Take steps to secure vulnerable WLANs
TechRepublic:
Take steps to secure vulnerable WLANs,
Oct 23, 2001,
Brian Hook
Archive for the ‘LINKS’ Category.
Satire of Larry Ellison’s new National ID Card
Brad Templeton:
Sample of Larry Ellison’s new National ID Card
“If you’re innocent, you have nothing to hide.”
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases:
links to Web Sites for Biological, Chemical and Radiological Information, and
instructions for ordering their Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook.
WLAN VPN Support for Handhelds Ships
WLAN VPN Support for Handhelds Ships. allNetDevices Oct 17 2001 3:58AM ET [Computer security news]
Major vendors tighten WLAN security
Major vendors tighten WLAN security
Oct 17, 2001 CNET
As part of the 802.1x standard, which has been approved but not implemented within 802.11b, the Windows XP client natively supports Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP), which provides dynamic, session-specific wireless encryption keys, central user administration via specialized third-party Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers, and mutual authentication between client and Access Point (AP) and AP to RADIUS server.
Windows XP is also compatible with EAP-Transport Level Security (EAP-TLS), which uses digital certificates for authentication. Windows XP’s integration of these features will significantly ease deployment of EAP solutions because separate client utilities will no longer be necessary. These capabilities will reduce the risk involved in using 802.11b within a corporate network.
Safeweb is a Fed Front
Safeweb is a Fed Front. An enterprising Cryptome reader has discovered that the vaunted web privacy provider (already known to have CIA funding) Safeweb utilizes a Department of Defense server(s?) (anongo.com) as a proxy for user requests. [kuro5hin.org]
Attacks Expose Telephone’s Soft Underbelly
New York Times:
Attacks Expose Telephone’s Soft Underbelly
[via Slashdot]
brilliant trick regarding visited-topics link coloring
Fog Creek President Michael Pryor figured out a brilliant trick which makes it so that you see new topics, and topics that have followups you haven’t read, in blue. If you’ve read the entire topic, it will be purple. And it’s all done without keeping any state on the server.
