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Using Linux and the Asterisk PBX, it is possible to build a secure, cost effective VoIP (and traditional PSTN) PBX solution. This article shows you how to take advantage of various hardware, software and tricks to accomplish this goal within a limited budget.

"Wireless access is all the rage. Wireless this, wireless that. Hot spots are turning up everywhere. Many are free. Many have absolutely no security. There are several in my neighborhood. I have no idea who is running them, but at least one is wide open." Read the article at OnLamp. My Take: At my apartment complex there are 3 other wireless networks, except ours. Two of them are open! I even warned one of the guys to secure it, but he doesn't seem to care! Funny how people don't care about data security.

Zebra is open source TCP/IP routing software that is similar to Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS). Flexible and powerful, it can handle routing protocols such as Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), and all of their various flavors. This article shows how to set up Zebra and use it to manage routes dynamically in conjunction with real Cisco hardware.

Watson developer Dan Wood has posted an update on Sun's Java version of his popular Mac OS X application. "I am sad to say that it looks like Sun doesn't seem to be focusing on getting the port of Watson released any time soon," writes Wood on his blog.

A few days ago we read about the Deli Linux, which aims to fill-in the gap of Linux distros in the 486/586 machine range by running lightweight/older applications. The disto comes with Dillo and Links as its browsers, but I bet there aren't many people who know that there is yet another very lightweight browser for GTK+ 1.2.x and it is more powerful and more memory-optimized than Dillo: Access' NetFront. Check for info and screenshots inside.

This is a report of a very simple and unscientific effort to determine which browsers are used by tech-savvy power users. Why would anyone care? Idle curiosity, mostly. And because it might be interesting to see if the recent spate of well-publicized security problems with Windows and Internet Explorer have had any effect on browser choice among alpha geeks.

This document will introduce OpenVPN as a free, secure and easy to use and configure SSLbased VPN solution. The document will present some simple (and verified) scenario’s that might be useful for preparing security/networking labs with students, for creating a remote access solution or as a new project for the interested home user.

Following months of beta testing, the Omni Group today announced the availability of OmniWeb 5.0, a major update to its Mac OS X Web browser.

This article offers feature suggestions to budding OS developers looking for that neat edge.

I had been an avid user of Pine for almost five years. Recently, I decided to move to a greener posture. I dumped my good old Pine and settled with a graphical client. Although, sometime I miss the simple, fast, text based interface, the new relationship is shaping up to be an exciting one. We have our bad times, but overall I am happy with the switch.

IT departments charged with integrating Linux clients among the Windows desktops they're running can make life easier by administering Linux user accounts with Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory. Samba, the open-source project for providing Windows-compatible file and print services, makes this possible, but it doesn't make it easy.

Just days after Yahoo canned the enterprise version of its free instant-messaging client, AOL announces that it is halting sales of its own enterprise IM offering. This pretty much leaves Microsoft and Sonork playing ball alone in the Enterprise IM'ing market. Skype is an interesting VoIP alternative to Enterprise IM'ing (no ads/spyware according to them) and it now has a version for Linux (Qt-based).

MUSCLE is a robust, somewhat scalable, cross-platform client-server messaging system for dynamic distributed applications that runs under any POSIX-compliant operating system and Windows. Version 2.50 was released today including additions and fixes. The author of MUSCLE, Jeremy Friesner, wrote a very enjoyable article for OSNews back in the day to better introduce the system: "Using MUSCLE to Implement a Multiplayer Networked Game".

The Russian security site securitylab.ru reported that the source code of the CISCO IOS 12.3, 12.3t operating system has probably been stolen. The leak of Cisco's source code for its latest network devices will not result in a large number of discovered vulnerabilities, security experts said.