Red Hat Announces Architect Cert

Red Hat Announces Architect Cert

Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) will soon have another level of Red Hat certification to aspire to: Red Hat Certified Architect.

The company announced its plans for this new certification last week, saying that the title is, "designed for experienced Linux system administrators who already have skills at the level of Red Hat's... RHCE credential."

Like the RHCE and the lower-level Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT), the RHCA will focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

Full Story: certcities.com

Internet browser breach defused

Internet browser breach defused

Thanks to Fergal1982 for this article

The Russian web server at the centre of a serious net security problem has been shut down.
When visited by unwitting web users the server exploited loopholes in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and opened a backdoor into compromised PCs.

When first discovered, the security problem prompted experts to tell people to avoid using Internet Explorer.

The problem was judged serious because many trusted websites were innocently sending people to the suspect server.

Full Story: bbc.co.uk

Cisco Launches Storage Specialties

Cisco Launches Storage Specialties

Last week Cisco added two new storage titles to its suite of Qualified Specialist credentials: Cisco Storage Networking Design Specialist and Cisco Storage Networking Support Specialist.

The titles cover Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Directors and Switches, Cisco MDS 9509 Director Switch, Cisco 9216 Fabric Switch, and Cisco MDS 9120 products, the company said.

Full Story: certcities.com

Teleportation breakthrough made

<img border="0" src="../logos/web.gif" align="right"><font size="3">Teleportation breakthrough made</font>

Thanks to Fergal1982 for this article

Scientists have performed successful teleportation on atoms for the first time, the journal Nature reports.
The feat was achieved by two teams of researchers working independently on the problem in the US and Austria.

The ability to transfer key properties of one particle to another without using any physical link has until now only been achieved with laser light.

Experts say being able to do the same with massive particles like atoms could lead to new superfast computers.

This development is a long way from the transporters used by Jean-Luc Picard and Captain Kirk in the famous Star Trek TV series.

Full Story: bbc.co.uk

CompTIA Announces Linux+ Update

<img border="0" src="../logos/comptia.gif" align="right"><font size="3">CompTIA Announces Linux+ Update</font>

This one is a little late, sorry.

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) announced that it will be updating its entry-level, vendor-neutral Linux+ credential, releasing the new exam by "late 2004."

CompTIA characterises the upcoming exam as a "major" upgrade. Detailed objectives for the new exam can be found here.

CompTIA Linux+ Certification Program Manager Yvonne Keith told CertCities.com that changes were based on feedback from subject matter experts, who recommended adding significant security material as well as a documentation section, and de-emphasizing hardware. "We also tried to focus the hardware better...toward Linux," she commented.

New SuSE Cert Launches Worldwide June 21

New SuSE Cert Launches Worldwide June 21
Those interested in become SuSE Certified Linux Professionals (SCLPs) can do so beginning next week, although the exact name of the credential may change in the near future.

According to Novell Spokesperson Bruce Lowry, the SCLP exam (#SL 103) will debut Monday at Prometric testing centers worldwide. Those interested in earning the title must first hold the Linux Professional Institute's two-exam Level I certification, then pass the SL 103 exam.

Full Story: certcities.com

Cisco Announces CCIE Security Lab Revamp.....

<img border="0" src="../logos/cisco.gif" align="right"><font size="3">Cisco Announces CCIE Security Lab Revamp, Releases Blueprints for All Labs </font>
Last week Cisco Systems announced two changes to its high-level Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification program: a revamp of the CCIE Security lab, and new blueprints for all the credentials’ hands-on lab exams.

The Cisco Web site states that the Security lab exam content will be revised on Oct. 1 to make “much of the core routing and switching…preconfigured on the devices, giving the candidate much more time to work on security-specific technology.”

According to Cisco, more details on the new Security lab exam can be found within the new Security lab exam blueprints, one of several blueprints Cisco recently published for its CCIE lab exams.

Full Story: certcities.com

Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2

<img border="0" src="../logos/xp.gif" align="right"><font size="3">Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2 even cracked copies...</font>

Both legitimate and unlicensed users of Microsoft's XP operating system software will be able to download the Service Pack 2 security patch for free. Microsoft's increasing concern over information security has translated into its decision to bite the bullet and make its upcoming SP2 (Service Pack 2) security patch available to all users - including those using pirated copies of its Windows XP software.

Full Story: computertimes.com

Sasser suspect arrested in Germany

<img border="0" src="../logos/virus.gif" align="right"><font size="3">Sasser suspect arrested in Germany</font>

An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of creating the Sasser internet worm, police say. The worm spread through an estimated 18 million computers across the world last week, continually shutting down and rebooting them.

Police say the man was arrested in the northern German town of Rotenburg. Investigators were searching his parents' home, according to the German newspaper Bild. No further details have been given about the suspect, who was arrested on Friday.

Full Story: bbc.co.uk

UK to have near universal broadband coverage by summer 2005

<font size="3">UK to have near universal broadband coverage by summer 2005</font>

BT today announced plans to speed up the delivery of broadband services to rural communities. These plans will make the UK a world leader for broadband availability.

BT is to systematically rollout ADSL broadband to a further 1,128 exchanges by no later than summer 2005. This will help bring broadband to exchanges serving 99.6 per cent of UK homes and businesses.

BT Press Release