Archive for the ‘security’ Category.
November 13, 2002, 9:38 am
Slashdot: “The National Security Agency recently certified the Harris Corp’s Secnet-11 as the first 802.11b system permitted to carry US SECRET level data. See press release. The system integrates NSA crypto with commercial chipset based 802.11b PCMCIA cards and access points to create a secure wireless LAN. Unfortunately, you and I won’t be able to buy them, as they are only available to organizations with an NSA COMSEC account.”
November 13, 2002, 9:26 am
November 13, 2002, 9:21 am
November 11, 2002, 8:43 am
MSS Initiative Makes Progress
Phil writes
“The MSS Initiative was started by Richard van den Berg and myself to combat sites that are broken (enable Path MTU Discovery AND block ICMP 3,4) which include such big sites as SecurityFocus and CERT (causing those behind PPPoE and other less-than-1500-MTU-protocols to be unable to view the sites). This past week we were priveleged enough to be able to present a paper at the 16th LISA Systems Administration Conference! Check out the paper and slides and be sure, like many members of the audience, to fix the sites you administer!”
[Slashdot]
October 30, 2002, 12:26 pm
October 23, 2002, 10:44 am
October 18, 2002, 9:37 am
Spammers crack through Windows. (Creating popups via the Windows Messenger service) ZDNet Oct 18 2002 6:51AM ET [Moreover – Computer security news]
October 16, 2002, 1:57 pm
The Register USA – If I tell you that I’ll have to kill you: Red Hat fights the DMCA.
Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction. The company’s position here seems to be not altogether voluntary – according to a spokesman “it is bizarre, and unfortunately something Red Hat cannot easily do much about,” but like it or not Red Hat has been recruited to the campaign to make the DMCA look ridiculous.
[Privacy Digest]
September 5, 2002, 8:30 am
August 21, 2002, 8:20 am
IWT Bans RIAA From Accessing Its Network: “Information Wave Technologies has announced it will actively deny the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) from accessing the contents of its network. Earlier this year, the RIAA announced its new plan to access computers without owner’s consent for the sake of protecting its assets. Information Wave believes this policy puts its customers at risk of unintentional damage, corporate espionage, and invasion of privacy to say the least.”
