http://www.osnews.com/story/19285/Solaris_Express_Developer_Edition_1_08_Review Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:09:44 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?299685 http://osnews.com/thread?299685 The main Sun site still points to the 2007 edition.

This link points to the 2008 edition: http://developers.sun.com/sxde

However, login seems to have broken, so can't download yet. (maybe not a great advert for sun's authentication systems, my account has worked for years before today!) Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (project_2501) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?299688 http://osnews.com/thread?299688 Login seems fine to me .. got in no problem ... Mabey you hit a glitch ?

Also good to see a vmware image of this latest release .. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Cass) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?300115 http://osnews.com/thread?300115 I found out why I my login to Sun's site (to download Solaris Express DE 01/08) was denied. Apparently my name, details or company name resembles(but isn't equal to) an entry in te DRPL - a list of terrorist names and organisations issues by the US government. Now how stupid is that. People who are serious about causing trouble will not provide their real or traceable identities. And so the people are are affected are largely the innocent public. Crazy. And so typical of many US attempts of security.

If you're interested in more examples and analysis of how and why so many attempts at security succeed in mothing more than inconvenience .. look at Bruce Schnier's newsletters.

http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html

Below is a snip from Sun's email .. ridiculous!

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This manual review is necessary because your name and/or address may be
similar to those of a party on the DRPL**, or your company or
organization name resembles an entity on the DRPL.

** The DRPL is a compilation of several lists of denied or restricted
entities or parties published by various U.S. Government agencies, which
include but are not limited to the Bureau of Industry and Security's
Denial List, the Treasury Department's Specially Designated Nationals
List, and the State Department's Statutorily Debarred Parties. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (project_2501) Comments