Download Webmin 1.020

Lautie drew our attention to version 1.020 of the Webmin program. With this program you can in Unix, or on Unix based operating systems, manage everything: user accounts, Apache, DNS and the rest of the stuff. Below is the email sent to Lautie:

Webmin version 1.020 is now available for download from and mirror sites. New features in this version include:

• Webmin now generates an SSL key at install time, instead of using a
• built in key. Anyone using it in SSL mode must generate their own
• key, as the built-in one is insecure because everyone has access
• to it! This can be done within Webmin on the SSL Encryption page of
• the Webmin Configuration module
• The Webmin RPM uses SSL mode by default if you have openssl and
• Net::SSLeay installed
• Fixed bugs that could cause the miniserv.pl process to use up all
• available CPU time
• Added the OpenSLP Server module, which was previously separate
• Ported Webmin to Redhat 8.0 and SuSE 8.1

If you have been running Webmin in SSL mode, you *must* generate a new SSL key that is unique to your system. I only recently found out that anyone with a copy of your SSL key file can decrypt all traffic. Because almost everyone using Webmin uses the same included key file, their SSL traffic is vulnerable to snooping! Fortunately, this version makes it easy to generate your own key using the SSL Encryption page of the Webmin Configuration module.

Also available is Usermin 0.960, which includes the same SSL key fix, a new Mount Filesystems module, support for non-readable /home directory in the file manager, and several other small fixes.

As always, please send me any bug reports or feature suggestions that you might have. [break] Below are the different versions of Webmin: