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more »Stopgap: ClamAV 0.94.1 Fixes Errors
Nov 04, 2008Free antivirus toolkit ClamAV released a stopgap version 0.94.1 to fix a number of bugs, but also to provide a new feature.
more »USENIX Security 2008 Researchers and practitioners head to San Jose
Oct 31, 2008The 17th Security Symposium met in San Jose, California, USA, during the week of July 28, with a refereed paper track and Invited Talks.
more »One-Time Passwords Secure authentication with one-time passwords
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