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Create a complete authentication system with Visual Basic 2005

This sample chapter, taken from Programming Visual Basic 2005, discusses how to create an authentication system for your Internet apps with forms-based security and Visual Basic 2005. With the ready-to-go controls and built-in functions found in Visual Basic 2005, creating the system is much easier than it...

Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic, Authentication System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Authentication, Programming, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Languages, Security, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Book chapters 2005-11-18

Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws

Crypto researchers abuzz over flawsI could be wrong but....I think tools to hack MD5 already exists.here's a tool to hack MD5 and SHA1http://www.securitystats.com/tools/hashcrack.phphave fun !Mathematically Interesting - But Practical?Among all of the hype of this news, the limitations of the attacks seem pretty severe though the descriptions have been minimal.Getting...

Tags: SECURITY, hash, flaw, authentication system, collision, authentication

Discussion threads 2004-08-17

Evaluation Techniques for Biometrics-Based Authentication Systems (FRR)

Biometrics-based authentication is becoming popular because of increasing ease-of-use and reliability. Performance evaluation of such systems is an important issue. This paper attempts to address two aspects of performance evaluation that have been conventionally neglected. First, the "difficulty" of the data that is used in a study influences the evaluation...

Tags: Technique, Performance Evaluation, Authentication System, Authentication, Biometrics, Performance Management, Team Management, Authentication/Encryption, Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

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Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server

Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...

Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID

Product reviews 2009-11-16

CryptoExpert Lite 7.9.14 (Windows)

CryptoExpert creates encrypted virtual disks and these disks are visible as usual disks with drive letters (for example, G:, H:, Z:, i.e. with any drive letter that is not used by other system devices). The data stored on a CryptoExpert disk is stored in the container file. A container is...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, InterCrypto, CryptoExpert

Software downloads 2009-11-14

CryptoExpert Professional 7.9.14 (Windows)

CryptoExpert uses a real-time on-the-fly encryption system to encrypt and decrypt data. Your files are stored in the encrypted form on virtual hard drive with password authentication, but when it is requested by any application, it gets decrypted on-the-fly. Conversely, unencrypted data to be stored is encrypted instantaneously and then...

Tags: InterCrypto, CryptoExpert, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication

Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

LinkByLink 1.0.14 (Mac)

Even when using a CMS Content Management System checking websites for broken links is an issue. By far not everybody uses a CMS, and for finding broken links to external web pages or for identifying invalid e-mail addresses more specialized tools are needed. LinkByLink addresses this and other tasks. The...

Tags: HTML, Apple Macintosh, Web Site, Content Management System, Seimet Software, LinkByLink, Web Site Development, Content Management, Web Technology, Enterprise Software, Internet, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-12

Winmail Mail Server 4.7 build 0217 (Windows)

Winmail Server is an enterprise class mail server software system offering a robust feature set, including extensive security measures. Winmail Server supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP, Webmail, LDAP, multiple domains, SMTP authentication, spam protection, anti-virus protection, SSL/TLS security, Network Storage, remote access, Web-based administration, and a wide array of standard email...

Tags: SMTP, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, E-mail Server, AMAX Information Technologies, Winmail Server, E-mail, LDAP, E-mail Servers, Ssl/Tls, Security, Online Communications, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-08

PaderSyncSSH for BlackBerry OS 4.3+ 1.0.1 (Mobile)

PaderSyncSSH is a powerful SSH client for mobile devices. Use it to access your SSH/SFTP servers at home or at work from your mobile device.Connect multiple terminal windows to work directly on the SSH server, execute commands and manage the remote system. Solve problems while you are traveling and save...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, File System, SSH, RIM BlackBerry, SFTP, PaderSyncSSH

Software downloads 2009-11-05

PaderSyncSSH for BlackBerry OS 4.7+ 1.0.1 (Mobile)

PaderSyncSSH is a powerful SSH client for mobile devices. Use it to access your SSH/SFTP servers at home or at work from your mobile device.Connect multiple terminal windows to work directly on the SSH server, execute commands and manage the remote system. Solve problems while you are traveling and save...

Tags: Mobile, Operating System, File System, SSH, RIM BlackBerry, SFTP, PaderSyncSSH

Software downloads 2009-11-05

PaderSyncSSH for Android 1.0.1 (Mobile)

PaderSyncSSH is a powerful SSH2 client for mobile devices. Use it to access your SSH/SFTP servers at home or at work from your mobile device.Connect multiple terminal windows to work directly on the SSH server, execute commands and manage the remote system. Solve problems while you are traveling and save...

Tags: Mobile, File System, SSH, SFTP, PaderSyncSSH, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-05

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

ADmitMac 5.0 (Mac)

ADmitMac v3 allows Macintosh users running Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, or Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger with the latest updates, to participate in and take advantage of all the directory services provided by Microsoft's Active Directory, NT, and Apple's Workgroup Manager. As a result, administrators can manage their domain...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Administrator, Network, Domain, ADmitMac 5.0, Apple Mac OS X, Kerberos, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-11-03

StarLink Suite x86 2.3b build 3583 (Windows)

StarLink Gateway provides support to send SMS by SMTP Mail Server. It also provide send free SMS to mobile network. The system is multi user Client-server system. Server is running and listening specific port (TCP/IP Port). Users sign in to server by providing their authentication information (user id and their...

Tags: Mobile Network, Mobile, Intel X86, Microsoft Windows, SMS, Babu Software, SMTP Mail Server, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Telephony, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-30

GreatNMS 1.03 (Windows)

Hierarchical maps: complete end-to-end network view and inventory. Autodisc.24 x 7 performance and availability monitoring at multiple levels: network/map/submap/device/interface. Scalable to virtually unlimited number of network nodes still GreatNMS server can be simple WinXP or Vista PC. Auto-discovery (via SNMP, TCP/IP and Microsoft Domains). Graphical links representation and link status...

Tags: Monitoring, Server, Microsoft Windows, GUI, Microsoft Corp., SNMP, GreatNMS, Alarms, Network Administration, Telnet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-30

Long-term Mozy for Mac review

Sad to read thisI have not found a "cloud" solution to backup either.I tried Backblaze, but the 1 month for the initial backup was not for me. Then, when I UNinstalled it, I was shocked to find a bit of it running on my iMac over 3 months later.The problem...

Tags: Backups, Desktops, backup, Mozy, Robin, Apple Macintosh, online backup

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Electronic voting: Changing the world faster than a Windows upgrade

no encryption is good enough...Considering the power the US President has to shape US and World Policy, I think EVERYONE will be gunning to crack that nut.Enemies will try to get the worst/weakest candidate. Allies will try to get the guy who most loves them into power. Business...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, e-voting, Windows Upgrade, Changing

Discussion threads 2009-10-20