Sunday, May 27, 2007

Weekend Reading

PKI: Public-Key Infrastructure

Encryption can help solve the problem of information hiding. It can turn text into randomized symbols. But what encryption cannot do on its own is to authenticate someone the user has never met. If you are using public keys accessible to everyone, it is quite impossible to figure out whether someone of an organization is actually the person or specific organization sending a particular public key. For this purpose, the Public-Key Infrastructure or PKI was created.

Take a look HERE.

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How to secure VNC remote access with two-factor authentication

If you haven't already, you can download a copy of the WiKID open-source token client. The first time you launch the token client, you need to create a passphrase.

Take a look HERE.

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Security Videos - 24 videos - 310 mins

Basic Socket Programming: (4 videos - 65 mins)
Packet Sniffing using Raw Sockets: (7 videos - 86 mins)
Packet Injection using Raw Sockets: (6 videos - 75 mins)
Architecture of a Proactive Security Tool: (4 videos - 43 mins)
Encryption Basics using RC4: (3 videos - 38 mins).

Take a look HERE.

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The man who owns the Internet

Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire.

Take a look HERE.

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Microsoft Makes Windows XP Downgrades Tough

Microsoft has made it difficult for new PC buyers and channel partners to use Windows XP downgrade rights, system builders say. For example, some employees in Microsoft's global technical support team told some customers initially after Vista's release that they were not allowed to use downgrade rights to XP at all. But that was incorrect.

Take a look HERE.

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MEANWHILE : Where is our Vista upgrade?

Considering the widely held belief that the Microsoft Vista upgrade program has been an utter mess, we decided to test the system's abilities ourselves.

Take a look HERE.

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Coolest Workspace Contest

It's finally here. The fifth and final week of the 2007 Coolest Workspace Contest. This week, to round out the contest, we're offering up a bit of a potpourri of cool workspaces.

Take a look HERE.

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MEANWHILE : Top 10 Multi Display Mac Setups

Here’s a list I have compiled of the top Top 10 Multi Display Mac Setups featuring Apple Cinema Display’s.

Take a look HERE.

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Users' Most Hated Sales Pitches

They're the things that make you want to get up and walk out of a vendor's security sales presentation. The claims, the cliches, the mindless drivel. They make you want to scream, "Shut UP!"

Here are the comments we heard, in no particular order. Many of our respondents preferred not to be quoted -- ironically, they didn't want to tick their vendors off.

Read the article HERE.

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