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- Securing the PC
- An interesting report by Robert Lemos on Security Focus last week got me thinking about the money and effort going into what the PC people think of as "security."What the report was nominally about was the difficulty PC defenders have in shutting down bot-net attacks where control moves across...
- Tags: Government, Enterprise Policy
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Is Windows more secure than Linux for web serving?
- At the risk of starting another holy war, I had to comment on this story. Robert Lemos reports?on a study?that concludes Windows is more secure than Linux for Web serving. Although the test was funded by Microsoft, the two authors of the study did publish all test methodology so that...
- Tags: Microsoft IIS 6.0, Apache Software Foundation
- Blog posts 2005-03-23
- MySQL worm hits Windows systems
- MySQL worm hits Windows systemsFlaw in MySQL?"It then uses a flaw in MySQL to run another type of program, known as bot software, which then takes full control of the system."What is the flaw in MySQL that this is exploiting? Is this flaw being addressed?Carl RapsonApple MUST MAKE MORE MAC...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Operating systems, MySQL, Microsoft Windows, flaw
- Discussion threads 2005-01-27
- Giving your doors, elevators, and computer the finger
- "While companies have generally treated physical security as part of the facilities department and computer security as part of the information-technology group, employee information has increasingly become integrated, allowing businesses to link the two systems."So says Steve Hunt, an analyst with Forrester Research, according to a News.com report by Robert...
- Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, SAFLink, computer
- Blog posts 2005-01-13
- Net worm using Google to spread
- Net worm using Google to spreadGood Reporting!!!Does this article mention which versions are vulnerable? This could be helpful!Blame the messengerWhile it is likely that Google spending the time and energy to filter it's potential searches to eliminate the phrase being used in this case, just as with failing to update...
- Tags: INTERNET, Cyberthreats, Scripting languages, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-21
- Microsoft gets a fashion makeover
- Microsoft gets a fashion makeoverOther consumer adjustmentsPeople purchasing a Media Center PC for their living room will have to make some major adjustments. Up to now, comsumers have not had to think about the devices in their entertainment center, and they certainly have not had to maintain them. Televisions,...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., PC, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsloth
- Discussion threads 2004-10-15
- Non-SP2 Windows users open to JPG poison pill
- Microsoft has issued a patch that eliminates a vulnerability found in just about any Microsoft software that's capable of viewing JPG images one of the most commonly used image formats for Web pages. Systems that have so far been patched with Service Pack 2 are not open to an exploit...
- Tags: JPG, Microsoft Windows, vulnerability, Service Pack 2
- Blog posts 2004-09-14
- Pentium 3 a weapon?
- Robert Lemos has a good analysis of the tightening of export regulations in the National Defense Authorization Act that would classify an PC with a chip more powerful than a Pentium 3 as a weapon.
- Tags: Pentium 3
- Blog posts 2004-07-01
- Linux users worry about desktop products' fate
- Linux users worry about desktop products' fateI just don't perceive much of a problem...Linux is available in one form or fashion all over the place. User's groups; P2P networks; school servers (I got my Red Hat 8 distro from a Red Hat mirror at Texas Tech--go Red Raiders!); Web sites...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Desktops, operating system, Linux User, Linux, Red Hat Inc., desktop, SuSE
- Discussion threads 2003-11-04
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