KDE fixes hole, Microsoft still thinking

In a good display of what the open source movement is capable of, the SSL flaw in KDE`s Konqueror browsers has already been fixed, according to TheRegister. Microsoft, however, appears not even to have started on the problem. The flaw allows for site owners to sign a dummy certificate using a second valid certificate. KDE`s fix is already included in the concurrent versions system tree and will apparently be included in binaries by early next week. [More at TheRegister]

Sun`s Linux distribution went on show yesterday and is essentially the Red Hat Advanced Server, possibly disappointing users who were anticipating some sort of breakthrough. The new distribution is called Sun Linux 5.0 and with very little exception is the same as Red Hat 7.2. In fact, details released on the Web list just three differences between the two distributions, including different RPM package versions. Built on a 2.4 kernel, the package includes all the standard applications as well as a range of tools from Sun, including Sun One active server pages, Java 2 software development kit and the Sun Grid engine.

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