Posted by lorenb on Mar 11, 2009 in
business,
technology,
windows Saw over on Engadget that Microsoft has released details about the Windows Marketplace. They want to charge a $99 USD developer fee and another $99 USD for every application you submit.
Like Apple and Google, they are doing the 70/30 split with the developer for revenue. They plan to have the marketplace open for business in Q4 2009.
I don’t have a problem with the developer fee or the 70/30 split. However the $99/app charge just feels nickle & dime. They don’t do this if you are developing for Windows desktop and/or server.
Windows users have a very bad history with piracy. I know more than a few Windows Mobile users who pirate/steal things like TomTom and other 3rd party apps. I wonder how piracy will play out in the new marketplace.
Posted by lorenb on May 12, 2008 in
technology,
windows Was doing some work for a client on the weekend with Microsoft Exchange 2003. I ran into this error:
How does something like that even pass QA?
Posted by lorenb on Jul 16, 2007 in
gnome,
mono,
projects,
windows Sussen 0.90 has been released. Sussen is a tool that checks for vulnerabilities and configuration issues on computer systems.
We are getting closer to v1.0. The remaining items to do are to fix the remaining bugs in bugzilla, clean up the look/feel of the web console. The editor has been disabled for now, it won’t be ready in time for 1.0, but we’ll keep working on it for the 1.1/1.2 branch.
We are also working on setting up an OVAL repository so we can provide updated definitions in a more timely manner. I’ll have more details on that later.
Changes since 0.35:
- editor: Disabled editor; will continue development in 1.1/1.2 branch
- oval: Added initial support for OVAL 5.3
- oval: API documentation updated
- misc: Change license to GPL v3
- www: Various improvements to web console
- xml: Updated Ubuntu definitions for USNs 425-1 to 483-1
- xml: Updated Windows definitions from oval.mitre.org
Downloads: tar.gz | .rpm (Fedora Core 7) | .deb (Ubuntu 6.06) | .deb (Ubuntu 7.04) | .msi (Windows)
Posted by lorenb on Feb 22, 2007 in
gnome,
mono,
projects,
windows Sussen 0.35 has been released. Sussen is a tool that checks for vulnerabilities and configuration issues on computer systems. Changes since 0.34:
- editor: Fixed crash if definitions were selected and list was empty
- misc: Improved i18n support in agent,applet and editor
- misc: Updated build to use po/LINGUAS
- oval: Added support for OVAL 5.1 and 5.2
- oval: Fixed error in handling of check attribute on tests
- oval: Fixed regression in handling of definitions on wrong platform
- xml: Updated Ubuntu definitions for USNs 413-1 to 424-1
- xml: Updated Windows definitions from oval.mitre.org
Downloads: tar.gz | .rpm (Fedora Core 6) | .deb (Ubuntu) | .msi (Windows)
Posted by lorenb on Feb 2, 2007 in
gnome,
mono,
projects,
windows Earlier today, Sussen was certified as being OVAL compatible. Here is the message we got:
Congratulations! MMG Security’s Sussen has been granted official OVAL
Compatibility. The OVAL Community is excited to add you to the growing
list of products and services that have embraced the initiative and are
working to make IT Security better for all.
The OVAL web site should now reflect this status. We will also be
presenting you with a formal certificate, either by mail or at an
upcoming conference.
Thank you again for you support of OVAL!
Currently it’s only for the Windows version though. We had some issues with XML validation under Linux/Mono. We reported the bugs, they got fixed and are just waiting for the next Mono release. Since the Linux and Windows versions share 90%+ of their code we don’t expect any major issues getting the Linux version certified as well.
Posted by lorenb on Jan 29, 2007 in
gnome,
mono,
projects,
windows Sussen 0.34 has been released. Sussen is a tool that checks for vulnerabilities and configuration issues on computer systems. Changes since 0.33:
- agent: Fixed crash when loading app.config in Mono 1.1.13.x
- applet: Save results to desktop if explict path not specified
- applet: Run as tray icon by default
- oval: Fixed incorrect behavior in variable handling
- oval: Increased debug information available
- oval: Make sure all tested objects are recorded in system characteristics
- oval: Record variable values in system characteristics
- oval: Fixed error in behaviors handling for FileEffectiveRightsTest (Windows)
- xml: Updated Ubuntu definitions for USNs 390-1 to 412-1
- xml: Updated Windows definitions from oval.mitre.org
Downloads: tar.gz | .rpm (Fedora Core 6) | .deb (Ubuntu) | .msi (Windows)
Posted by lorenb on Dec 4, 2006 in
gnome,
mono,
projects,
windows Sussen 0.33 has been released. Sussen is a tool that checks for vulnerabilities and configuration issues on computer systems. Changes since 0.32:
- oval: Improved DataCollector handling of collected objects
- oval: Include variable values in system characteristics
- oval: Fixed logic error in FileEffectiveRightsTest (Windows)
- oval: Rewrote SidTest (Windows)
- oval: XML comments in the definition file caused an error
- oval: Fixed incorrect test names in LocalVariable.GetObjectValue() method
- oval: Return ‘not applicable’ if definition family doesn’t match platform
- www: Updated webservice API arguments to be consistent across methods
- www: Interoperability fixes for web service
- xml: Updated Ubuntu definitions for USNs 364-1 to 390-1
- xml: Added definition test suite
Downloads: tar.gz | .rpm (Fedora Core 6) | .deb (Ubuntu) | .msi (Windows)