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[fm-news] Newsletter for Saturday, January 08th 2005

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::: L I N K S F O R T H E D A Y :::

Today's news on the web: http://freshmeat.net/daily/2005/01/08/
freshmeat.net newsgroup: news://news.freshmeat.net/fm.announce

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::: A D V E R T I S I N G :::

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::: A R T I C L E S (1) :::

Kenosis and the World Free Web
by Eric Ries (mailto:eriesusers.sourceforge.net)
Section: Project Reviews
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:00

Four years ago, I wrote an article for freshmeat called "The World Free
Web" in which I described a way to make Web content available in a
distributed and anonymous way via Freenet. Back then, I expected, as did
many others, that Freenet was on the verge of completion, and all that
remained was to think of interesting new applications to write on this new
platform.

URL: http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1440/

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::: R E L E A S E H E A D L I N E S (50) :::

[001] - Adcd 0.4
[002] - aescrypt2 1.0
[003] - amaroK 1.2-beta3
[004] - ARSC Really Simple Chat 3.0-rc1
[005] - C++ Regex Engine 0.03a
[006] - cbviewer 0.5
[007] - CGI:IRC 0.5.5 (Stable)
[008] - cwdaemon 0.9.1 (Stable)
[009] - Data Access Objects for PHP5 Alpha 2
[010] - DBMonster 1.0.2 (Development)
[011] - Debrief 2003 Release 2
[012] - Entagged 0.16
[013] - ffmpeg-php extension 0.4.1
[014] - FormattedDataSet API 1.03
[015] - Gwenview 1.1.8 (Development)
[016] - HA-JDBC 1.0-beta-2
[017] - Hardware lister B.02.01
[018] - IPplan 4.20b-BETA (Development)
[019] - JChassis ANSI Terminal Controller 0.1
[020] - JKFlow.pm 3.4
[021] - jPortKnock 0.0.5
[022] - Key Netplug 1.2.9
[023] - KLopsterUtils 0.76
[024] - Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux Netfilter 2.4/2.6 patches 1.0
[025] - libasyncns 0.1
[026] - lib_rharris 0.1.2
[027] - Logcheck 1.2.33
[028] - Make CD-ROM Recovery 0.8.4
[029] - Migshm 2.4.24-1
[030] - mod_vhs 1.0.10
[031] - OpenPSA 1.10.1 (Stable)
[032] - PhpWebGallery 1.4.0RC1 (Development)
[033] - powermated 0.1.2
[034] - PunBB 1.2
[035] - QStars 0.2
[036] - RubySlippers 0.94
[037] - SaVi 1.2.5
[038] - SID-IDS 0.4.0
[039] - SMBExplorer 0.30
[040] - Smieciuch++ 0.6.0
[041] - t-prot 1.48.1
[042] - the mg2bot 0.62b (Development)
[043] - touchbase 0.1
[044] - ttylinux 4.4
[045] - Varsha 0.73
[046] - VegaDNS 0.9.8
[047] - Vex 1.1.1
[048] - VideoDB 2.0.1
[049] - Virtual Universe 0.48 (Unaverse Server)
[050] - Zaurus Synchronization Repository 0.2.2 (zync)

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[001] - Adcd 0.4
by Antonio Diaz Diaz (http://freshmeat.net/users/ant_diaz/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 07:38

Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio :: CD Playing

About: Adcd is a text mode CD player for Linux. It features all the
functions expected in a compact disc player, including playing selected
tracks, random playing, and continuous playing.

Changes: This release adds a "Loop1" mode, which repeats the current
track. The Makefile now recognizes the variable "DESTDIR".

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/adcd/

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[002] - aescrypt2 1.0
by Christophe Devine (http://freshmeat.net/users/devine10/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:55

Security
Security :: Cryptography

About: aescrypt2 is a command line file encryption program that relies on
AES-CBC-256 plus HMAC-SHA256. It has been designed to be portable (works
on all Unix flavors and Win32) as well as very straightforward to use.

Changes: This release features strong 256-bit AES encryption, an integrity
check based on HMAC-SHA256, a stronger password hashing algorithm that
prevents fast dictionnary attacks, and largefile support on Linux,
Solaris, *BSD, and Windows. Please note that version 1.0 is not compatible
with aescrypt2-rc1.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/aescrypt2/

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[003] - amaroK 1.2-beta3
by markey (http://freshmeat.net/users/markey/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:10

Desktop Environment :: K Desktop Environment (KDE)
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: CD Audio

About: amaroK is the audio player for KDE. It supports many multimedia
frameworks (like GStreamer, XINE, and aRts) to play music media and
streams, and features a fresh and efficient approach to playlist handling.
The emphasis is on the quick and easy user interface, allowing for fast
access to the media library.

Changes: Changes include improved GNOME support, better precision for the
visualizations with GStreamer, and a random track feature for the Smart
Playlists. This release now has built-in support for the iPod, allowing
for data synchronization. There is a new feature for creating continuous
playlists on the fly, and there are many bugfixes.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/amarok/

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[004] - ARSC Really Simple Chat 3.0-rc1
by Manuel Kiessling (http://freshmeat.net/users/pgod/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:48

Communications :: Chat

About: ARSC Really Simple Chat is a Web chat system that uses PHP and
MySQL. It works with every browser in existence, even text-based ones, and
it uses the server push technique or, if possible, its own socket server.
It is very simple to install and use ARSC. It includes some important
features, such as operators, kick-ing, whispering, and more. Multiple
rooms and different languages are available. To run ARSC on your site, you
need a Web server that understands PHP, and can connect to a MySQL
database.

Changes: A refresh link was added to the moderation queue. The install
script now detects if ARSC is already installed, and was extended with the
possibility to set certain parameters at install time for use with external
installation scripts. A bug was fixed which announced a new user twice.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/arsc/

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[005] - C++ Regex Engine 0.03a
by unr_stuart (http://freshmeat.net/users/unr_stuart/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:07

Text Processing

About: C++ Regex Engine provides a robust regular expression library for
use in C++. The syntax of the regular expression language is very close to
the Perl 5 standard. The classes given somewhat mirror those found in
Java's regular expression library, but have several improvements. The
intended audience of this package is anyone who does a lot of data parsing
(e.g. sysadmins), people tired of trying to decipher Perl scripts, and
regular expression beginners who know C++. Some knowledge of the STL's
vector and string will come in handy, but isn't necessary.

Changes: Some MSVC6 compilation problems were fixed and the operational
correctness of the library on 64-bit Linux was verified.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cpp_regex/

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[006] - cbviewer 0.5
by renuncln (http://freshmeat.net/users/renuncln/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:43

Multimedia :: Graphics
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers

About: cbviewer is a viewer for comic book archives in .zip, .rar, .cbz,
and .cbr formats.

Changes: Archives are now sorted upon being opened, so pages should no
longer appear out of order. Graphics were also added to the buttons at the
bottom of the screen. There have also been minor fixes to other parts of
the code.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cbviewer/

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[007] - CGI:IRC 0.5.5 (Stable)
by David Leadbeater (http://freshmeat.net/users/dgl/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 12:03

Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content

About: CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that allows you to use IRC from a Web
browser without having to have access to an IRC port. It does not use Java,
but it does need a browser capable of rendering frames. It can be used on a
Web page to allow users to chat, or it can be used to access chat from
behind a firewall.

Changes: Bugfixes were made for Firefox, UTF-8 support, and various other
minor issues.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cgiirc/

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[008] - cwdaemon 0.9.1 (Stable)
by Joop Stakenborg (http://freshmeat.net/users/pa3aba/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 09:32

Communications :: Ham Radio

About: cwdaemon is a small daemon which uses the PC parallel or serial
port and a simple transistor switch to output Morse code to a transmitter
from a text message sent to it via the UDP protocol.

Changes: This release fixes a possible buffer overflow.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/cwdaemon/

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[009] - Data Access Objects for PHP5 Alpha 2
by Auslander666 (http://freshmeat.net/users/auslander666/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:38

Database :: API
Software Development :: Libraries :: PHP Classes

About: Data Access Objects for PHP5 is a set of classes used for
connecting to databases in PHP 5. They provide developers with a unified
OO API for accessing databases.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/daophp5/

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[010] - DBMonster 1.0.2 (Development)
by Piotr Maj (http://freshmeat.net/users/majek/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 07:35

Database
Software Development :: Testing

About: DBMonster is a tool which helps database application developers
with tuning the structure of the database, tuning the usage of indexes,
and testing the application performance under heavy database load.
DBMonster generates as much random data as you wish and puts it into an
SQL database. It provides a very pluggable interface and is trivial to
use.

Changes: This release fixes a bug concerning an infinite loop in
ForeignKeyGenerator applied to self-references tables.

License: The Apache License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/dbmonster/

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[011] - Debrief 2003 Release 2
by Ian Mayo (http://freshmeat.net/users/IanMayo/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 01:00

Multimedia :: Graphics :: 3D Modeling
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors :: Vector-Based
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation

About: Debrief is an Open Source Java application used to analyze ship and
submarine tracks in 2 and 3 dimensions. The analyst is presented with
calculated performance data during "runs" of the vessel tracks, and is
able to annotate the diagram before exporting it in WMF format.

Changes: The y-scale origin is now displayed in bold on time-variable
plots. A stacked-dots plot is now provided to assist in plot-locking
(track dragging). The user can now load a default set of layers. 4-figure
dates and multi-word track titles are now allowed in the REP file format.
A grid with a user-specified origin, arc annotation with fill and
plot-spokes options, and a new software installer were added.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/debrief/

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[012] - Entagged 0.16
by kikidonk (http://freshmeat.net/users/kikidonk/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:37

Multimedia :: Sound/Audio
Utilities

About: Entagged is a Java audio file tagger which uses the freedb online
database for the retrieval of the tags. It supports custom file renaming
based on the tags (with any directory stucture), as well as custom tagging
based on the file names. MP3, Ogg, and FLAC are currently supported.

Changes: An MP3 tagging bug was fixed. The UI was improved a lot,
featuring autocompletion of the path field, highlighting of valid masks
for patterns, and easier navigation through the table with the keyboard.
Problems in which Ogg/FLAC files weren't recognized as tagged or untagged
properly and ID3v2 tag was incorrectly overwritten were fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/entagged/

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[013] - ffmpeg-php extension 0.4.1
by tkirby (http://freshmeat.net/users/tkirby/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:17

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Multimedia :: Video
Software Development :: Libraries :: PHP Classes

About: ffmpeg-php is an extension for PHP that adds an easy to use
object-oriented API for accessing and retrieving information from movies
and audio files. It has methods for returning frames from movie files as
images that can be manipulated using PHP's image functions. This works
well for automatically creating thumbnail images from movie files, and
it's fast enough to extract thumbnails on the fly so that thumbnail images
don't need to be stored. ffmpeg-php is also useful for reporting the
duration and bitrate of audio files (mp3, wma...). ffmpeg-php can access
many of the formats supported by ffmpeg.

Changes: New getVideoCodec, getAudioCodec, and getAudioChannels methods
were added along with a constructor to create an ffmpeg_frame object from
a GD image. Incorrect error reporting was fixed in get_decoder. A nasty
memory leak in free ffmpeg_frame was made along with many code cleanups.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ffmpeg-php/

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[014] - FormattedDataSet API 1.03
by stevesouza (http://freshmeat.net/users/stevesouza/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 12:12

Database :: Front-Ends
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Office/Business

About: The FormattedDataSet API is an easy way to generate dynamic text
(HTML, XML, WML, JavaScript, etc.). It combines data and formatting to
generate the dynamic text. Templates contain formatting. Out of the box,
it can generate all common HTML elements (table, list box, drop down list
box, multi-select list box, etc.) and XML. Developers can easily create
their own templates.

Changes: ArraySQL allows a Java developer to query 2-dimensional Object
arrays (Object[][]) in an SQL-like manner. Improvements have been made in
syntax error checking, and a few bug fixes have been made. ArraySQL is
easy to use.

License: BSD License (original)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fdsapi/

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[015] - Gwenview 1.1.8 (Development)
by Aurélien Gâteau (http://freshmeat.net/users/bk12/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:16

Desktop Environment :: K Desktop Environment (KDE)
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers

About: Gwenview is a fast and easy to use image viewer/browser for KDE.
All common image formats are supported. Standard features include
slideshow, full screen view, image thumbnails, drag'n'drop, image zoom,
and full network transparency using the KIO framework. It also provides
image and directory KParts components for use in applications such as
Konqueror. Additional features are provided by the KIPI image framework.

Changes: Support for MNG and GIF animations has been added. Scaling has
been optimized. Some other bugs have been fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gwenview/

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[016] - HA-JDBC 1.0-beta-2
by Paul Ferraro (http://freshmeat.net/users/pferraro/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:59

Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

About: HA-JDBC is a JDBC driver implementation that provides
light-weight, transparent clustering capabilities to groups of
homogeneous JDBC- accessed databases.

Changes: This release adds a JMX interface to DatabaseCluster to allow
administration of each cluster. It adds the ability to activate a failed
database. It creates database synchronization strategies used during
activation. It refactored cluster initialization and management.
Distributable behavior was implemented using command patterns. The
configuration DTD was restructured, adding new synchronization-related
cluster properties. The distributable behavior was refactored to support
activation. Simple names for DriverManager-based database clusters are
allowed. Large object support was enhanced. The Forrest documentation was
updated to version 0.6.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ha-jdbc/

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[017] - Hardware lister B.02.01
by Lyonel (http://freshmeat.net/users/lyonel/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:26

System :: Hardware
System :: Logging
System :: Systems Administration

About: lshw (HardWare LiSter) is a small tool for Linux to provide
detailed informaton on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can
report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard
configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc.

Changes: This release sports an improved GUI, much better SCSI and USB
devices handling (especially USB mass storage devices), more descriptive
output, and fixes for portability problems on Fedora Core 3 and Gentoo
Linux.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/lshw/

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[018] - IPplan 4.20b-BETA (Development)
by John Doe (http://freshmeat.net/users/ellerbrr/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:09

System :: Networking
System :: Systems Administration
Utilities

About: IPplan is a Web-based, multilingual IP address management and
tracking tool which simplifies the administration of your IP address
space. It can handle a single network or multiple networks with
overlapping address spaces. It features DNS administration,
internationalization, importing of network definitions from routing
tables, importing of definitions from TAB-delimited files and NMAP's XML
format, support for multiple administrators with different access profiles
(per group, per customer, per network, etc.), definitions of address space
authority boundaries per group, finding free address space across a range,
display of overlapping address spaces between networks, search
capabilities, an audit log, statistics, circuit tracking, and tracking and
sending SWIP/registrar information.

Changes: Many user interface improvements were made, includiong a
completely new look and feel. The appearance of the program is now handled
via a stylesheet. Many DNS administration improvements were made, and it is
now possible to import zones via zone transfers and split and join
networks. The AdoDB database layer was updated.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ipplan/

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[019] - JChassis ANSI Terminal Controller 0.1
by Sam Stainsby (http://freshmeat.net/users/stainsby/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 03:56

Software Development :: Libraries
Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks
Software Development :: Libraries :: Java Libraries

About: JChassis ANSI Terminal Controller is a Java API for controlling
ANSI-compliant terminals and terminal emulators such a Linux virtual
terminals, xterm, Gnome Terminal, and KDE Konsole. The library can be used
to display character styles and colors and graphical characters in those
environments. It is a repackaging of various JChassis modules into a
standalone library that does not require the JChassis SDK or framework.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jc_ansiterm/

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[020] - JKFlow.pm 3.4
by Jurgen Kobierczynski (http://freshmeat.net/users/jurgenk/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:48

System :: Networking :: Monitoring

About: JKFlow is an easy XML configurable report module for FlowScan. It
gives network administrators the ability to monitor for specific
applications/protocols/services on directions, which are sections of
source- and destination subnets, that can be defined within subnets, on
exporters or globally. JKGrapher.pl is an additional CGI-script for
displaying the RRDTool graphs.

Changes: This version improved scoreboarding with aggregation over time,
combined host and port information, and updating links to the latest
generated scoreboards. It is now possible to report on traffic not
previously covered by any other directions, making traffic patterns
drill-downs easier.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jkflow/

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[021] - jPortKnock 0.0.5
by Mondain (http://freshmeat.net/users/mondain/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:11

Internet
Security
System :: Networking

About: Port knocking describes a method of establishing a connection to a
networked computer with no open port. Ports are opened with the use of port
knock sequences: a series of connection attempts to a series of closed and
logged ports. jPortKnock is an implementation of this method.

Changes: The role of the Server class was changed to be the abstract base
class for implementations. Asynchronous IO was implemented using IBM
aio4j. A timeout for clients was implemented in the knock process.
Rijndael was added to the crypto package and some junit tests were
included.

License: Free for non-commercial use

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/jportknock/

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[022] - Key Netplug 1.2.9
by Bryan O'Sullivan (http://freshmeat.net/users/bosullvn/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:13

System :: Boot
System :: Clustering/Distributed Networks
System :: Networking

About: Netplug is a Linux daemon that manages network interfaces in
response to network cables being plugged in and out. If you're familiar
with Windows XP, which just does the Right Thing when you plug an ethernet
cable into a laptop, netplug will need no further explanation. Basically,
netplug brings up an interface and runs a DHCP client when a cable is
plugged into that interface, and it brings the interface down when the
cable is unplugged. On a typical Linux system or laptop, you have to run a
command (such as "/sbin/ifup") manually to handle these events, but netplug
automates this for you.

Changes: A longstanding bug with writing out the PID file was fixed.
Changes were synched from Fedora Core 3. Numerous minor documentation and
installation changes were made.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/key-netplug/

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[023] - KLopsterUtils 0.76
by hihok (http://freshmeat.net/users/hihok/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:05

About: KLopsterUtils is a useful tool for Lopster to view file transfer
statistics, browse users (with filters), and more.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/klopsterutils/

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[024] - Layer-7 Packet Classifier for Linux Netfilter 2.4/2.6 patches 1.0
by Matthew Strait (http://freshmeat.net/users/quadong/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:06

Communications
Internet
System

About: L7-filter is a Netfilter match module which classifies packets
based on application layer (OSI layer 7) data. This means that it is able
to classify packets as HTTP, FTP, Gnucleus, Kazaa, etc., regardless of
ports. It complements existing matches that classify based on port
numbers, packet length, TOS bits, and so on. Combined with Linux QoS, it
allows for full layer 7 packet shaping.

Changes: The 2.6 patch now applies cleanly to both 2.6.9 and 2.6.10. An
older version of the patch is included for 2.6.0-2.6.8.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/l7-filter/

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[025] - libasyncns 0.1
by Mezcalero (http://freshmeat.net/users/poettering/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 12:10

Software Development :: Libraries
System :: Networking

About: libasyncns is a C library for executing name service queries
asynchronously. It is an asynchronous wrapper around getaddrinfo(3) and
getnameinfo(3) from the libc.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/libasyncns/

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[026] - lib_rharris 0.1.2
by Richard Harris (http://freshmeat.net/users/goosequill/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:43

Internet
Internet :: File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Internet :: WWW/HTTP

About: lib_rharris is a modest Python library for pulling, parsing, and
pickling remote Web page data and for related net-aware tasks.

Changes: This version features a bugfix in the tokens method.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/lib_rharris_gq/

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[027] - Logcheck 1.2.33
by Todd Troxell (http://freshmeat.net/users/ttroxell/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 03:37

Security
System
System :: Logging

About: Logcheck parses system logs and generates email reports based on
anomalies. Anomolies can be defined by users with 'violations' files. It
differentiates between 'Active System Attacks', 'Security Violations', and
'Unusual Activity', and is smart enough to remember where in the log it
stopped processing to improve efficiency. It can also warn when log files
shrink, and does not report errors when they are rotated.

Changes: This release included updates for over 100 rules for dnsmasq,
kernel, rbldnsd, jabberd, nmbd, dovecot, gconfd, dictd, francine, and
dhcp. Rule directories are now set to mode 4750 by default to simplify
administration. This release also fixed several bugs in the Debian
package.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/logcheck/

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[028] - Make CD-ROM Recovery 0.8.4
by Gratien D'haese (http://freshmeat.net/users/gdha/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 12:07

System :: Archiving :: Backup
System :: Archiving :: Compression
System :: Installation/Setup

About: mkCDrec (Make CD-ROM Recovery) makes a bootable (El Torito)
disaster recovery image, including backups of the Linux system to one or
more CD-ROM(s) (multi-volume sets). Otherwise, the backups can be stored
on another disk, NFS/CIFS disk, or (remote) tape. After a disk crash or
system intrusion, the system can be booted from the CD-ROM and one can
restore the complete system as it was. It also features disk cloning,
which allows one to restore a disk to another disk (the destination disk
does not have to be of the same size, as it calculates the partition
layout itself). Currently, ext2, ext3, minix, MS-DOS, FAT, VFAT, Reiserfs,
XFS, and JFS filesystems are supported. It can restore disks in Software
RAID and LVM mode. It supports the One Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR)
mode, which simulates a bootable CD-ROM on tape.

Changes: Support for Fedorea Core 3, uDev, and LVM2 are finally included.
Network recognition and configuration have been improved. mkCDrec will
recognize and enable USB CD-ROM devices at boot time (e.g. with Blade
servers).

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mkcdrec/

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[029] - Migshm 2.4.24-1
by imipak (http://freshmeat.net/users/imipak/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:43

System :: Operating System Kernels :: Linux

About: Migshm is a "Distributed Shared Memory" (DSM) extension for
openMosix. This allows processes which use System V shared memory to be
distributed across an openMosix cluster, such that all processes can
access the same shared memory, without those processes needing to know if
they are on the same physical node or not.

Changes: This release is ported to OpenMOSIX 2.4.24. It fixes spinlock
bugs, and symbol clashes with SCSI low level drivers.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/migshm/

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[030] - mod_vhs 1.0.10
by Xavier Beaudouin (http://freshmeat.net/users/magicduck/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:06

Communications
Internet
Internet :: WWW/HTTP

About: mod_vhs is an Apache 2.0 Web server module allowing mass virtual
hosting without the need for file-based configuration. The virtual host
paths are translated from any database supported by libhome at request
time from MySQL, LDAP, PAM, or a system password file.

Changes: Apache's DOCUMENT_ROOT variable now gets the right value from
mod_vhs, Webmaster email is now set from the database, and the pathinfo
is now set.

License: The Apache License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mod_vhs/

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[031] - OpenPSA 1.10.1 (Stable)
by Eero af Heurlin (http://freshmeat.net/users/mashiara/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:39

Information Management :: Document Repositories
Information Management :: Issue Tracking
Office/Business

About: OpenPSA is a Web-based Professional Services Automation suite
including project management, time tracking, document management, sales
force automation, direct marketing, help desk, and a group calendar. It
runs on the Midgard application server.

Changes: The text was converted to UTF-8, which includes changes in
localization libraries and the core mail class. Note that Midgard needs to
run in UTF-8 mode unless special precautions are taken.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/openpsa/

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[032] - PhpWebGallery 1.4.0RC1 (Development)
by Pierrick LE GALL (http://freshmeat.net/users/z0rglub_pierrick/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:30

Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content
Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers

About: PhpWebGallery is an image gallery with a very simple installation
interface and administration panel. It features free or restricted access,
user management, groups, access management for each category, multi-server
support (to store your pictures on another Web site), user comments, HTML
templates, virtual categories, and multilingual support.

Changes: Upgrade scripts for releases 1.3.x were added. Administration
instructions were rewritten (in English and French). The README
documentation was updated. Group permissions management was added. The
process for finding pictures without thumbnails was optimized. Many bugs
were fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/phpwebgallery/

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[033] - powermated 0.1.2
by fLithm (http://freshmeat.net/users/fLithm/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:44

Multimedia :: Sound/Audio :: Mixers
System :: Hardware
System :: Monitoring

About: powermated is a program for controlling and monitoring the system
volume with the Griffin PowerMate USB dial. It updates the PowerMate's
LED based on the system volume, or CPU usage, and has been designed to
integrate well with the EvRouter project.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/powermated/

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[034] - PunBB 1.2
by Rickard Andersson (http://freshmeat.net/users/Kennel/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 07:37

Communications :: BBS
Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Dynamic Content :: Message Boards

About: PunBB is a fast and lightweight discussion board. Its primary goal
is to be a faster, smaller, and less graphic alternative to otherwise
excellent discussion boards like phpBB, Invision Power Board, and
vBulletin. It has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but is
generally faster and outputs smaller pages.

Changes: This release adds major new features as well as speed and
security improvements.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/punbb/

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[035] - QStars 0.2
by Andi (http://freshmeat.net/users/kcheckers/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 07:34

Desktop Environment :: Screen Savers

About: QStars is a Qt-based screen saver. It displays an image within a
field of moving stars.

Changes: This release adds animation support for planets, 15 textures for
planets, random switching between objects, and cycle timer support.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/qstars/

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[036] - RubySlippers 0.94
by Gibby (http://freshmeat.net/users/gibsons/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:42

Desktop Environment
System :: Software Distribution Tools

About: RubySlippers is a GUI frontend to the RubyGems package management
system. It can view gemspec files, list installed files, install gems,
query the RubyGems list, and view documentation. This program uses the
RubyWebDialogs GUI, and is built on the rwdtinker framework, so more
applets can be loaded and unloaded.

Changes: This version has been updated to version 1.4 of rwdtinker, adds
more i18n fixes, and updates the i10n files for es, jp, and nl.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/rubyslippers/

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[037] - SaVi 1.2.5
by Lloyd Wood (http://freshmeat.net/users/lloydwood/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:46

Multimedia :: Graphics :: Editors :: Vector-Based
Scientific/Engineering :: Astronomy
Scientific/Engineering :: Visualization

About: SaVi is satellite visualization software that lets you create, run,
examine, and modify satellite orbits in two and three dimensions.
Simulations of Iridium, Teledesic, Globalstar, GPS, and other satellite
constellations are included. SaVi requires Tcl and Tk on a Unix system.
SaVi works well with the 3D renderer Geomview. Geomview is optional,
though recommended for its 3D rendering capabilities.

Changes: This version polishes and improves SaVi considerably over
previous releases. The coverage panel has been beefed up with a menubar
and playbar making it easier to use and with the ability to display
coverage in an almost infinite variety of colors. Texture-mapping under
Geomview has been improved, and is now of much visibly higher quality. The
installation process has been made more helpful.

License: BSD License (original)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/savi/

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[038] - SID-IDS 0.4.0
by belpo (http://freshmeat.net/users/deppeler/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:18

Security
System :: Monitoring
Terminals

About: SID-IDS is a PTY host intrusion detection system. The kernel part
plugs into a terminal-processing subsystem and logs hashed terminal lines.
The user part reads log entries (hashes) and takes appropriate action upon
unexpected log entries.

Changes: This release comprises first-time x86 Linux 2.6 kernel support.
A minor bugfix in the user part concerning segfaults for the SHA-1
passphrase creation mode is applied as well.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/sid-ids/

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[039] - SMBExplorer 0.30
by Markus Heinz (http://freshmeat.net/users/MarkusHeinz/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:09

Communications :: File Sharing

About: SMBExplorer is an application which lets users browse and download
files from CIFS shares. Its aim is to be a multi- platform replacement for
Windows Network Neighborhood. One big advantage is that it only lists
shares and files which are really accessible. No dead hosts are shown.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/smb_explorer/

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[040] - Smieciuch++ 0.6.0
by Sebastian Kaliszewski (http://freshmeat.net/users/sebaska/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:26

Other/Nonlisted Topic
Software Development :: Compilers
Software Development :: Libraries

About: Smieciuch++ is a tiny and portable precise garbage collection
library for C++. It is lightweight and easy to integrate into an existing
project. The code is nearly pure standard C++, so it's also very portable.
Precise collection means that the library knows what is a pointer and does
not need to guess (as typical GC solution does).

Changes: This version of the library adds smart pointers to constant data
and weak pointers. There are bugfixes and other changes like support for
std::less over the smart pointers, allowing to use them as ordering
values in standard C++ collections.

License: OSI Approved

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/smieciuch/

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[041] - t-prot 1.48.1
by Jochen Striepe (http://freshmeat.net/users/jstr0051/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 03:57

Communications :: Email :: Filters

About: t-prot (TOFU Protection) is a filter which improves the readability
of email messages and Usenet posts by hiding some of their annoying parts.
The annoyances it handles include mailing list footers, signatures, TOFU,
sequences of blank lines, and repeated punctuation. TOFU is an acronym
that stands for "Text oben, Fullquote unten", a German reference to the
practice of adding just a few lines of original text and quoting a
complete message below them.

Changes: The code and documentation for the S-Lang macro for slrn were
fixed. The man page and TODO file were updated and compatibility patches
for gnupg 1.2.4, 1.2.5, and 1.2.6 were included.

License: Freeware

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/t-prot/

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[042] - the mg2bot 0.62b (Development)
by Mikey G (http://freshmeat.net/users/mgregoro/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:19

Communications :: Chat :: Internet Relay Chat

About: the mg2bot is an IRC bot that was originally written to do unique
channel maintenance but which now sports a homebrew plugin system,
increased channel awareness, and a bot networking capability.

Changes: More dependencies were included, such as the Perl XML libraries.
Bugs were fixed, botlink was enhanced, some plugins were added, and an XML
user file was implemented, replacing the passwd-like colon-delimited user
data file.

License: Freely Distributable

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/mg2bot/

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[043] - touchbase 0.1
by Ben Fortuna (http://freshmeat.net/users/fortuna/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:27

Communications :: Chat
Communications :: Email :: Address Book
Communications :: Email :: Email Clients (MUA)

About: touchbase is a modular plugin-style groupware framework based on
the OSGi specification. Its modules include link (bookmark) management and
RSS feed aggregation, but this could be expanded to provide support for
calendars, email, usenet, contacts, notes, and IM.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/touchbase/

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[044] - ttylinux 4.4
by Pascal Schmidt (http://freshmeat.net/users/cobol/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 10:08

Internet
System :: Software Distribution

About: ttylinux is a minimalistic Linux distribution that can fit in 4 MB
of disk space. It contains software needed to log into an ISP by modem or
ISDN and provide Web content to the world. The minimum hardware
requirement is a 386SX with 10 MB of RAM for a ramdisk setup or 5 MB of
RAM for a hard disk setup.

Changes: This release updates e3, lilo, and ppp to their latest versions.
The build system is now modular and split up into individual source
packages.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/ttylinux/

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[045] - Varsha 0.73
by Ram Mallappa (http://freshmeat.net/users/rmallappa/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:15

Multimedia :: Video

About: Varsha is a GUI-based drag-and-drop DVD authoring application. It
can make simple static menus and motion background menus, and uses tools
such as dvdauthor, mkisofs, and dvd+rw-tools to perform various things
behind the scenes.

Changes: This release features a first time setup reminder. Up and down
arrows used for moving titles and chapters up and down have been
temporarily disabled. A bug in the context menu with adding video to a
title was fixed, as was the build script to compile for Java 1.4.2_06,
and a bug where the menu was not visible (or disappeared quickly) on some
DVD players.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/varsha/

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[046] - VegaDNS 0.9.8
by Bill Shupp (http://freshmeat.net/users/shupp/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 21:44

Internet :: Name Service (DNS)

About: VegaDNS is a tinydns administration tool to allow easy
administration of DNS records through a Web browser.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/vegadns/

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[047] - Vex 1.1.1
by jwaustin (http://freshmeat.net/users/jwaustin/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 11:29

Text Editors :: Word Processors
Text Processing :: Markup :: XML

About: Vex is a visual editor for XML. It features a word processor-like
interface.

Changes: Bugfixes were made which improve performance and correct cursor
positioning in large documents. Changes were made to move DTD and CSS
files into format-specific plugins (vex-docbook and vex-xhtml). Additional
examples are provided.

License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/vex/

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[048] - VideoDB 2.0.1
by Andreas Gohr (http://freshmeat.net/users/agohr/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 12:08

Database
Database :: Front-Ends
Games/Entertainment

About: VideoDB is a database to manage your personal video collection.
It's mainly designed for videofiles but you can also put your DVDs and VHS
tapes in it. It features fetching movie data/covers from the Internet Movie
Database (IMDb), local caching of coverimages, an option to mark movies as
seen, a search by genre or title/subtitle/plot/cast data, a filter for TV
episodes, a random movie function and a simple borrow manager. Optionally,
it features user management and authentication for sharing the database
with others.

Changes: An update to reflect IMDB site changes was made, and some errors
with custom fields were fixed. A cache-less mode and Swedish locales were
added. A bug for the thumbnail creation and some security issues were also
fixed. An upgrade is highly recommended.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/videodb/

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[049] - Virtual Universe 0.48 (Unaverse Server)
by Oxygenic (http://freshmeat.net/users/oxygenic/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:45

Communications :: Chat
Games/Entertainment
Multimedia :: Graphics

About: The "Virtual Universe" is a 3D cyberspace which offers more
possibilities than just chat: it is a combination of the Web, chat, and
instant messaging within a realistic, three-dimensional cyberspace. Here
people can meet, interact with each other, and build houses and whole
worlds. The "Virtual Universe" is a virtual reality environment which runs
on top of the Internet.

Changes: Bugs in socket-handling and a possible deadlock/delay-problem
have been removed. The GMT-Offset parameter is no longer necessary, as it
is now calculated automatically.

License: Other/Proprietary License

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/virtualuniverse/

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[050] - Zaurus Synchronization Repository 0.2.2 (zync)
by Andrew De Ponte (http://freshmeat.net/users/CyPhAcToR/)
Sat, Jan 8th 2005 00:06

Documentation
Software Development
Software Development :: Documentation

About: ZSRep (Zaurus Synchronization Repository) is a project whose main
goal is to provide a professional solution for synchronizing your Sharp
Zaurus with any Desktop PIM software on the Linux operating system. It is
designed specifically to work with the newer Sharp ROMs (DTM-based).

Changes: Authentication support was added, making it possible to sync with
a passcoded Zaurus. The README was updated to cover the passcode config
option. An example config file was added and a problem with finding
installed libraries was fixed.

License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/zsrep/

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