Shoes is a very informal graphics and windowing toolkit. It’s for making regular old apps that run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It’s a blend of my favorite things from the Web, some Ruby style, and a sprinkling of cross-platform widgets. Shoes uses Ruby as its interface language.
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Red Hat has shipped a new version of its dnsmasq caching software to plug source UDP port bug. This could have made DNS spoofing attacks (CVE-2008-1447) easier. Dnsmasq is lightweight ultra fast dns cache server forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network.
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Dan Kaminsky discovered that properties inherent to the DNS protocol lead to practical DNS cache poisoning attacks. Among other things, successful attacks can lead to misdirected web traffic and email rerouting.
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Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in the Ubuntu Linux kernel and can be corrected by upgrading your system to latest kernel version.
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A step-by-step guide for updating Ubuntu Linux software / system and patching system for security updates.
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A quick way to fix shell post / pre execution scripts package problem under Debian / Ubuntu Linux.
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apturl lets you install packages using a apt:pkgname like synatx. For example, install php5 package by visiting url. You should see prompt as follows: You can install apturl under Ubuntu Linux by entering following command: $ sudo apt-get install apturl => apturl package project home page. (found via Linux Hack3r)
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