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Jonathan Nalley forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-November/013556.html</ref> an article on the Fedora Board discussion on inclusion of a SQL Server vulnerability penetration tool, SQLNinja: | |||
"The decision came during the same meeting that the board unanimously decided to add a new statement to Fedora's legal guidelines concerning | |||
the inclusion of hacking tools....Smith said the language is intended to clarify its stance on a class of software that can be used both to | |||
secure and penetrate protected networks. | |||
“It's very much a gray area, and as a Board we wanted to ensure that we were careful and deliberate about the kinds of tools we choose to | |||
put in Fedora,” he explained. | |||
For the record, Fedora already includes a host of other hacking tools, including Jack John the Ripper, Ettercap, Dsniff, Yersinia, Nessus and | |||
Nikto, to name a small few." | |||
The full article is available<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/11/fedora_hacker_tool_ban/</ref>. | |||
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Revision as of 21:03, 17 November 2010
Fedora In the News
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Fedora bars SQLNinja hack tool (The Register UK)
Jonathan Nalley forwarded[1] an article on the Fedora Board discussion on inclusion of a SQL Server vulnerability penetration tool, SQLNinja:
"The decision came during the same meeting that the board unanimously decided to add a new statement to Fedora's legal guidelines concerning the inclusion of hacking tools....Smith said the language is intended to clarify its stance on a class of software that can be used both to secure and penetrate protected networks.
“It's very much a gray area, and as a Board we wanted to ensure that we were careful and deliberate about the kinds of tools we choose to put in Fedora,” he explained.
For the record, Fedora already includes a host of other hacking tools, including Jack John the Ripper, Ettercap, Dsniff, Yersinia, Nessus and Nikto, to name a small few."
The full article is available[2].
Fedora Board likely to reconsider SQLNinja, but should they? - (Network World)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a followup on the SQLNinja packaging question for Fedora 15:
"The chorus crying about the exclusion of SQLNinja has nothing at stake, nothing at risk if Fedora ships SQLNinja. On the other hand, Fedora as a project under Red Hat's wing can expose the parent company to legal risk — not to mention risk to its reputation. Imagine for a moment the headlines about Red Hat shipping a SQL Server takeover tool in Fedora 15, especially if it actually is *used* to conduct an attack of any magnitude. If you want to get on the slippery slope, Red Hat and the Fedora Board have very good reasons for rejecting SQLNinja."
The full article is available[2]
Fedora 14 mini-review (Linux In Exile)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another blog review of Fedora 14:
"As you know, Fedora 14 released this week. I prefer Fedora as my Linux distro, so I downloaded the new version right away. Here is my mini-review. I freaking love it."
The full post is available[2]
Ubuntu vs Fedora: which is best? (Tech Radar)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a comparison of the latest versions of Fedora and Ubuntu:
"Ubuntu goes out of the way to make things easier for the user, who often couldn't care less if they are 'tainting' their system, whereas Fedora goes out of its way to do the right thing."
The full post is available[2]
Fedora 14: Who is Reviewing the Reviewers? (Montana Linux)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1]
"Distrowatch had a review of Fedora 14 as a feature of their weekly edition. In it they had some background information, mentioned that the Fedora Project has a new website, had a mini-interview with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith, and then proceeded to go through the actual Fedora 14 release.
They didn't find Fedora to be perfect (it isn't nor is any Linux distribution) nor did they find any major flaws. The reviewer mentioned what he thought Fedoras strengths were as well as some of areas that need additional attention. I thought it was a reasonable review and that the reviewer had actually put a considerable amount of time and effort into it... trying to be an information resource for the reader."
The full post is available[2]
Fedora Welcomes in New Management (Ostatic.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a post covering recent Fedora Project personnel changes:
"Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader, has announced some personnel changes within the Fedora project that show, as Smith says, "every person in the Fedora community is a potential leader." According to Smith, Fedora's "policies of rotating leadership help ensure that everyone who is so inclined has a chance to lead and serve."
The full post is available[2]
Red Hat's Fedora 14 Boasts Updated Development Tools, New Virtualization Technology (eWeek)
Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] a review of Fedora 14 from eWeek:
"Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat's fast-moving, community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this month bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software applications, with a particular focus on updated developer tools, such as the latest versions of the Eclipse and Netbeans Integrated Development Environments. As far as new features are concerned, Fedora 14 is a fairly modest release, particularly when compared to the latest from Fedora's chief Linux rival, Ubuntu.
The Fedora feature that most caught my eye was the addition of software packages to enable Spice, the remote desktop protocol that Red Hat picked up in its 2008 acquisition of Qumranet, the creator of Red Hat's KVM open-source hypervisor. While KVM was fairly quickly digested into the distributions of Red Hat and other Linux vendors, Spice has proven more of a challenge, due in large part to the fact that it started out as a proprietary technology[2].
The full post is available[3]
Fedora To Eventually Move to Wayland, Too (OSNews)
Jonathan Nalley forwarded[1] a message on Fedora's future adoption of Wayland to replace X.org:
"It turns out that Ubuntu isn't the only Linux distribution who took a left turn off the X.org highway, now driving on a road that will eventually lead to replacing X.org with Wayland. Fedora's 'graphics cabal', as they call themselves, have explained themselves on Fedora's devel mailing list. They also explain how network transparency can be added to Wayland in a number of different ways, making the mailing list thread intriguing reading material."
The full post is available[2]
Fedora Scholarship Program to Proliferate Open Source Technology (InfoTech Spotlight)
Jonathan Nalley forwarded[1] a post on the the Fedora Scholarship program:
"The Fedora Project announced the opening of the 2011 Fedora Scholarship program, an award that recognizes the contributions of college and University students toward the project. It is awarded to one high school senior annually to assist in college or university education. This is the fourth year since this particular scholarship program has taken off.
Jared Smith, Fedora project leader at Red Hat, said that the scholarship is recognition of talent in the young in the pursuit of innovation, and hopes to encourage and foster future technologists to develop and contribute technology openly."
The full post is available[2]
Did Ubuntu disrespect Fedora Linux with openrespect?
"To be fair, I have not contacted Bacon for his side of this story, but the fact that Fedora has publicly posted this as part of their Board notes gives me some confidence of the validity of the statement....The other thing that must happen for respect in open source communities to occur, in my view is the oversight of a neutral third party. Openrespect as an effort led by Jono Bacon, will always be suspect for Ubunutu bias and ultimately that will render the effort marginally useless."
The full post is available[1]