Entries from December 2007

Security Updates | 2007-12-20

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2007:1176 Important: autofs security update
RHSA-2007:1177 Important: autofs5 security update

Categories: Security Updates

Enabling Vertical (\G) Output in the MySQL Client

One problem with the MySQL command line client is that queries with lots of columns tend to wrap crazily based on your terminal size. To overcome this, you can get a vertical output by terminating your queries with \G instead of ;. I find this format extremely helpful in cases where I know […]

Categories: Software

Security Updates | 2007-12-19

Cisco Systems Inc.

Application Inspection Vulnerability in Cisco Firewall Services Module

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2007:1083 Moderate: thunderbird security update
RHSA-2007:1104 Important: kernel security and bug fix update
RHSA-2007:1157 Important: mysql security update
RHSA-2007:1165 Moderate: libexif security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Thunderbird for Solaris 10 May Allow Execution of Arbitrary Code and Access to Unauthorized Data
Security Vulnerabilities in […]

Categories: Security Updates

Security Updates | 2007-12-18

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2007:1126 Critical: flash-plugin security update
RHSA-2007:1130 Moderate: squid security update
RHSA-2007:1155 Important: mysql security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities Within the GIMP Plugins

Categories: Security Updates

Tech Messages | 2007-12-18

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2007-12-17 through 2007-12-18:

Testing Connectivity with fping and send mail if any hosts are unreachableHere’s a simple idea for automating connectivity tests without the overhead of something like Nagios.
Monitoring the Email Monitor - The Daily WTFAbsolutely classic - must read!
MySQL: Data Storage or Data Processing | MySQL Performance […]

Categories: Tech Messages

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