About a month ago I finished writing my "Seminarfacharbeit" about "Sicherere latenzarme Kommunikationswege mit IPsec" (Get it!).
Also sometime ago Fefe accepted my scan_ldapsearchfilterstring for tinyldap. It parses LDAP Search Filters. I guess there will be a more versatile ldapclient in tinyldap really soon. This will nearly eliminate the need for OpenLDAP's ldapsearch ;-).
FOAF updates: Trust rankings are now exported, making the data available to other users and websites. An external FOAF URI has been added, allowing users to link to an additional FOAF file.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!