Filed under: Security, Utilities, Linux, Mozilla
SSL Blacklist Extension 1.0 for Firefox
by Drew Olanoff May 29th 2008
There's been a lot of discussion about a Debian bug going around.The bug affects SSL certificates on servers, which means visiting a compromised server could leave your info in the open, without you having the faintest idea.
Here's a quick rundown:
"All RSA & DSA keypairs generated with OpenSSL on affected systems (any Debian-based system between roughly Sep-17-2006 and May-13-2008) are trivial to guess. The fix is not so simple. After updating OpenSSL on an affected system, you need to figure out if any of your crypto keys are affected." [...] "You need to regenerate all such keys and replace your SSL certificates as well. "
That's all very techy, but if you're running a Debian server, you know exactly what's up.
Now there's a handy Firefox extension that will alert you when visiting a potentially compromised site. The extension works a little magic in the background to determine if the SSL certificate you're trusting to keep your transaction safe is one which could be dangerous, thus giving you a little added protection from the rough and ragged world of cybercrime.
You can download it here.
[via codefromthe70s]
It's a weird phenomenon. Nearly every computer platform steals another one's look. Vista gets accused of trying to look too much like OS X. Linux desktops get accused of trying to look like Vista (except when they're accused of ripping off OS X). 
We're taking a little departure this week from our sometimes successful attempt to be non-distro-specific, and looking at a neat little program that runs on Debian and Ubuntu flavors (including Ubuntu-derivatives, like Mint).
The ever-creeping Debian project has released a major update to their production-ready operating system, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0. Although it's not considered a "new version" by the team -- few things are -- it is more or less equivalent to a Windows service pack. 
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
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The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
