The OpenVAS developers have announced the sixth maintenance release of the openvas-libraries 4.0 module, the fifth maintenance release of the openvas-scanner 3.2 module, and the second maintenance release of the OpenVAS Administrator 1.1, the local and remote administrative tool for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System release 4 (OpenVAS-4)

The source tarball for these releases along with checksums and signatures are available for download from the OpenVAS website at http://www.openvas.org/. Binary packages for major GNU/Linux distributions by third parties are expected in the following weeks.

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Emmanuel Ortiz (born 1974) is a Chicano /Puerto Rican activist and spoken-word poet . He has worked with the Minnesota Alliance for the Indigenous Zapatistas (MAIZ) and Estacion Libre and as a staff member of the Resource Centre of the Americas. Ortiz has performed his poetry at numerous readings, political rallies, activist conferences, and benefits. His works appeared in The Roots of Terror a reader published by Project South, as well as others. His readings of his poems have appeared on Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now!

His controversial poem, Moment of Silence, circulated the internet a year after September 11th, 2001. It's time to read it again ...

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Twitter is now using akamaihd.net selectively? I didn’t enable/allow it, and for some profiles, Twitter appears to be working fine without it in the same setup of browser firefox, add-ons, scripts and connection configuration.

From http://www.akamai.com/html/misc/hdnetwork.html

Security to protect the distribution rights of content
The Akamai HD Network offers "SecureHD", a service that provides several security features that can be used, independently or together, to provide effective content protection while ensuring legitimate users enjoy a smooth and stunning viewing experience. These mechanisms are designed to discourage and disable content and link piracy, while allowing the content owner to successfully monetize their assets—whether through pay-per-view, rentals and subscriptions, ad-supported, or other innovative business models.

I have to allow akamaihd.net script to get into Twitter. Otherwise, my browser just waits and waits. But not always, it comes and goes, and does not happen for all avatars in exactly the same controlled context. Sent and received DM's get duplicated or even tripled. When I turn NoScript totally off, the problems disappear (or become invisible to me ;))

Scripts in user profiles could be causing the issue. If a Twitter profile has a script embedded in it, and running the No Script add-on, then the page will never fully load. I have tested this with profiles I know do not have any scripts embedded in them - at least not of which I am aware.

Anybody know what's up with that?

This is the internet. A global, digital world. To me, anyone unwilling to take simple security precautions to protect themselves and those they care for, is a major, active part of the problem.

Will be back end of August

Thank you @livable4all