Weekend Reading
Zero Day Patches
Zero day exploits were once the realm of just underground and elite hackers, but their increased prevalence is bringing a positive new trend: unofficial patches from members of the community, offered for protection before official vendor patches appear. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed Landon Fuller, who wrote Mac OS X patches for recent Month of Apple Bugs vulnerabilities, and the ZERT team, which has offered patches for critical Microsoft Windows zero-days that were actively exploited.
Read the article HERE.
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Five mistakes of data encryption
If you follow the media today, you might conclude that data encryption is everywhere. However, is this "good" encryption? A classic saying "Encryption is easy; key management is hard" illustrates one of the pitfalls that await those implementing encryption enterprise-wide or even SMB-wide. This article covers some of the other mistakes that often occur when organizations try to use encryption to protect data at rest and data in transit and thus improve their security posture.
Read the article HERE.
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The 25 Most Common Mistakes in Email Security
25 tips to bring newbie Internet users up to speed so they stop comprimising your network security.
Read the article HERE.
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Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea
There is an overwhelming opinion out there that if you have the money and want a blazing fast and stable computer, that you should put your hard drives in RAID. We have known for years that this perception is just flat out wrong, but the problem is that the idea is so widely accepted that it is nearly impossible to convince our customers otherwise.
Read the article HERE.
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A vision for IPv6 enterprise
Without much fanfare, stock exchange opening bells and stuff like that, IPv6 protocol stack made it to all major computing platforms. In Windows XP Service Pack 1, fully supported IPv6 stack replaced previous experimental version (which is also available for Windows 2000); it was also integrated in Windows Server 2003 and is available for Windows CE. IPv6 is available (and probably supported) in recent versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux (kernel 2.6-based), and in Solaris for a long while. Cisco IOS and other operating systems running on network equipment also support IPv6. The protocol has arrived.
Read the article HERE.
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ODF plugin for Microsoft Office released
The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) is now available.
Read the article HERE.
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It's 10 p.m. Where are your children?
Some of you may or may not remember that question. It started in the 60s and was asked right before the nightly 10pm news. Many parents are now very aware of the need to know where their children are and would answer without hesitation. We have learned the importance of knowing where our children are and who they are with. However, many times, parents fail to realize that even though their kids are physically at home, they may be socializing with others on the internet and the parents do not even know it.
Read the article HERE.
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Why I Keep Cash Under My Mattress
I keep a small pile of twenties in my home as my ultimate emergency fund. I keep this money on hand for the sole purpose of being available if I have no access to funds in any other way - in the event of an absence of electricity or some other essentials, a cash economy will dominate and I do not wish to risk being in that situation with no leverage to make sure my family has food, water, and protection.
Read the article HERE.
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Every Nerd's Dream Desk Setup
Just when we were patting ourselves on the ass for having three monitors and a laptop on our desk, Stefan Didak has to show us up with his power-sucking home office. His setup consists of 7 screens, all of which are LCDs, all coming from one desktop.
Take a look HERE.
Zero day exploits were once the realm of just underground and elite hackers, but their increased prevalence is bringing a positive new trend: unofficial patches from members of the community, offered for protection before official vendor patches appear. Federico Biancuzzi interviewed Landon Fuller, who wrote Mac OS X patches for recent Month of Apple Bugs vulnerabilities, and the ZERT team, which has offered patches for critical Microsoft Windows zero-days that were actively exploited.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
Five mistakes of data encryption
If you follow the media today, you might conclude that data encryption is everywhere. However, is this "good" encryption? A classic saying "Encryption is easy; key management is hard" illustrates one of the pitfalls that await those implementing encryption enterprise-wide or even SMB-wide. This article covers some of the other mistakes that often occur when organizations try to use encryption to protect data at rest and data in transit and thus improve their security posture.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
The 25 Most Common Mistakes in Email Security
25 tips to bring newbie Internet users up to speed so they stop comprimising your network security.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
Why RAID is (usually) a Terrible Idea
There is an overwhelming opinion out there that if you have the money and want a blazing fast and stable computer, that you should put your hard drives in RAID. We have known for years that this perception is just flat out wrong, but the problem is that the idea is so widely accepted that it is nearly impossible to convince our customers otherwise.
Read the article HERE.
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A vision for IPv6 enterprise
Without much fanfare, stock exchange opening bells and stuff like that, IPv6 protocol stack made it to all major computing platforms. In Windows XP Service Pack 1, fully supported IPv6 stack replaced previous experimental version (which is also available for Windows 2000); it was also integrated in Windows Server 2003 and is available for Windows CE. IPv6 is available (and probably supported) in recent versions of RedHat Enterprise Linux (kernel 2.6-based), and in Solaris for a long while. Cisco IOS and other operating systems running on network equipment also support IPv6. The protocol has arrived.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
ODF plugin for Microsoft Office released
The StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology Preview, a plug-in for Microsoft Word 2003 that allows users of Microsoft Word 2003 to read, edit and save to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) is now available.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
It's 10 p.m. Where are your children?
Some of you may or may not remember that question. It started in the 60s and was asked right before the nightly 10pm news. Many parents are now very aware of the need to know where their children are and would answer without hesitation. We have learned the importance of knowing where our children are and who they are with. However, many times, parents fail to realize that even though their kids are physically at home, they may be socializing with others on the internet and the parents do not even know it.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
Why I Keep Cash Under My Mattress
I keep a small pile of twenties in my home as my ultimate emergency fund. I keep this money on hand for the sole purpose of being available if I have no access to funds in any other way - in the event of an absence of electricity or some other essentials, a cash economy will dominate and I do not wish to risk being in that situation with no leverage to make sure my family has food, water, and protection.
Read the article HERE.
==============================================
Every Nerd's Dream Desk Setup
Just when we were patting ourselves on the ass for having three monitors and a laptop on our desk, Stefan Didak has to show us up with his power-sucking home office. His setup consists of 7 screens, all of which are LCDs, all coming from one desktop.
Take a look HERE.
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