The H news 14/03/2009

The H news 14/03/2009 www.h-online.com Overview of the news from the past 24 hours The H Security news Tools to remove Conficker A number of antivirus software vendors are now offering a separate tool to remove the Conficker worm, including Symantec, F-Secure and BitDefender › Read article     Former FBI Director calls for decentralisation of cybersecurity responsibilities Former FBI director, Louis Freeh warns that security problems on networks are too complex for the National Security Agency (NSA) alone, to resolve › Read article     Vyatta CE5: Free software router/firewall with web-based GUI Version 5 of the Vyatta Community Edition can now be configured via a web interface and includes updated support for OpenVPN and an Intrusion Prevention System › Read article     Apache ModSecurity firewall can be disabled By issuing two releases within a single day, the Apache security developers have eliminated security vulnerabilities that can put affected web servers out of action › Read article     The H Open Source news Jaiku to become JaikuEngine The Jaiku developers have announced that Jaiku is now being served from the Google App Engine › Read article     BBC defends botnet acquisition The BBC have responded to suggestions that the acquisition of a botnet for a programme on internet security may have been illegal by citing "the strong public interest" in defending against cyber crime › Read article     Kernel Log: What's new in 2.6.29 - Part 6: Storage, IDE/PATA, SCSI We look at what's new in the storage drivers for the 2.6.29 Linux Kernel › Read article     MacRuby 0.4: Ruby support for Mac OS X Version 0.4 of MacRuby has been released and includes several new features › Read article     Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 released Firefox 3.1 beta 3 includes a number of improvements to Private Browsing Mode and TraceMonkey. It has new native JSON support, web worker thread support and several bug fixes › Read article     Google Summer of Code 2009 Google will again be holding their Google Summer of Code event this year and expects to sponsor approximately 1,000 students › Read article     Vyatta CE5: Free software router/firewall with web-based GUI Version 5 of the Vyatta Community Edition can now be configured via a web interface and includes updated support for OpenVPN and an Intrusion Prevention System › Read article     Apache ModSecurity firewall can be disabled By issuing two releases within a single day, the Apache security developers have eliminated security vulnerabilities that can put affected web servers out of action › Read article     French coppers save a few pennies with open source The French national police force estimates that, since starting to migrate to open source software in 2004, it has saved 50 million euros › Read article     SourceForge supports Git, Bazaar and Mercurial SourceForge now supports Git, Bazaar and Mercurial source code management systems › Read article     This newsletter is sent to in a multipart format. If you want to read it as plain text, you will have to change the display mode of your e-mail program. You are receiving The H news because you subscribed at our website. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, you can cancel your subscription at http://www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/news. For more news from the world of technology, subscribe to our other newsletters: Newsletter The H Open Source: All the latest about Free and Open Source software from The H, including news, features, analysis and case studies. www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/open Newsletter The H Security: IT security news and alerts to keep your systems secure, with features giving an in-depth look at the world of IT security. www.h-online.com/newsletter/manage/security Legal notice Publishers: Christian Heise, Ansgar Heise, Christian Persson Editor-in-chief: Dj Walker-Morgan All rights reserved. Any copies or dissemination on any medium, either in part of whole, requires the written consent of the publisher. Copyright (c) 2009 Heise Media UK Ltd.