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Tiller Beauchamp on the Recon 2008 conference: Guest Editorial by Tiller Beauchamp Earlier this month I had the opportunity to present RE:Trace at the Recon conference, a reverse engineering conference held every other year in Montreal, Canada. The conference consisted of three days of training and three days of talks in a single track. Topics...; Tags: Reverse Engineering, Kernel, Conference, Novell NetWare, LDAP, Operating Systems, Servers, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Integrated health management: Integrated health managementLike, DUH![i]What would you do with these predictions once you had them?[/i]Find a way to lose those suckers. Maybe get them fired or something.RE: Integrated health managementNo wonder this idea isn't going to take off, its got Larry Page on the board and they aren't asking the...; Tags: Integrated Health Management, reverse engineering; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
SWF Protect (zip): SWF Protect uses Advanced Obfuscation Techniques along side proven Encryption Technology to provide security and protection for your Adobe Flash SWF Files. Put simply, SWF Encrypt prevents other people from decompiling or reverse engineering your SWF movie and stealing the ActionScript Code. This version is the first release on CNET...; Tags: Reverse Engineering, Encryption Technology; Software downloads 2008-01-04
InstallAware Studio Admin for MSI (exe): InstallAware for Windows Installer can import existing MSI setup packages and let you customize their behavior. You may also import non-MSI setups using the integrated PackageAware tool which works by monitoring the changes a setup makes to the system. Using the redistributable automation interface, you may remotely build your setups...; Tags: Web, Administrator, Setup, Reverse Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing; Software downloads 2007-08-21
Infineon a big winner in iPhone teardown: Infineon a big winner in iPhone teardownA bunch of groveling rodentsThey can't innovate so they resort to stealing ideas, like rats rummaging through the trash.They don't even give credit where credit is due. The big winners aren't the chip makers, but Apple's innovative engineers who do all the hard...; Tags: Semiconductors, Apple iPhone, big winner, chip, Apple Inc., reverse engineering, Infineon Technologies AG, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2007-07-02

Discoverer: Automatic Protocol Reverse Engineering From Network Traces: Application-level protocol specifications are useful for many security applications, including intrusion prevention and detection that performs deep packet inspection and traffic normalization, and penetration testing that generates network inputs to an application to uncover potential vulnerabilities. However, current practice in deriving protocol specifications is mostly manual. This paper presents Discoverer,...; Tags: Network, Protocol, Reverse Engineering, Message Format, Intrusion Prevention, Networking, Security; White papers 2007-05-15
DbWrench - Database Design Software (zip): DbWrench is a multi-platform database design and round-trip engineering software. The key features of DbWrench include: Graphic Entity Relation Diagram ERD editor, syntax highlighting SQL Query editor, multiple database support, forward and reverse engineering databases. Version 1.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.; Tags: Reverse Engineering, DbWrench, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2007-02-13
Reverse Engineering TCP/IP-Like Networks Using Delay-Sensitive Utility Functions: TCP/IP can be interpreted as a distributed primal-dual algorithm to maximize aggregate utility over source rates. It has recently been shown that an equilibrium of TCP/IP, if exists, maximizes the same delay-insensitive utility over both source rates and routes, provided pure congestion prices are used as link costs in the...; Tags: Network, Reverse Engineering, Utility Function, Tcp/Ip, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2006-12-27
Elite programmers compete in CTF at DEFCON: Elite programmers compete in CTF at DEFCONMmmm... A Security Man's DreamI wish I was even partially as good as those guys to compete on their level.Elite?While I understand the enthusiasm breaking in and destroying things, I question whether these people should be described as elite. Creation is always harder...; Tags: Team management, Development tools, Cyberthreats, CTF, DefCon, reverse engineering, programmer, team, security; Discussion threads 2006-08-08
Why DRM transparency is good for users and vendors alike: Why DRM transparency is good for users and vendors alikeI believe it forbids circumventionNavio and Real didn't circumvent DRM. They added a flavor of it through their reverse engineering efforts.dbOWN?The new ammendments to the DMCA makes it illegal to *THINK* ABOUT OWNING!Wonder how they are going to enforce that...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Peer to peer (P2P), Digital media, reverse engineering, file-sharing, digital-rights management, DMCA, interoperability, computer program; Discussion threads 2006-05-23
Reverse engineering the meaning of Google's 'Beta': Reverse engineering the meaning of Google's 'Beta'Every company does it...Google is just more honest about it. Windows 1.0 and 2.0 were Microsoft betas that customers paid full price for. It was only with Windows 3.0 that the OS moved out of beta. Google has a lot more latitude because their...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Tablets, Notebooks, tablet PC, Google Inc., women, beta, reverse engineering; Discussion threads 2006-01-23
Reverse engineering the meaning of Google's 'Beta': Now that Google News is out of beta after 1219 days (3.33 years, and I thought they would pull the trigger at 3.14... years as an homage to pi), we can try to discern the meaning of beta in this era of seemingly perpetual beta. Gary Price of Search Engine...; Tags: beta; Blog posts 2006-01-23
Hollywood: Norwegian hacker a burgler: Hollywood: Norwegian hacker a burglerIf they're going to take the "trade secret" routeThen they're in serious trouble. Reverse engineering is a completely legal way to divine trade secrets.The fact is that the "keys" that Hollywood is blathering about were at best hidden under a fake rock by the front...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, reverse engineering, trade secret, Amerikan, Linux; Discussion threads 2003-12-05
Prevention of IP Spoofing in TCP/IP Connection: Vulnerability Ability and Probable Solutions - A Reverse Engineering Approach: In network environment the computer facilities are interconnected by using the Transmission Control Protocol - Internet Protocol suite. The TCP specification consists of several vulnerabilities and an equal number of weaknesses in its implementation. These drawbacks may allow an intruder to break into the network, and enable him to take...; Tags: IP, TCP, Reverse Engineering, TCP Specification, Tcp/Ip, Networking; White papers 2003-11-25

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Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts: A series of bombs have exploded in Bangalore and companies that have technology operations in India are likely to need increased security precautions following what appears to be a terrorist attack. According to various reports from Reuters and Rediff.com, nine bomb blasts have rattled Bangalore, which hosts...; Tags: India, Bangalore, Rediff.com India Ltd., Sacchin Uppal, Outsourcing, Business Security, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Juniper: Enterprise demand strong; Johnson hired to scale up: Current Juniper CEO Scott Kriens delivered strong quarter results, said enterprise demand was solid and outlined the primary reason Kevin Johnson was hired as his replacement: He knows how to scale. Ahead of its earnings report statement Thursday Juniper made the Johnson news official. The company has...; Tags: Revenue, Juniper Networks Inc., Kevin Johnson, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
The little wind turbines that could: I have to admit, I'm more used to reading about U.S. tech firms expanding abroad rather than the reverse. But in the case of certain green tech innovations, I suppose it makes sense to flip this idea on its head. Just heard about the example of Proven...; Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-24
No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings: Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...; Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
At Netroots, relations warming with Obama: At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...; Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots; Discussion threads 2008-07-22