [2][3]. More information is available in Karstens
Blog [4].
[1] http://www.fsfeurope.org/documents/wiwo.en.html
[2] http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/statement-20050413.en.ht=
ml
[3] http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/wipo/statement-20050415.en.ht=
ml
[4] http://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/
4. FSFE office in Hamburg
To handle the growing organisational needs, especially regarding the
Fellowship, the FSFE rented a small office in Hamburg, Germany, where
Georg Greve and Karsten Gerloff are located when they are not
travelling.
5. Fellowship SmartCards being sent out
After weeks of preparation, the first batch of 250 Fellowship
SmartCards has been sent. For security reasons, a unique random admin
pin is generated for each card, and sent via snail mail from a
separate location, independently from the card. Each Fellow will
receive two envelopes from two different senders, one containing the
card, and the other containing the admin pin.
https://www.fsfe.org/card/
6. Freedom party in Milano
The Fellowship of FSFE is a huge success and the team is proud of it.
With Georg Greve available in Milan, FSFE hosted a small aperitif wit=
h
some journalists and few of the first Fellows in town. It has been a
nice evening with very relaxed chats and exchange of opinions with ol=
d
and new friends. The Italian Chapter of FSFE is preparing a new,
bigger event during the upcoming GNU/Linux World Expo still in Milan.
If you want to host a Fellowship party please get in contact with the
Italian team.
7. Teaching the World Bank
After the good experience of last year, the World Bank again invited
FSFE's president Georg Greve to teach about "Free Software in World
Bank financed projects" at an internal course for World Bank employee=
s
held at the International Training Center (ITC) of the International
Labor Organisation (ILO) in Torino, Italy.
8. FSF Latin America on its way
After some months of discussions including FSFE president Georg Greve=
,
a team of Free Software advocates in Latin America have published
their declaration of intent to join the global network of Free
Software Foundations.
http://www.fsfla.org/doi-en.html
9. Nordic University Computer Club Conference in Sweden
Jonas =C3=96berg participated in the Nordic University Computer Club
Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, which gathered participants from
Norway, Sweden and Finland. Jonas gave a lecture on the philosophy an=
d
law of Free Software, which was followed by several interesting
discussions with the participants.
10. Alessandro Rubini speaks at University in Lecce
Alessandro Rubini has been invited in Lecce, where there is a strong
GLUG and the University is launching "Sistemi Operativi 3", a course
on kernel internals, the third course in the Engineering Faculty
completely about Free Software. There he had a talk about "Developing
Free Software in the Technological Market", and has been interviewed,
together with Prof. Tommasi who organized the events, at the local TV
station.
11. Web pages translated to 14 languages
After some new volunteers from Eastern Europe joined the translation
team, the FSFE homepage is now available in no less than 14 languages=
!
However, the Czech, Greek, and Portuguese translations have not been
updated for quite a while, and the translations to other languages ar=
e
incomplete and need maintenance. So any help with translations to
virtually any language is always highly welcome.
http://www.fsfeurope.org/contribute/translators.en.html
You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on
http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html
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