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The Next Decade Brings Growing Pains of Teen Years Cover Your Assets: Will the next ten years be perceived as the "lean teens" or "green teens" for data centers? ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	5 Ways Virtualization Will Change in 2010 Virtually Speaking: Virtualization isn't the new kid on the block anymore, but big changes are in store in the new year. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
HP Enlists Partners to Help Steal Sun's Customers Microsoft, Novell, and Red Hat join up with the hardware giant to ease customers' transition off Solaris. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	VShell Aims to Harden Security With 3.6 Release After five beta releases, VanDyke Software's telnet server, VShell Server 3.6, got the gold stamp of approval. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
Virtualization Adoption on the Decline Recent research reports show the rate of enterprises adopting virtualization is on the decline. Has the silver bullet misfired, or is something else happening here? ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	10 OSes on the Move OS Roundup: SCO and NetWare face extinction; Ubuntu may or may not hit the big leagues. Who else will win or lose big in the coming decade? ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
Opalis Finds New Home Microsoft makes a move to expand its datacenter management capabilities with the acquisition of the IT process automation firm. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	Perl and the Flip-Flop Operator Tip of the Trade: The flip-flop operator in Perl is quite useful for comparing arguments, but it does have some surprising quirks. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
Hyper-V Security and Authorization Manager, Keys to a Successful Config Are your Hyper-V virtual machines secure? Learn how to secure them using Authorization Manager. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	Dell, the Other White Box Vendor No-name PC vendors fill the landscape from coast to coast serving many verticals, but Dell is ready to challenge them. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
Even the Shoddiest Server Deployments Work -- On Paper Cover Your Assets: Plan carefully when making changes to your data center. What you detail on paper may not translate successfully to the actual rack. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	Private Cloud Gaining Over Public Virtually Speaking: As cloud takes off, the private, not public, cloud is leading out of the gate. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
IBM Rolls Out New System z Linux Servers Big Blue's latest offerings are designed for enterprise customers looking to consolidate and virtualize on Linux. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	Why Open-Source Software Vendors Should Charge More OS Roundup: As Unix's market share declines, Windows is gaining seats faster than Linux. One theory is that many enterprise decision makers perceive a higher price tag as an indicator of higher quality. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010
More Special Variables in Perl: Outputs Last week we looked at special Perl variables for reading things in; this week we look at the other side -- variables that are useful when you want to write things out. ServerWatch ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010	NewsBone.com Suggest a feed to syndicate here, or check out what I'm doing over at freshtao. ~Created Tue Mar 9 20:28:13 2010

Serious Apache Exploit Discovered
bennyboy64 writes "An IT security company has discovered a serious exploit in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. ZDNet reports the vulnerability exists in Apache's core mod_isapi module. By exploiting the module, an attacker could remotely gain system privileges that would compromise data security. Users of Apache 2.2.14 and earlier are advised to upgrade to Apache 2.2.15, which fixes the exploit." Note: according to the advisory, this exploit is exclusive to Windows.

Slashdot: Apache ~Created Tue Mar 9 17:27:13 2010

The Final Release of Apache HTTP Server 1.3
Kyle Hamilton writes "The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.42 of the Apache HTTP Server ('Apache'). This release is intended as the final release of version 1.3 of the Apache HTTP Server, which has reached end of life status There will be no more full releases of Apache HTTP Server 1.3. However, critical security updates may be made available."

Slashdot: Apache ~Created Tue Mar 9 17:27:13 2010

Facebook's HipHop Also a PHP Webserver
darthcamaro writes "As expected, Facebook today announced a new runtime for PHP, called HipHop. What wasn't expected were a few key revelations disclosed today by Facebook developer David Recordan. As it turns out, Facebook has been running HipHop for months and it now powers 90 percent of their servers — it's not a skunkworks project; it's a Live production technology. It's also not just a runtime, it's also a new webserver. 'In general, Apache is a great Web server, but when we were looking at how we get the next half percent or percent of performance, we didn't need all the features that Apache offers," Recordon said. He added, however, that he hopes an open source project will one day emerge around making HipHop work with Apache Web servers.'"

Slashdot: Apache ~Created Tue Mar 9 17:27:13 2010

ModSecurity 2.5
Martijn de Boer writes "For a long time now Apache's webserver software has been serving up the Web. Because Internet usage is still growing every day, securing your growing number of servers has become very important. ModSecurity 2.5 has been written to illustrate and educate you the ease of use and inner workings of the ModSecurity module for the most widespread webserver." Read below for the rest of Martijn's review.

Slashdot: Apache ~Created Tue Mar 9 17:27:13 2010

Apache May Stop 1.3, 2.0 Series Releases
Dan Jones writes "The Apache Software Foundation may stop releasing new versions of the older 1.3 and 2.0 series of its flagship Web server product with most development now focused on the 2.2 series. Nothing is final yet, but messages to the Apache httpd developer mailing list recommend the formal deprecation of the 1.3.x branch, with most citing a lack of development activity. The Apache HTTP server project is one of the most successful and popular open source projects and has become an integral part of the technology stack for thousands of Web and SaaS applications. The first generation of Apache was released in 1995, and the 2.0 series began in 2002. Apache httpd 2.2 began in 2005, with the latest release (October 2009) being 2.2.14. However, the most recent releases of the 1.3 and 2.0 series servers were back in January 2008. With the combined total of active 1.3 and 2.0 series Apache Web servers well into the millions, any decision to end-of-life either product will be watched closely."

Slashdot: Apache ~Created Tue Mar 9 17:27:13 2010

Offset Bad Code, With Bad Code Offsets
An anonymous reader writes "Two weeks ago, The Daily WTF's Alex Papadimoulis announced Bad Code Offsets, a join venture between many big names in the software development community (including StackOverflow's Jeff Atwood and Jon Skeet and SourceGear's Eric Sink). The premise is that you can offset bad code by purchasing Bad Code Offsets (much in the same way a carbon-footprint is offset). The profits are donated to Free Software projects which work to eliminate bad code, such as the Apache Foundation and FreeBSD. The first cheques were sent out earlier today." Hopefully, they work better than carbon offsets, actually.