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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
This week Tech Talk spoke with SANS Institute
Founder, Alan Paller. We also discussed the
latest "buffer overflow" in Microsoft Outlook, continued
our investigation of spam avoidance, examined security
issues in the Department of Homeland Defense, and
much more.Listen now to the latest show using
either MP3 or Real Audio. Check out all the
links referenced
during the show.
Tech Talk airs each Saturday at Noon on WMAL
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Tech Talk Guest:
Alan Paller, SANS Institute |
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This
week our hosts welcomed Alan Paller, Founder and Director
of Research at the SANS Institute. The SANS Institute is a
cooperative research organization designed to give graduate-level
training to those who secure and manage important information
systems. By taking a community approach in connecting 90,000
technical users, and helping to develop the Internet Storm Center, Alan has
been instrumental in designing a global defensive tactic that
is effective against a Distributed Denial of Service threat.
Check
out the SANS Institute site
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| Protect Yourself from SPAM | | |
Since
the first consumer application of spam in 1994, spam has irritated
us all by filling our inboxes with junk mail. There are several
ways to protect yourself from spam. First, avoid publishing
your email address on any bulletin boards. Second filter your
email with programs like McAfee Spam Killer, Norton Spam Alert,
or Cloudmark. Third use an ISP
that rejects mail from the open SMTP relays that are blacklisted
by the Open Relay Database.
Check
out a review of Spam Software
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| Buffer Overflows Strike Microsoft Again! | | | Attention, Microsoft Programmers! Check all
buffers before the final version is published. Yet
another "buffer overflow" security hole has been found
in Microsoft Outlook Express by Noam Rathus of Beyond
Security. This overflow is in the section of code that
performs digital signing of messages. Microsoft has
already released a patch.
Read
the Story on the Register
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| Man Dies After 86 Hour Game Marathon | | | A 24 year old Korean man died at an internet cafe after
playing computer games for 86 hours without food or
sleep. The man collapsed in front of his computer, but
after regaining consciousness was found dead in the
cafe's washroom. Police have ruled out murder but are
planning an autopsy.
Check
out Full Article
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| Connecting the Dots in Homeland Security | | |
The
Markle
Foundation released a report calling for the Department
of Homeland Security to control the IT infrastructure and
data analysis software that facilitates information sharing
among local, state, regional, and federal agencies, as well
as the private sector. Centralized analysis of the data should
provide faster identification of significant events, but may
also create unintended security vulnerabilities. A must read
for government IT contractors.
Check
out the Full Report
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