Monthly Archives: April 2001
Security and Business
If you heard any of the speakers at the recent RSA Security Conference, you may have concluded that we should abandon doing e-business altogether,...
Microsoft Learns Lessons
It was as recently as last years RSA conference, in San Jose, that Microsofts security "strategy" was a laughingstock—literally. As a speaker tried to...
E-Commerce Insecurity
Thieves can go to jail for switching price tags and attempting to buy merchandise at the lower price in a brick-and-mortar store. Yet online...
Killing Privacy With Legislation?
With every passing week, the tea leaves surrounding the privacy debate on Capitol Hill become easier to read, and now theyve got the word...
Interoperability Remains Elusive
Marty Roesch, the author of the popular Snort freeware intrusion detection system, whom I caught up with at this months RSA Security Conference, told...
Security Bugs Microsoft
It seems Microsoft Corp. cant shake its problems with security. Having formally announced earlier this month that it had rededicated itself to building security...
IM Watching You
Users have a strong tendency to place unwarranted trust in the privacy and integrity of online communications. Users regularly e-mail sensitive information that they...
Of Arrogance and Embedded Systems
One of the most overlooked segments in computing is embedded systems, which by nature could be bigger—in terms of units shipped—than the server and...
Big Blue Is Red Hot on Unix Trail
Supporting Linux and AIX alike, IBMs new AIX 5L operating system and p660 and p620 servers are part of the companys ongoing push to...
Gotta Make the In-Laws Happy
Caldera and SCO will finally exchange wedding vows next month, and SCO integrators are eager to attend the ceremony. During the May 4 event,...