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Netgear ProSafe DGFV338
Reviews Netgear’s DGFV338 is an excellent multifunction wireless router. A member of the ProSafe business-class product family, the DGFV338 offers reliability, ease of use and security, and even comes with a lifetime warranty.
Are days of desktop antivirus apps numbered?
Insight commentary Security vendors are exploring new avenues in the fight against malware, making the death of the desktop antivirus app a serious proposition.
Tags: Antivirus software, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Malware, Security, Google Inc., File, Trend Micro Inc., antivirus
Competition planned for new crypto standards
News Attack on current standards prompts National Institute of Standards and Technology to look for alternatives.
Tags: Digital signatures
Use cryptographic hashes for validation
Techguide You can use cryptographic hash functions to provide a little more security when exchanging files.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Ruby, Security, C, Algorithm, SHA-1, Unix, Password, word-processor
New MD5/SSL exploit is not end of civilization as we know it
Techguide MD5 insecure? Absolutely. SSL hacked? Sort of, but it's not broken. A case of certificate authority negligence? You decide.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Certificate, Security, SSL, VeriSign Inc., SHA-1, Tool, Risk
SSL: Broken even more
Techguide Lately, security conferences have been bad news for SSL. At this year's Black Hat, independent security guru Moxie Marlinspike explained how he was able to completely bypass SSL security.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Data security, PC security, SSL, Web Page, Web Browser, SHA-1, Moxie Marlinspike, SSLstrip
Researchers exploit flaws in SSL, domain authentication system
News Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike explain how flaws in the way domain names are verified on the Internet could allow attackers to impersonate a site and steal information from unsuspecting Web surfers.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Authentication, Security, SSL, Domain Name, Web Browser, Vulnerability
Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws
News Presenters at the Crypto 2004 conference identify faster ways to forge digital signatures with popular security algorithms.
Tags: Digital signatures
Create and check file hashes with HashTab
Techguide Checking file hashes may seem like an arcane process, but it is still a good way to verify downloaded files before using them. Learn more about a tool that makes hash comparison a snap.
Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Virtualization, File, Windows administrator, Ohio, Rick Vanover, Server, system administrator
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
Experts: Gumblar attack is alive, worse than Conficker
News Gumblar Web site compromise attack adds new domains, steals data and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up, making it worse than Conficker, ScanSafe says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, ScanSafe, Malware, Security, Domain, Attack, removable storage, Password, computer, Microsoft Windows
Learn to use the openssl command-line program
Techguide More than just an open source SSL library implementation, OpenSSL can be used to create, request, sign, and revoke certificates and can also be used to perform other cryptographic operations.
Tags: Networking, Security
Get started with GnuPG
Techguide Available with every Linux distribution, GnuPG can be used to encrypt regular files or e-mail and can also verify the integrity of files or e-mail via cryptographic signatures.
Tags: Linux, Open source
