Most severe linux kernel bug exposed
from The Register:
Linux developers have issued a critical update for the open-source OS after researchers uncovered a vulnerability in its kernel that puts most versions built in the past eight years at risk of complete takeover.
The bug involves the way kernel-level routines such as sock_sendpage react when they are left unimplemented. Instead of linking to a corresponding placeholder, (for example, sock_no_accept), the function pointer is left uninitialized. Sock_sendpage doesn’t always validate the pointer before dereferencing it, leaving the OS open to local privilege escalation that can completely compromise the underlying machine.
From all sorts of vulnerabilities of the Linux operating system, this is the most severe. Unfortunately, the details of the bug has been announced before the vendors patching their systems. The hacker can easily penetrate the system access that the previous user privileges to be root privileges. Fortunately, this vulnerabilities occurred in the local operating system, not remotely. We still can say “fortunately”
Update and Patch your system with the distro’s way.

Easily choose your Linux distribution
Hello for all people who want to migrate from Windows to Linux, i found a website (Linux Distribution Chooser) that will help you choosing the best Linux distribution for your home/desktop /workstation. I already take that test, and they told me to choose whether Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora, or Debian ^^.
Of course my first choice on Linux desktop is Ubuntu, and for the Linux server is Debian.
New version of Helix 2008R1
e-Fense proudly announced their new electronic discovery, incident response, and computer investigation distro based on Ubuntu Linux (no longer based on Knoppix) called Helix. This released version is Helix 2008R1 (2.0) released on September 15, 2008. This update is so long, last version was 1.7 and released about a year ago (on July 31, 2007).
Many changes and updates within this version, see here. Upgrade your security inventory guys, the new Helix is coming ^^
Best shout for Debian
Dulu saya selalu mengatakan bahwa distro terbaik adalah Slackware, entah kenapa saya menyukai Slackware, mungkin karena semuanya serba mentah, jadinya bisa seenaknya edit sana edit sini. Tapi seiring waktu serta kebutuhan jaman akan efisiensi yang serba praktis, kita jadi pengen praktis juga. Lirik distro sana-sini, pake CentOS, openSUSE, Ubuntu Server, dll ternyata pilihan hati jatuh ke distro Debian. Apa sih kelebihannya?
KDE 4.0 RELEASED !!
Finally, setelah menunggu berhari-hari, berbulan-bulan (hahaha, di dramatisir banget), akhirnya KDE (K Desktop Environment) mengeluarkan versi yang menurut mereka merupakan versi impian, versi 4.0.
Desas-desus perubahan drastis dari KDE versi 3 ke versi 4 sudah menyebar sejak setahun yang lalu. Ada sebuah situs yang khusus menyediakan dandanan untuk KDE yang bernama KDE Look, di situs tersebut terdapat sebuah section khusus untuk brainstorming KDE 4, wow! dan selama KDE 4 belum dirilis, para pengembang lepasan (pengembang komunitas) yang udah ga sabar untuk melihat KDE 4 biasanya membantu mendevelop lewat theme-theme, style, atau window decorator yang lebih baik untuk KDE versi 3. Read more
Ubuntu 7.10 Debating for ACPI Bug
wwrmn writes
“There’s a debate going on over at bugs.launchpad.net on whether it’s the Ubuntu, BIOS, hard-drive manufacturer, or pick-any-player’s fault, but Ubuntu (and perhaps any OS) may be dramatically shortening the life of your laptop’s hard drive due to an aggressive power-saving feature / acpi bug / OS configuration. Regardless of where the fault lies or how it’s fixed, you might want to take some actions now to try to prevent the damage.”*
Saya juga mendukung debat yang dilangsungkan di bugs.launchpad.net karena masalah tersebut mampir ke laptop saya, duh!! Ternyata permasalahan unable to shutdown/restart/logout menjadi momok yang benar-benar menakutkan, jalan satu-satunya untuk mematikan laptop saya adalah dengan hard shutdown (menyedihkan hard drive saya). Read more
Cicipi Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
Biarpun telat (dengan beribu alasan pembelaan), akhirnya saya mencicipi juga versi terakhir tahun ini dari Ubuntu dengan nama kode Gutsy Gibbon, nomor versinya 7.10. Secara lengkap biasa kita kenal dengan Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). Read more



