09 December 2004

Multiple Browsers Window Injection Vulnerability Test "Secunia Research has reported a vulnerability, which affects most browsers. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious web site to "hi-jack" a named browser window, regardless of which web site is the true "owner" of the window... " 3:16:26 PM      comment ? []

Open Source's Lessons for Historians  Nathan L. Ensmenger, University of Pennsylvania "Of all the developments in the recent history of computing, none has attracted such widespread attention as the emergence of the open-source software movement. In part, this is due to the remarkable successes of such open-source projects as Linux, Sendmail, and Apache. Versions of the GNU/Linux operating system are used by 40 percent of large American corporations, 65 percent of the world's Web servers run Apache, and Sendmail manages 80 percent of the world's email. Even traditional commercial vendors such as IBM, Apple, and Novell have jumped on the open-source bandwagon; the Macintosh OS X operating system is based on a BSD derivative, and IBM recently announced a $1 billion commitment to open-source development. Despite these apparent successes, however, the lessons of the open-source movement are not necessarily those that its proponents might hope or imagine. They suggest more about new methods and questions for historians to grapple with than obvious conclusions about a new "one best way" to manage software development ... " 8:02:02 AM      comment ? []