Columnists’ corner: Highlighting what the open source community has done with DD-WRT firmware on Linksys’ WRT54G wireless router, Neil McAllister points out that “if more forward-thinking vendors would step up to the challenge, community-driven hardware could become the norm, rather than a niche.” The road, however, will not be without its bumps. Best of the blogs: Metasploit will release one new browser bug a day in July, reports Roger Grimes. Actually, HD Moore of Metasploit claims (perhaps it’s tongue-in-cheek) that he now has enough to offer up one every day for the next two and half years. “Normally, I like Metasploit, but I strongly disagree with anyone who releases exploit code to the public before patches are available,” Grimes writes. Test Center review: PlateSpin and Leostream tools ease the move to virtual datacenters, but have some room to grow, explains Paul Venezia in this review. “P2V tools aren’t yet a mature technology. Dealing with scores of potential hardware combinations on the source end leads to an enormous amount of ‘corner-case’ issues when performing these migrations,” he writes. “P2V is still the best way to go if possible, but be prepared to rebuild a server or two the old fashioned way.” Technology Industry