In previous coding examples, I’ve used Assembla to demonstrate some Subversion interactions. At the time, Assembla offered a free Subversion repository bundled with some really nice development tools. In fairness to all Slaptijack readers, I need to point out that Assembla’s Andy Singleton announced the end of free plans (except for student and open source [...]

Categories: Programming

Cisco Systems Inc.

Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol Vulnerability

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0939 Important: openoffice.org security update

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

A Security Vulnerability in the Sun System Firmware on Certain SPARC Systems May Allow Unauthorized Data Access

Categories: Security Updates

Microsoft Corporation

Cumulative Security Update of ActiveX Kill Bits
Vulnerability in Windows Internet Printing Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (953155)
Vulnerability in Host Integration Server RPC Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956695)
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416)
Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593)

Red Hat, Inc.

RHSA-2008:0957 Important: kernel security and bug [...]

Categories: Security Updates

Don’t forget, most Cisco End-of-Life / End-of-Sale announcements include a list of product migration options. If you need help deciding which product is best for you, send me a message.

Change in Product Part Number Announcement for the Cisco Digital Media Player 4305G
Cisco uBR10K RF Switch Promotional Bundle
Cisco netManager 1.1 Yearly Subscription Licenses
Cisco Selected Elements [...]

Categories: Networking

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2008-10-25 through 2008-10-30:

Change in Product Part Number Announcement for the Sun Cluster Data Service for Cisco Access RegistrarCisco® announces a change in product part numbers for the Sun Cluster Data Service for Cisco Access Registrar. This is a product part number change only announcement. Customers will experience [...]

Categories: Tech Messages