国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
Ian Murdock, a student at Purdue University first announces the Debian operating system, which he initially calls the “Debian Linux Release,” as the term “Linux Distribution” is still new. The name comes from a combination of the first name of Murdock and his wife, Debra. Debian is notable for being composed entirely of free or open source software and strictly following the open source philosophy. As Linux becomes enters the mainstream, it will remain the only major non-commercial distributions for over a decade. Visit the official Debian website.
1995
French student Damien Doligez wins the Hal’s SSL challenge, set by Hal Finney of Shell.Portal.com, by cracking a “secure” Netscape session protected by the default exportable mode, a 40-bit RC4 encryption. The SSL protocol was designed to protect confidential data sent by web browsers, but it has an option for weak encryption, to comply with the requirements of the US government for exportable software. Doligez broke the RC4-128-EXPORT-40 algorithm in eight days by networking 112 workstations and using a brute force search. He is the first individual to do so at 12:23 after a team of three (Adam Back of the UK, Eric Young of Australia, and David Byers of Sweden) returned the correct key at 10:43, less than two hours earlier. The challenge was issued on July 14th. Read more about the event at Damien Doligez’s website.
ONE BBSCON ’95, the last “BBSCON”, is held from August 16 – 20 in Tampa, Florida. The following year, the event will be renamed “ISPCON” to reflect the widening scope of the event.
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IE 16岁了
Firefox 6正式版的发布引来了诸多关注，但悄无声息之中，Internet Explorer迎来了自己的16周岁生日——Mozilla，你才应该是送蛋糕的那个！1995年8月16日(美国当地时间)，微软发布了第一个版本的Internet Explorer。其实，IE并不是微软完全自主开发的产品，而是花了200万美元购买Spyglass Mosaic浏览器的授权，然后修改而来。
1997年，微软又因为审计方面的纠纷掏了800万美元，而直到2006年发布的IE7里才彻底不见了 Mosaic的代码。
紧紧依靠着Windows系统这棵大树，IE迅速崛起，轻松灭掉了Netscape，不过成也萧何败也萧何，微软的这种做法在1998年招来了美国司法部的反垄断调查，导致Windows险些被“净身”。
2004年底的时候，IE一度统治了全球90％以上的浏览器市场，但随着IE自己的不思进取(IE6发布后长达五年的时间几乎纹丝未动)，以及Mozilla Firefox的强势挑战、Google Chrome的后来崛起，IE份额一路下滑，目前仅勉强超过50％。
幡然悔悟的微软连续强势推出了IE8、IE9，整体面貌焕然一新，但似乎还是无法挽回衰落的颓势。下一步，IE10将伴随Windows 8系统而至，保证带来更广泛的标准支持，但如今的浏览器市场已经不再那么单纯，微软想再次一统江湖恐怕是不可能了。
无论如何，IE 16岁生日快乐！
