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Pragmatic Questions about Binary-Only Drivers

12/25/2006  
Relevance: 7.82
The perpetual debate over the legality, practicality, and wisdom of using, distributing, producing, and supporting binary-only drivers flared up again recently, with a recent debate on the Linux Kernel Mailing List over the legality of binary-only drivers simmering down and Ubuntu company Canonical considering enabling binary drivers by default in the next release.
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Doing a Reverse Hex Dump

06/03/2008  
Relevance: 7.56
If you work with the command line you've most likely used hexdump or od to dump binary files, but what do you do if you have a hex dump of something and you want to create the binary version of the data? Assuming your needs aren't too complex, the answer may be xxd. You can use xxd to dump binary files just like hexdump and od, but you can also use it to do the reverse: turn a hex dump back into binary.
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Practical Steganography Part-1: Hiding information in Binary Executable File

02/14/2008  
Relevance: 7.40
This tutorial describes how to hide information within Binary Executable using Hydan . In other words Binary Executable is used as carrier.
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Paldo melds source-based and binary in one distro

12/12/2007  
Relevance: 6.74
Paldo Linux is a cross between a source-based and binary distribution. It installs as a binary system to provide a quick and easy desktop. Once it's running, users can either build packages from source as they would with Gentoo, or install binary packages, as is common with Debian, openSUSE, or Mandriva. Paldo's main features are an easy hard drive installer, GNOME desktop environment, and Upkg package management system. Stable version 1.12 was released last month. I found it to be one of the more interesting and promising distros to come along in a long time.
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Converting Binary Numbers To Decimal The Hard Way On Linux Or Unix

07/15/2008  
Relevance: 6.25
Simple C program to convert binary numbers to decimal. Written to appeal to a mass audience I may not have ;) Anyone can learn to code!
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Linux: NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver Exploit

10/17/2006  
Relevance: 6.25
A recent security advisory announced today by Rapid7 explains,"the NVIDIA Binary Graphics Driver for Linux is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that allows an attacker to run arbitrary code as root. This bug can be exploited both locally or remotely (via a remote X client or an X client which visits a malicious web page). A working proof-of-concept root exploit is attached to this advisory." The advisory goes on to note that the FreeBSD and Solaris binary drivers are also likely vulnerable to the same flaw and cautions,"it is our opinion that NVIDIA's binary driver remains an unacceptable security risk based on the large numbers of reproducible, unfixed crashes that have been reported in public forums and bug databases."
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VIA goes binary only.

11/08/2006  
Relevance: 6.23
VIA has been providing source for its unichrome IGP since 2003. Despite this, they managed to receive a lot of criticism for pulling several stunts with respect to this code. Their latest stunt is to stop providing source completely. XF40070 is now only available as a binary.
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To binary or not to binary, that is the question

12/31/2006  
Relevance: 6.11
The Ubuntu developers are in the process of deciding whether to enable binary-only drivers by default in their installation process, under certain limited circumstances. This decision process has prompted the latest wave in a conversation that's nearly as old as Linux itself. Some see this step as a compromise on the principles of freedom, and point out the numerous practical problems with binary drivers: lack of portability, dependence on the vendor to fix security flaws, dependence on the vendor to continue supporting your hardware, etc. Others take a pragmatic perspective, draw the line that Ubuntu will not cross, or point out that Ubuntu developers also care about the principles of freedom and intend to educate their users on the reasons for choosing open source drivers and hardware vendors that offer open source drivers.
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Root exploit found in binary NVIDIA driver

10/17/2006  
Relevance: 6.02
Various sites including slashdot and kernel trap are reporting that there's a root exploit in more than one of the nvidia binary drivers. Bad news if you (like me) use them to achieve 3d acceleration.
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Microsoft Says It Will Release Binary Office Formats - Which? -- Updated

01/18/2008  
Relevance: 6.00
There's nothing like an EU Commission investigation to get Microsoft to open up a little, is there? Today Brian Jones has two announcements, that Microsoft is making binary Office formats (.doc; .xls; .ppt) available under the Open Specification Promise. You won't have to email them and be evaluated any more. From what I've heard, the way it worked was that only companies and governments could get them before. Of course Jones tells it a different way, as I'll show you. The second announcement is about yet another translator project, an open source"Binary Format-to-ISO/IEC JTC 1 DIS 29500 Translator Project".[Does this mean we'll finally get nested table support for MS formats in OpenOffice.org? - Sander]
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