Apple Inc.

APPLE-SA-2008-04-16 Safari 3.1.1

Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco Network Admission Control Shared Secret Vulnerability

The FreeBSD Project

OpenSSH X11-forwarding privilege escalation

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0145 Moderate: ImageMagick security update
RHSA-2008:0165 Moderate: ImageMagick security update
RHSA-2008:0199 Important: Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 5 security update
RHSA-2008:0201 Critical: redhat-ds-admin security update
RHSA-2008:0222 Critical: firefox security update
RHSA-2008:0223 Critical: seamonkey security update
RHSA-2008:0235 Important: speex security update

Sun Microsystems, [...]

Categories: Security Updates

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2008-04-15 through 2008-04-16:

#235361: Sun Java System Directory Server 6.2 Database May Become CorruptedDEBUG - conn=-1 op=-1 msgId=-1 - libdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
Under Certain Conditions, Installing Solaris 8 Migration Assistant 1.0 on Solaris 10 May Cause a System PanicDowngrading to patch revisions 127111-03 [...]

Categories: Tech Messages

I’ve been having problems with Google Chat (in Gmail) this afternoon. I decided that logging out of Gmail and restarting Firefox might be a helpful exercise. When I returned to Gmail, I noticed that something was wrong: everything was right.
For some odd reason, I seem to have been zapped back to the days [...]

Categories: Software

Cisco End-of-Life / End-of-Sale Announcement Batch #33 is heavily weighted with Cisco MDS equipment. If you are using this gear, pay especially close attention to the next few batches to see if you are OK.
Don’t forget, most EoL / EoS announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding [...]

Categories: Networking

You know the saying: “Another day, another batch of Cisco EoL / EoS announcements!” This is Cisco EoL / EoS Batch #32, and you are welcome to it.
Don’t forget, most EoL / EoS announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding what product is best for you, send [...]

Categories: Networking