New Development Announcements August 2004

A list of all development that has been announced in August. Sorry for any missing items.

[Announce] j2sdk1.4.2_05.rpm

Getting java to work on SME Server 6.0.1-01
Date: 31 August 2004 at the forums
Made by tenanji
forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23934
download loc.: http://javashoplm.sun.com/ECom/docs/Welcome.jsp?StoreId=22&PartDetailId=j2sdk-1.4.2_05-oth-JPR&SiteId=JSC&TransactionId=noreg

[Update] rkhunter: smeserver-rkhunter-1.1.7.1.noarch.rpm for SME 6.x

Searches for malicious software, rootkits
31. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Duncan "Smoke-free since 22/03/04" Thomas
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23241&start=15&sid=8092f5df2e9655b516de3624b8edba66
Download loc.: RootKitHunter%20how%20to

[Announce] MySQL 4.0.20-0.i386 Upgrade for SME 6.0 HowTo

Upgrading MySQL
29. August 2004 found at the forums
Made by SharedMedia
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23920&sid=3da01dfe78efac14a3c70037fb5a22d8
Download loc: http://www.mysql.com

[Howto] Using SquidGuard to force Strict Searching on Google: squidGuardGoogle.tar

This contrib will alter your squidGuard configuration to restrict Google searches to the safest settings.
26. August 2004 found at techgeeks.org
Made by cwatkins
Forum thread: n/a
Howto page: http://www.tech-geeks.org/article.php?story=20040826115541358
Download loc: http://tech-geeks.org/contrib/loveless/SMEServer/archives/squidGuardGoogle/

[Howto] How to install Samba 3.0.5 and join a W2k3 Domain

Upgrading Samba
17 Aug 2004 found at the forums
Made by Silencer
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23687&sid=72e3ffd873a6ba8e168ef160839cbd55

[Update] imp-3.2.5-01dm.noarch.rpm

The Internet Messaging Program: webmail access to IMAP/POP3 accounts
18. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Doug "Rigger" M.
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23693&sid=050ffc5544c7cd3c476567c3ecfbad7b
Download loc.: http://www.ibiblio.org/

[Announce] SME Spam Filter Server Manager Module for 6.x (BETA)

Handling Spam
17. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Jesper "Knuddi" Knudsen
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23681&sid=050ffc5544c7cd3c476567c3ecfbad7b
Download loc.: http://sme.swerts-knudsen.dk/howtos/howto_29.htm

[Update] qmailHandle: smeserver-qmHandle-1.0.2-9.noarch.rpm for SME 6.x

View, delete, resend qmail queue
16. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Saco
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23656&sid=4bd8ac518f0db16b9c22f01b5a0c5b28
Download loc.: http://www.saco-support.de/sme/smeserver-qmHandle/

[Update] Isoqlog: saco-mitel-isoqlog-0.1-09.noarch.rpm for SME 6.x

Collects qmail statistics
16. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Saco
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23657&sid=4bd8ac518f0db16b9c22f01b5a0c5b28
Download loc.: http://www.saco-support.de/sme/saco-mitel-isoqlog/

[Announce] V0.3 of cd-utils with support for SME 6.x

Burning media
14. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by ?
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23627&sid=4bd8ac518f0db16b9c22f01b5a0c5b28
Download loc.: http://cd-utils.sourceforge.net/

[Update] rkhunter: smeserver-rkhunter-1.1.5.1.noarch.rpm for SME 6.x

Searches for malicious software, rootkits
13. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Duncan "Smoke-free since 22/03/04" Thomas
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23241&start=15&sid=4bd8ac518f0db16b9c22f01b5a0c5b28
Download loc.: RootKitHunter%20how%20to

[Announce] Openvpn (beta): smeserver-openvpn-0.0.1-1.noarch.rpm

secure connections via virtual private networking 11. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Duncan "Smoke-free since 22/03/04" Thomas
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23572&sid=3bd7ea8aa9066f3b03e2e2e09764e716
Download loc.: http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dthomas/smeserver/6.x/Beta/Openvpn/

[Update] rkhunter: smeserver-rkhunter-1.1.4.1.noarch.rpm for SME 6.x

11. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Duncan "Smoke-free since 22/03/04" Thomas
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=23241&sid=3bd7ea8aa9066f3b03e2e2e09764e716
Download loc.: RootKitHunter%20how%20to

[Announce] PHP 4.3.8 packages with curl extension

10. August 2004 at devinfo
Made by Laurent Dinclaux
devinfo thread: http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/devinfo/msg06908.html
Download loc.: ftp://ftp.gecka.com/os/sme/contribs/lox/RPMS/i386/

[Announce] htmldoc-1.8.23

10. August 2004 at devinfo
Made by Laurent Dinclaux
devinfo thread: http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/devinfo/msg06909.html
Download loc.: ftp://ftp.gecka.com/os/sme/contribs/lox/RPMS/i386/

[Announce] dungog-mailblocking

5. August 2004 at devinfo
Made by Stephen Noble
devinfo thread: http://lists.contribs.org/mailman/public/devinfo/msg06898.html
Download loc.: http://www.dungog.net/sme/files/index.php

[Announce] Kernel Upgrade 2.4.27

1. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by MasterSleepy
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=20988&highlight=&sid=c47f24f8a240ea9bc840b3dfa5da7dc0
Download loc.: http://www.vanhees.cc/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=18

[Announce] Kernel Upgrades

1. August 2004 found at the Forums
Made by Ian Wells
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?p=93329
Download loc.: http://www.wellsi.com/sme/kernel/kernel.html

[Update] sme-X-masq-manager

graphical interface for modifying iptables
2. August 2004
Made by Muzo
Contributors: briank
Forum thread: http://forums.contribs.org/viewtopic.php?t=20969&start=15
Download loc.: http://www.muzo.homeip.net/nest/contribs/Rpm/Masq_Manager/

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