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Linux: Display Japanese or Chinese Or Any Other Multilingual Text On The Console / Shell Prompt

Posted: 16 Jul 2008 09:27 AM CDT

Explains how to display multilingual text such as hindi, chinese, japanese, korean etc text on the console using framebuffer, and bterm applications under Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / Debian / Ubuntu Linux.

Ubuntu Linux Critical Kernel Vulnerabilities Fix Available

Posted: 16 Jul 2008 06:58 AM CDT

Canonical Ltd has issued updates for its Kernel package to plug multiple security holes. A security issue affects all Ubuntu Linux versions.

Debian Linux Security Update: Lighttpd DoS and Gaim Package Remote Security Issues

Posted: 15 Jul 2008 05:19 PM CDT

Debian Linux project released today bug fixes for lighttpd and gaim package that allows remote attacks and DoS attacks.

Find Out If My DNS Server Free From DNS Cache Poisoning Bug Or Not

Posted: 16 Jul 2008 09:49 AM CDT

How do I verify that my ISP or my own recursive resolvers are free from DNS cache poisoning bug that is promised full disclosure of the flaw by Dan on August 7 at the Black Hat conference? How do I test my dns server for DNS cache pollution or DNS Cache Poisoning bug?

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