Monday, November 23, 2009

Internet = InterNOT at Interop; How Nikto saved my tail; 6 greatest threats to US network security

How Nikto saved my tail on a cold Wisconsin morning; The six greatest threats to US network security
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Internet = InterNOT @ Interop

I was in New York for a one-day whirlwind tour of the Interop show floor. Little did I know that I would be forced to live the day as one of the unfortunate - the "have-nots" - the "Internet unconnecteds." Read full story

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How Nikto saved my tail on a cold Wisconsin morning
So I say, "If you can break into my server and capture my flag, I will send you out a Wisconsin Kringle from O&H Bakery and I will wear a dress on the next episode of TechWiseTV." Yeah, that's right. I am moron.

The six greatest threats to US network security
It's not a very good day when a security report concludes: Disruptive cyber activities expected to become the norm in future political and military conflicts.

How Come We Don't Have a Standard Handset Architecture?
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Interoperability: The Next Great Frontier for Telepresence.
Video conference users have for the most part been free of the hassles of trying to figure out how to interoperate products from different vendors, thanks to early and widespread adoption of H.323 signaling protocols and H.261 and H.264 video encapsulation, both sets of protocols well defined by the ITU.

Federal data breach highlights difficulties of data security
The feds went out of their way to define a Windows configuration that was "secure by default," yet a Junior staffer was able to either access a confidential file from an insecure computer or install peer-to-peer software on an FDCC-compliant system.

Steve Jobs is a man of a few words
When The Little App Factory received a legal letter from Apple requesting that they change the name of their popular Mac app, "iPodRip", CEO John Devor decided to pen a heartfelt email to Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself.

Check every day? Geesh, the identity thieves have won
With Cyber Monday approaching, we here in the news business are being inundated as usual with offers of "expert advice" for us to pass along to readers/online shoppers so that they may better protect themselves against identity theft.Most of it we -- and you -- have read a hundred times already.

Android Needs Google For Now
Android is a free and open platform. Device manufacturers can take the platform and put it on their own devices. Software developers can write applications for Android without concern about being blocked from publishing as they can always choose to self-distribute their applications. However, this freedom comes as a price.

London Olympic project could redefine cloud computing
Cloud computing is one of those phrases with a fuzzy definition – but there's a new cloud potentially being built in London that makes all previous ones seem staid and boring.

November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page.

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November 23, 2009

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