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Private Lives, Public Terror

Surrender even a sliver of civil liberties, and youve given the terrorists exactly what they want: a paranoid, unpleasant America.That is the pivot of...

The Price of Freedom

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have woken us up to the fact that we are at war. It...

Melding of IT, Society Key to Rebuilding

A ghastly terrorist attack that struck at the financial heart of the country. Another errant computer virus worming its way through the network. A...

Faster Fixes for Microsoft Gaps

In an Aug. 27 Pings&Packets item, I found Microsofts free Network Security Hotfix Checker to be a useful tool for finding potential security holes...

Latest Worm Nimda Spreads Via Many Paths

An aggressive hybrid of virus and worm ran rampant across the Internet last week, slowing traffic and causing site shutdowns. But the real damage...

In Web We Trust

VeriSign likes to refer to each of its two main data centers as "the Fort Knox of the Internet" because of their tight security...

Management Tool Keeps Linux Systems in Tune

Systems management startup Aduva is trying to reduce the cost of managing free software.As an open source operating system, Linux is available as a...

Experienced SAN Builders a Hot Commodity

Despite the massive layoffs throughout the industry, the task of finding storage administrators with hands-on SAN-building experience is no easier than it was last...

Learn What To Fear, And Then Get Some Protection

The first and perhaps most important step in constructing a network security strategy is understanding precisely what must be defended, and what it must...

Platform for Success

Buying and selling oil and gas properties used to be done over handshakes and cigars. Today, an increasing number of those transactions are being...