LinuxSecurity.com: Last week was the RSA Conference, easily the largest information security conference in the world. More than 17,000 people descended on San Francisco's Moscone Center to hear some of the more than 250 talks, attend I-didn't-try-to-count parties, and try
LinuxSecurity.com: The Solar Designer from the Openwall project announced some interesting news about their project. They are joined the oCERT project which is an important project for the Linux Security. Solar Designer is creator of the popular John the Ripper
The publication tested two all-in-one desktops and notebooks, one Mac and one PC in each category, using a panel of testers ranging from experts to beginners.
The analyst firm pointed to better administrative tools, security tools like User Account Control, and Vista's integrated search functionality in its assessment.
I wrote yesterday that RAND terms can be discriminatory, and that in fact due to the Microsoft OSP, OOXML is discriminatory against the GPL and Open Source licenses, despite being made available under RAND terms. Microsoft's Jason Matusow responded with
This article concludes the series on testing applications for Vista compatibility by showing you how to analyze applications for which Microsoft hasn't provided any compatibility information.