Network access control

Unix tip: Inter-host trust on Unix, part 1

Sandra Henry-Stocker — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:35:43 -0500

Inter-host trust can be a boon to user productivity and a nightmare to sysadmins. Here's how it works using rsh (remote shell) configuration files. Next week, we'll look at ssh.

Is Your WLAN Helping You Comply with Security Guidelines of the PCI Standard?

mfadgen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:48:06 -0500

Discover how HP ProCurve can help you deploy a secure and managed Wi-Fi infrastructure that can defend itself against wireless threats and help you comply with PCI guidelines.

Fixed-Mobile Convergence - A Carrier Avenue to Profits, Growth and Competitive Differentiation

mfadgen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:46:07 -0500

Learn more about fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) — the ability to access multimedia applications from a variety of end-user devices while roaming across a range of fixed-line and mobile networks— in the latest white paper from HP! This resource is available for a limited time only.

Comprehensive LAN Security: A Business Requirement

mfadgen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:42:53 -0500

This paper goes beyond a simple restatement of the problem of network security, proposing a viable solution: ProCurve’s ProActive Defense strategy. Learn more for a limited time only.

Why Your Firewall, VPN, and IEEE 802.11i Aren't Enough to Protect Your Network

mfadgen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:39:27 -0500

Discover how to protect your wireless local area network (WLAN) from the web threats that even the recent developments in IEEE standards cannot protect you against.

Mail Foundry False Positive Claims are FALSE

aa1767a — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:47:16 -0500

We are a medium sized ASP that specializes in providing web sites to Realtors.
As such we try to filter out as much spam as possible for our customers so that
they do not have to worry about it. We have over 10,000 customers with over
12,000 domains, so you can imagine that the volume of email is rather extensive.

Novell, Sun, Oracle crank out identity and access wares

ITworld staff — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:52:42 -0400

Novell, Sun and Oracle Monday have announced updates to their identity-management platforms that focus on monitoring access controls and strengthening authentication.

Anonymous proxy servers: Necessary or evil?

ITworld staff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:52:37 -0400

If there is truly a gray zone in the struggle between online good and evil, anonymous proxy servers live there.

Websense slowly extends reach of data loss prevention tools

ITworld staff — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:21:59 -0400

Websense CEO Gene Hodges has no plans to join in the wave of consolidation that's sweeping through the enterprise security software industry, with future products the fruit of internal development, not acquisition, he said Wednesday.

iPhone apps for IT pros

jfruh — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:29:19 -0400

Are you itching to get a new iPhone, but wondering how to justify it as a work expense? Check out these apps, which can actually turn your iPhone into a useful tool for IT pros.