Sean Michael Kerner

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky made headlines last year when he discovered a critical DNS flaw. If left unpatched it could have crippled vast parts of the Internet. As 2009 starts up, a new DNS (define) flaw has emerged, but the severity of the threat is less pronounced. ISC (Internet Systems Consortium) the group leading development […]

Some technologies move fast, while others blaze at lightning speed such as Google’s latest Chrome browser, now at version 2.0.156.1. The latest release includes a major new version of the WebKit rendering engine, new customization options, security and speed enhancements as well as a new HTTP (define) engine that could herald the introduction of Chrome […]

The open source FreeBSD operating system is out with its first major update in nearly a year. FreeBSD 7.1 includes numerous improvements over its predecessor FreeBSD 7.0, including Sun Microsystem-developed Dtrace technology as well as new boot options and scalability improvements. The FreeBSD 7.1 release comes as FreeBSD developers push toward a FreeBSD version 8.0 […]

The past year has seen strides in open source’s place in the industry, cementing its role as a major force in the enterprise — with several key players and stakeholders rising to the top. Just what do they have planned for the next twelve months? Also this year, the breakneck pace of development in networking […]

Linux creator Linus Torvalds is expected to soon release the final Linux kernel of 2008, loaded full of stocking stuffers for users of the open source operating system. Among the key new items in the release is a new, stable filesystem as well as improved graphics performance. The Linux 2.6.28 kernel will be the fifth […]

There is a way to make money from Linux even in a down economy — it’s called subscription revenues. Linux vendor Red Hat yesterday reported growth in income and revenues on the back of renewal rates for its Linux support subscriptions. Revenues for the company’s third fiscal quarter for 2009, which ended Nov. 30, hit […]

Some might argue it was a middling year of news about open source and the Linux operating system. Whatever the sentiment, 2008 proved another year of solid growth and new releases for open source and Linux vendors. In our week-plus look at the top stories, trends and themes of 2008, we pause to look at […]

What a year for networking! No, not on Facebook or LinkedIn, but in how people actually connected to the Internet before they hooked into their social networks. This year, the networking industry faced down its most serious security challenge in the last twenty years. In addition, 2008 will be noted as the year in which […]

Networking giant Cisco today revealed its take on the current state of IT security. The major trends? Vulnerabilities are on the rise, with blended and virtualization attacks becoming increasingly the norm. According to Cisco, as of the end of October 2008, over 5971 IT vulnerabilities had been tallied, which is a year over year increase […]

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), the group behind the popular GPL open source license, has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco and wants an injunction against the networking giant. The suit, filed in a federal court in New York today, alleges that Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) Linksys consumer network equipment divisions violated the license terms […]