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Interview with Jamie Cameron, author of “Managing Linux Systems with Webmin”

October 8, 2003

Who is Jamie Cameron? Introduce yourself to our readers. I’m Australian, 29 years old, and have been interested in or working with computers and programming since I got …

Life in the Fast Lane: Security for Cable Modem, DSL, and Other Remote User Internet Connections

October 6, 2003

Threats To Remote User Network Connections An exciting array of modern broadband technologies, including cable modem, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), VSAT satellite, and …

Simplifying Data Protection Decisions

October 1, 2003

No one doubts that computers have made businesses more fast-paced, efficient and flexible. The clerks of Dickens’ day, laboriously entering facts and figures into …

Interview with Jason Reid, author of “Secure Shell in the Enterprise”

October 1, 2003

Jason Reid is a Member of Technical Staff with Sun Microsystems. There he tests software and writes for the Sun BluePrints program. His start in security began as a Unix …

Blind SQL Injection: Are You Vulnerable?

September 30, 2003

SQL Injection can deliver total control of your server to an attacker giving them the ability to read, write and manipulate all data stored in your backend systems. Despite …

Exploiting the MSRPC Heap Overflow – Part I

September 26, 2003

This little documentary chronicles the last moments of another beautiful moth, stuck somewhere between the two live electrical cords of security and freedom. In particular, …

Freeing the Shackles with Secure Remote Working

September 25, 2003

We all hanker for the opportunity to work less hours and avoid wasting time traveling to and from work. If you counted up the average commute of two hours a day you could claw …

Know Your Enemy: Sebek2 – A kernel based data capture tool

September 24, 2003

To observe intruders using session encryption, researchers needed to find a way to break the session encryption. For many organizations this has proven extremely difficult. In …

Creating Trustworthy Archives

September 23, 2003

The efficient and secure storage of business records is fundamental to the insurance industry. Since its conception, organisations and individuals providing insurance services …

Defeating the Stack Based Buffer Overflow Prevention Mechanism of Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

September 22, 2003

This paper presents several methods of bypassing the protection mechanism built into Microsoft’s Windows 2003 Server that attempts to prevent the exploitation of stack …

Spam Prevention Tips for Small Businesses

September 19, 2003

Excedent Technologies, company dealing with email hosting, anti-virus and Spam filtering solutions, published recommended tips for small businesses and business owners on how …

Exposing Your Life – the Top Facts on PDA Usage

September 18, 2003

If one in three houses in your street were left with their front doors open at night would you think their owners were asking for trouble? One in three PDA users keep their …