Social Network Goes Open With Diaspora*
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more »OpenSSH 5.6 Released into the Wild
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more »Encrypting USB Sticks Protecting your USB sticks with encryption
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more »Security Lessons The death of MD5 (and some SSL certificates)
Feb 28, 2009Researchers set out to compromise MD5 in an effort to convince people to stop using it. We explain how the attack worked and what this means for you.
more »Industry Consortium Rivalry over Crypto Standards
Feb 20, 2009The idea of an industry-wide common cryptography standard is certainly welcome. But self-interest usually precedes usability, so two industry consortiums are now vying over which standards to adopt, one on the side of Sun and the other leaning toward IBM/HP. Then there is an additional player in the Trusted Computing Group.
more »Tor Software Down to Zero Bugs
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more »Charly's Column The sys admin's daily grind: Single-packet authentication
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more »Expert Security Intro Staying one step ahead of the intruders
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