Authentication Mechanism
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Wireless network security shows cracks
News U.S. researchers say a new set of security measures aimed at making 802.11-type wireless LANs safe from hackers is flawed.
Voice sounds good for two-factor authentication
News Asia's high mobile penetration will encourage more financial institutions to implement voice authentication, says Unisys.
Tags: Data security, Biometrics
Fingerprint scan favored in M'sia, S'pore
News Majority of Malaysians and Singaporeans prefer to use fingerprint authentication to prove one's identity, finds a Unisys study.
Tags: Biometrics
Simple hardware approaches to secure laptops
Techguide Find out some ways to quickly and easily enhance the security of employees' personal laptops with a limited budget.
Tags: Security, Hardware, Authentication, Seagate Momentus, Encryption, Hong Kong, USB Flash Drive, Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption, hard drive, Laptop Computer
Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
Techguide Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Another lesser-known but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server is Dovecot.
Tags: Open source, Networking, Authentication, POP3, SSL, private key, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, SSL certificate, Dovecot
Facebook botnet risk revealed
News Researchers created a demo "Photo of the Day" app that turned Facebook users' machines into a botnet. Social networks, they warn, are ideal for attack platforms.
Tags: Security, Web 2.0, Environment, social networking, denial of service, Facebook, network, researcher, network provider, authentication mechanism
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, warns researcher
News The reliance of OpenID on the Domain Name System puts the integrity of the authentication system at risk, a Sun technologist has warned.
Tags: Security, Domain names, Open source, Authentication, Google Inc., Domain Name, Yahoo! Inc., Flaw, Sun Microsystems Inc., DNS
Secure your Web pages with custom authentication
Techguide If you want to secure your Web pages, you would probably set the Web server's security. Then, the Web server will recognize the security restrictions and challenge the requesting client for credentials.
Secure Web pages with custom authentication
Techguide For more control over your authorization protocol, you can set the HTTP status of the response and parse the information as you receive it. Phillip Perkins explores authentication mechanisms in HTTP.
Kerberos-related vulnerability affects many Linux/UNIX versions
Insight A new vulnerability discovered in the Kerberos protocol could compromise authentication mechanisms in Linux/UNIX systems. Here's a look at the technical details of this flaw, what dangers it poses, and which systems are affected by it.
Setting up directory security using ASP and IIS
Techguide Learn how to create a solution for providing folder access and security on a Web site using code that worked for Windows 2000 Server with Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0.
Knowledge is power against these new social engineering schemes
Insight Social engineering has been around for a while, but most IT managers neglect to tell users how to avoid falling prey to this dangerous hacker technique. Here's a look at a few of the newer methods hackers are using to gain access to your systems.
Privacy group attacks Windows XP, Passport
News A group of privacy organizations renew their attacks on Microsoft's Passport authentification service and Windows XP, asking the Federal Trade Commission to mandate changes in Microsoft's new operating system.
Privacy group attacks Windows XP, Passport
News A group of privacy organizations renew their attacks on Microsoft's Passport authentification service and Windows XP, asking the FTC to mandate changes the new operating system.
Creating a secure and reliable VoIP solution
Insight Deb Shinder points out what you need to be aware of to create a secure infrastructure.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Security
