Tarantella, Citrix Battle over Remote Access

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Citrix looks to make access strategic

Citrix looks to make access strategic 04/27/2004 06:48 PM
NEW YORK -- Under what CEO Mark Templeton called "a new Citrix," the company detailed plans and products Tuesday to transform access into a strategic forethought, rather than a mere afterthought.

Citrix unveils MetaFrame Access Suite
3.0

Citrix unveils MetaFrame Access Suite
3.0 04/27/2004 05:17 PM
Citrix Systems highlighted the SmoothRoaming capability of the new version of its flagship software, which provides users with uninterrupted access to data as they move from device to device.

Remote PC Launches Remote Access
HelpDesk for SMB Market

Remote PC Launches Remote Access
HelpDesk for SMB Market 02/01/2005 09:28 PM
Remote PC (http://wwww.remotepc.com), a leading remote access service provider has introduced a 3 and 25 host computer remote access and remote control option within a single account targeting small businesses and deparments of large enterprises with the objective of providing customer support via remote access to their customers. [PRWEB Jan 27, 2005]

[security bulletin] SSRT4719 hp OpenView
Select Access remote unauthorized access

[security bulletin] SSRT4719 hp OpenView
Select Access remote unauthorized access 05/26/2004 01:45 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (May 25 2004)

Using Remote Tools Over Remote Access
Connections

Using Remote Tools Over Remote Access
Connections 05/11/2004 04:27 PM

The Battle for the remote....

The Battle for the remote.... 05/10/2004 04:26 AM

THis is one of the interesting battlefields.  What world will win the remote?

Interactive TV based?

Extension to PC in your hand?

Some other fangled PVR based system?

No one knows?

Here's another entrant.

Remote: Mouse of the Digital Lifestyle?.

A few months ago, while working on a cover story for Business 2.0 (read: Do this Get Rich), I proposed an idea that a remote control type device that solved the complexity issues in the digital lifestyles was going to be a slam dunk. This was my elevator pitch for what I called, D-Mote:

As our homes fill up with all sorts of new digital electronics, PCs, PDA’s, Wi-Fi routers, home networking equipment, flat screens, and IP-based phones, consumers will have a harder and harder time connecting them all together.Most of us are still struggling with all of these gadgets. We are not ready for the converged lifestyle.That is why we need the d-mote.This is a digital remote that can automatically find and configure all the networked devices in your home.Think of it as a home entertainment network administrator for dummies.

It is a device with buttons and a small screen like on a PDA, along with both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.What makes it so useful is that it has smart software that can help configure and manage all these devices easily, and upgrades itself automatically over the Internet as new devices and networking standards become available. The D-mote can tell users what music, movies, or data is where on which device. This will mostly be a software play, but initially will be sold as a device that will run on either a Palm or PocketPC OS and support a whole bunch of networking protocols. When a new device is brought into the home, the D-mote connects to it and configures it to work with the existing network.Well obviously the venture capitalists did not care much about the idea. Here is what they had to say.

D-Mote This startup would have developed a remote control that would automatically find and configure all the networked devices in your home, as well as manage all the digital content. Only the name was on target; the VCs demoted this clunker to the bottom of the heap. The fatal flaw? Giants like Microsoft, Sony, and others are already working on their own solutions for the problem. “Why won’t it be in Windows?” Storm Ventures’s Sanjay Subhedar asked with a chuckle.

Others were not as kind. Stewart Alsop, New Enterprise Associates quipped, “I highly recommend you guys stay editors. This territory is hard for startups, because you need a lot of capital to survive, and getting a lot of capital is difficult. Moreover even big companies have a tough time getting remotes to work.” Well with the heavyweights dismissing it, I was just a tad discouraged, and forgot about it, since more pressing issues were on hand. But this past week, the idea began to haunt me again, courtesy of some executives from Logitech, the PC peripheral maker.

Last week, the company spent $29 million in cash to buy out Intrigue Technologies, makers of Harmony Remote. Harmony Remote is a remote control that can be updated and used for controlling many devices - thanks to a CDDB type database that stores instructions for thousands of devices. Users can easily download these instructions from the Internet (Sort of like getting CD track information from Gracenote database!) and update the remote using a USB connection on a computer.

When asked why the company spent so much cash, David Henry, Logitech senior vice president of the Control Devices Business Unit said, “We believe that the advanced remote control will establish itself as ‘the mouse of the digital house’ and that Logitech is uniquely positioned to do for the emerging digital devices in the living room what it has already done for the PC.” The analysts have also chimed in.

“The market for convergence and advanced entertainment remote controls that provide simple solutions for using today’s complex entertainment systems will grow as consumers become aware of them,” said Tricia Parks, president of market research firm Parks Associates. “Our early estimates indicate that the worldwide market for these types of remote controls will be approximately $500 million in 2004, with annual future growth in double digits.”

“The category of advanced remote controls is in its infancy,” said Bob O’Donnell, senior industry analyst for IDC. “There is potential to completely transform this category and accelerate its growth, when you combine the convergence of the PC and consumer electronics with innovative new concepts and designs.”

But it was what Bryan Mcleod, chief executive officer of Intrigue, said that has me convinced that this is going to be a big opportunity. He said, that the company could in the future support any wireless communications standard - Radio frequency, WiFi and Bluetooth - and enhance the functionality of the remotes. In his mind, the remote ideally should be “activity based.” For instance today Harmony when told to “play movie” can dim lights of the room, turn on the DVD/home theater system, and television and basically create a whole environment.

While watching American Wedding, the phone rings, and you hit pause, the lights go up, the system idles and the movie experience pauses for a minute. This is brilliant. I think what is more brilliant is that companies like Intrigue realize that it is good to give power to the people. A smart user knows more about devices he loves and uses.The next step could be downloading the instructions from the internet for say a Roku Soundbridge, a Microsoft Media Center (Shudder!) and other motley crew of devices. I think given Mcleod’s ideas, my dumb ass pitch for a D-Mote doesn’t sound so stupid after all.

[Om Malik on Broadband]

New fight in battle over Net-access tax

New fight in battle over Net-access tax 02/11/2004 05:41 PM
Four U.S. senators are trying to derail a permanent ban on Internet-access taxes by breathing new life into a recently expired moratorium.

Improving Remote Access Using MOF at
Microsoft

Improving Remote Access Using MOF at
Microsoft 06/21/2004 12:30 PM

Remote access for small companies

Remote access for small companies 07/16/2004 03:23 PM
Aventail among first to introduce a type of secure remote networking product for small and midsize businesses.

LapLink Updates Everywhere Remote Access

LapLink Updates Everywhere Remote Access 07/14/2004 03:21 PM
TechWeb Jul 14 2004 7:04PM GMT

First Impact of 3G : Is It Time To
Re-Think Remote Access?

First Impact of 3G : Is It Time To
Re-Think Remote Access? 06/25/2004 03:59 AM
3G Jun 25 2004 7:15AM GMT

Remote DoS IE Memory Access Violation

Remote DoS IE Memory Access Violation 05/07/2004 03:01 PM
E.Kellinis (May 06 2004)

Remote-access networks for small.biz

Remote-access networks for small.biz 04/20/2004 06:08 AM
US Robotics' USR808200

Access iTunes On A Remote Machine

Access iTunes On A Remote Machine 11/18/2003 01:21 AM
If you've got the name, password, and IP of a remote machine on your network, accessing its copy of iTunes and music files is pretty easy.

Java Remote File Access 1.0

Java Remote File Access 1.0 06/18/2004 12:13 AM
A set of remote file access classes.

Wi-Fi Battle Turns to Access Point,
802.11n

Wi-Fi Battle Turns to Access Point,
802.11n 08/27/2004 01:39 PM
Industry sources say Intel's new triband Wi-Fi client module won't have a significant effect on the wireless landscape, as the next-generation 802.11n standard moves to the forefront.

BSkyB slashes remote access costs

BSkyB slashes remote access costs 01/06/2004 02:26 PM
Personal Computer World Jan 6 2004 1:47PM ET

Velocity-FS Speeds Remote File Access

Velocity-FS Speeds Remote File Access 04/13/2005 10:38 AM
FineGround's Wide Area File Services appliance delivers LAN-like performance from the data center to remote sites.

Remote Users Get Free Access to Their
Office PCs

Remote Users Get Free Access to Their
Office PCs 09/01/2004 03:02 PM
3am Labs is rolling out a secure remote-access service with enterprise network management tools.

Adesso Debuts Remote Access Platform

Adesso Debuts Remote Access Platform 04/08/2005 10:50 PM
Adesso Systems this week will introduce Version 3.0 of its Instant Mobility Platform, which provides remote access to a variety of corporate applications.

Forum Stories: access registry on remote
pc

Forum Stories: access registry on remote
pc 05/25/2004 04:37 PM

NetGear Also Has Remote Access Wide Open

NetGear Also Has Remote Access Wide Open 06/05/2004 10:22 AM

Security Enhancements for Remote Access
at Microsoft

Security Enhancements for Remote Access
at Microsoft 04/16/2004 12:54 AM
Detailed discussion of how Microsoft IT significantly improved the security of its corporate network remote access solution using the latest generation of Microsoft products, such Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003, Internet Authentication Service, SQL Server 2000, and Connection Manager. The solution deployed, called Secure Remote User (SRU), enabled Microsoft IT to manage specific remote desktop configurations, ensuring that all established security requirements are met when remote users access corporate network resources. SRU contributes to reducing the external attack surface of the Microsoft corporate network, thereby better protecting its intellectual property.

Enable remote access with TCP wrappers
from dynamic IPs

Enable remote access with TCP wrappers
from dynamic IPs 11/06/2003 11:13 AM
I have three computers with dynamic IP addresses, and I use no-ip.com (highly recommended!) to give them pseudo-static addresses. The problem is, TCP wrappers won't recognize no-ip addresses, so I can't just stick myhost.noi...

Orb scraps subscription fee on remote
media access

Orb scraps subscription fee on remote
media access 03/29/2005 12:09 PM
Orb Networks has scrapped the subscription fee for a service that lets users connect to their PC remotely via a Web browser and watch content including stored video and live television, it said Tuesday.

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Tarantella backs SuSE and Red Hat

Tarantella backs SuSE and Red Hat 11/19/2003 08:06 AM
Used to be called SCO, remember?

Truck firm deploys flexible remote
access

Truck firm deploys flexible remote
access 03/29/2005 06:49 AM
Computer Weekly Mar 29 2005 11:12AM GMT

Remote Access Quarantine Tool for ISA
Server 2004

Remote Access Quarantine Tool for ISA
Server 2004 07/13/2004 11:52 PM
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit provides two applications - Rqs.exe and Rqc.exe, as a mechanism for quarantine control. Quarantine control enables you to hold remote client access requests in quarantine, after authentication, until client computer configuration settings are validated. Rqc.exe runs as a notification component on the remote client computer, informing the Rqs.exe listener component running on the ISA Server that the client computer complies with security policy. After installing the Rqs.exe file on your computer, running this tool adds an RQS protocol definition on your ISA Server computer, creates an instance of the RQS service, and creates an access rule allowing the RQS protocol.

Orb Offers Free Remote Multimedia Access
(PC World)

Orb Offers Free Remote Multimedia Access
(PC World) 03/29/2005 12:01 PM
PC World - Service allows you to connect to your PC over the Web to access audio, video, and images.

[security bulletin] SSRT3456 HP-UX ftp
remote unauthorized access

[security bulletin] SSRT3456 HP-UX ftp
remote unauthorized access 06/10/2004 05:48 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (Jun 10 2004)

Software maker launches remote-access
tools

Software maker launches remote-access
tools 09/01/2004 08:05 AM
Among new products from 3am Labs is a free tool for accessing a PC via any device with a browser.

iAnywhere Expands Remote Access to
Tablets, Windows

iAnywhere Expands Remote Access to
Tablets, Windows 04/12/2004 08:51 PM
Version 5.5 of M-Business Anywhere, which used to focus solely on PDAs, adds support for Microsoft's Tablet PC and Windows PC operating systems.

Jacks FormMail.php remote file access
vulnerability

Jacks FormMail.php remote file access
vulnerability 01/01/2005 06:43 PM
Hack Hawk (Dec 31 2004)

Software maker targets remote access
market

Software maker targets remote access
market 09/01/2004 07:40 AM
Among new products from 3am Labs is a free tool for accessing a PC via any device with a browser.

[Security Bulletin] SSRT4883 rev.3 HP-UX
ftp and ftpd remote unauthorized access

[Security Bulletin] SSRT4883 rev.3 HP-UX
ftp and ftpd remote unauthorized access 12/24/2004 12:36 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (Dec 23 2004)

3amLabs delivers free remote access
management tool

3amLabs delivers free remote access
management tool 09/02/2004 03:33 PM
Bolstering its lineup of remote access management offerings, 3amLabs on Thursday debuted three products including a free version of its flagship product, LogMeIn, that helps IT managers locate and manage remote access products.

Network Quarantine and Remote Access
Certificate Provisioning in a Test Lab

Network Quarantine and Remote Access
Certificate Provisioning in a Test Lab 04/15/2004 10:17 AM

[security bulletin] SSRT4773 HP-UX xfs
and stmkfont remote unauthorized access

[security bulletin] SSRT4773 HP-UX xfs
and stmkfont remote unauthorized access 07/23/2004 06:15 PM
Boren, Rich (SSRT) (Jul 23 2004)

3am Labs feels the love with free remote
access tool

3am Labs feels the love with free remote
access tool 09/02/2004 01:39 PM
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Tomcat internals

Tomcat internals 06/20/2004 12:16 AM

PHP Compiler Cache Internals

PHP Compiler Cache Internals 10/29/2003 12:11 AM
The latest English issue of PHP Magazine has an interesting article about implementing a PHP Opcode Cache by George Schlossnagle, the author of APC.

If you're familiar with the English expression, don't throw the baby out with the bath water, then you will be amused to learn that that's exactly how the Zend Engine (PHP's compiler) works. It will compile the PHP into opcodes for a page request, and throw the opcodes away immediately after the code completes.

This may sound really wierd and inefficient, but of course Zeev and Andi would not have been able to start their own company, Zend, without a business plan that involved fixing this "stupidity". And you thought Microsoft was evil ;-)

Now it is perfectly normal when developing a platform to leave gaps for commercial vendors to fill. That creates a ecosystem where we have companies willing to pay to maintain and promote PHP. So this isn't meant to be an attack against Zend, but an acknowledgement of business realities.

This omission of the Zend Engine stimulated interest in several open source developers to create their own opcode caches. APC is one of the earliest open source opcode caches.

In my benchmarks (yes, you see me benchmark a lot, because that's the only way to understand the performance profile of PHP software without spending a lot of time examining source code) I noticed that the overhead of PHP opcode caches was less for small scripts. Obviously there is some copying of instructions from the cache in shared memory during script execution. The question was how much? How did it affect performance?

Now we have the answer. George says restoration of the opcode info for script execution "involves only a so-called shallow copy of the op_array. A shallow copy means that only the structure itself is copied, but none of the elements it contains pointers to."

This means that the actual opcodes are not actually copied, only the pointers to the structures that contain the opcodes. Apart from that, the function and class metadata and any static variables are restored, and the inheritance hierarchy is dynamically resolved.

So the overhead of the opcode cache is O(n), where n is the number of functions+classes+inheritance levels+properties+PHP files. It is not proportional to the number of lines of code - that would be as worrying as throwing the baby with the bath water.

Another excellent issue of PHP Magazine!

phpVolcano: New PHP Internals
Article/Presentation

phpVolcano: New PHP Internals
Article/Presentation 04/07/2005 07:31 AM
phpVolcano has a pointer to a new article (the second in a series) about some of the internals behind the Zend Engine in PHP.

[SECURITY] [DSA 666-1] New Python2.2
packages fix unauthorised XML-RPC
internals access

[SECURITY] [DSA 666-1] New Python2.2
packages fix unauthorised XML-RPC
internals access 02/05/2005 09:38 PM
Martin Schulze (Feb 04 2005)

Happy belated Personal Firewall day -
SRT2004-01-17-0628 - Agnitum Optpost
firewall allows Local SYSTEM access

Happy belated Personal Firewall day -
SRT2004-01-17-0628 - Agnitum Optpost
firewall allows Local SYSTEM access 01/19/2004 01:58 PM
KF (Jan 17 2004)

Oracle9i's automatic segment space
management improves segment storage
internals

Oracle9i's automatic segment space
management improves segment storage
internals 01/17/2003 03:26 AM
CNET Jan 17 2003 2:23AM ET

Microsoft Webcast - Microsoft Operations
Manager 2000 w/SP1: Exploring
Architecture and Internals

Microsoft Webcast - Microsoft Operations
Manager 2000 w/SP1: Exploring
Architecture and Internals 04/21/2004 05:09 PM

CD-ROM Firewall

CD-ROM Firewall 06/21/2004 05:07 PM
version 0.15-3 out

Firewall FAQ

Firewall FAQ 08/01/2004 03:31 AM

Direct and Related Links for 'Firewall FAQ'

“Firewalls are one of the most basic security measures that you must have in place to protect your systems. We’ve gathered some of the most frequently asked questions regarding firewalls here and invited our expert, David M. Davis, to answer them and provide some additional resources. The FAQ list will be constantly evolving, so you’re invited to send us other questions you may have. Just e-mail them to us or post them in the discussion…

PCX Firewall

PCX Firewall 04/12/2004 02:13 PM
Firewall Frontend 1.0 Available!

redWall Firewall 0.5.4d

redWall Firewall 0.5.4d 07/16/2004 01:40 AM
A bootable CD-ROM firewall with IDS, IPS, proxy, reporting, and spam filtering.

ekkoBSD Firewall 1.0A1

ekkoBSD Firewall 1.0A1 12/25/2003 03:15 AM
A firewall operating system based on ekkoBSD.

Gibraltar Firewall 1.1

Gibraltar Firewall 1.1 12/28/2003 04:20 PM
A Debian-based router/firewall distribution runnable from a bootable CD-ROM.

Automatic Firewall 0.2

Automatic Firewall 0.2 05/03/2004 08:55 PM
An automatically configuring firewall.

Firewall Builder 2.0.2

Firewall Builder 2.0.2 09/01/2004 11:51 AM
Multi-platform firewall management software.

Exploring The Mac OS X Firewall

Exploring The Mac OS X Firewall 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

By Peter Hickman, O'Reilly Network

redWall Firewall 0.5.3

redWall Firewall 0.5.3 05/05/2004 09:36 AM
A bootable CD-ROM firewall with IDS, IPS, proxy, reporting, and spam filtering.

"Personal Firewall Day"

"Personal Firewall Day" 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Automatic Firewall 0.1

Automatic Firewall 0.1 04/29/2004 03:16 AM
An automatically configuring firewall.

PCX Firewall 1.2 (CGI Web Frontend)

PCX Firewall 1.2 (CGI Web Frontend) 04/28/2004 12:15 AM
An IPTables firewalling solution.

Shoreline Firewall

Shoreline Firewall 05/14/2004 10:51 AM
Shorewall 2.0.2

redWall Firewall 0.5.4

redWall Firewall 0.5.4 07/01/2004 06:52 PM
A bootable CD-ROM firewall with IDS, IPS, proxy, reporting, and spam filtering.

bastion-firewall

bastion-firewall 08/14/2004 02:58 PM
bastion-firewall version 1.0 available

Outpost Firewall Pro v2.1.292

Outpost Firewall Pro v2.1.292 02/17/2004 08:12 AM
Outpost Firewall Pro - world's foremost protection application, providing a superior arsenal of defense against PC infiltration. Outpost protects your computer against hacker attacks. [Shareware $39.95 30 Days 5.92 MB]

redWall Firewall 0.5.4c

redWall Firewall 0.5.4c 07/07/2004 06:08 PM
A bootable CD-ROM firewall with IDS, IPS, proxy, reporting, and spam filtering.

Alfandega Firewall

Alfandega Firewall 01/25/2004 12:48 AM
Alfandega Firewall development is Back!

Shoreline Firewall 2.0.3

Shoreline Firewall 2.0.3 06/24/2004 12:04 AM
An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems.

Firewall Builder

Firewall Builder 01/22/2004 06:11 PM
Firewall Builder v1.1.2 has been released

Personal Firewall Day

Personal Firewall Day 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
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PCX Firewall 1.3 (CGI Web Frontend)

PCX Firewall 1.3 (CGI Web Frontend) 05/06/2004 05:40 PM
An IPTables firewalling solution.

Tarantella, Citrix Battle over Remote Access

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