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HP Business Inkjet 2600dn
Reviews If you need full-bleed A3 colour printing, this printer will cost you less than a colour laser, and produce better results on photos even if it is a little slow.
Apache SSL flaw opens Linux to Slapper Worm and DDoS
Insight A new flaw can open up Apache servers to a virulent worm.
OpenSSL hit by forgery bug
News The widely used security technology may incorrectly verify bogus signatures.
Google making SSL changes
News Security researcher holds off on releasing exploit after talks with Google, the only company to respond to complaints about SSL implementations.
Tags: SSL/TLS, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Web browsers, Cookie, Security, SSL, Google Inc., MSN Hotmail, Facebook
Puerto Rico sites redirected in DNS attack
News Visitors to Google.pr, Microsoft.com.pr, Yahoo.com.pr, and others saw defaced sites instead of the legitimate sites after an attack on the domain name system in Puerto Rico last weekend.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, SSL/TLS, Spam and phishing, Phishing, PayPal, SSL, Site, Domain Name, Attack
The importance of being encrypted
Techguide People often complain that using encryption in e-mail is too much work. Sometimes, it can be fraught with difficulty for the encryption novice.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security
End of the road for SMTP?
News The pioneering e-mail protocol is under fire as the battle against spam rages.
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
Understanding the Java security model
Techguide The Java security model, introduced in Java 2, is the basis of highly secured and distributed enterprise Java applications. Peter Mikhalenko explores the architecture of this model.
Use getmail to get e-mail simply and securely
Techguide Microsoft Outlook is such a huge, integrated collection of functionality that it can't properly be called a mere mail client any longer.
Tags: Security, E-mail clients
