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Tech Talk Radio Highlights
Our remote broadcast from Stratford's Campus was a
success. We enjoyed meeting many of our loyal
listeners. During the show we discussed free password
management software, the Folding@Home screen saver
that assists with a protein folding project, a dangerous
e-Card that behaves like an Internet worm, the recent
DDOS attack of root DNS servers, 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
Radio (AM630) and is sponsored by Stratford
University. WMAL is an ABC affiliate and the number
one AM radio station in the Washington DC metropolitan
area.
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| DNS Root Servers Under Siege | | | All thirteen root servers in the Internet's Domain Name
System were subject to a Distributed Denial of Service
(DDOS) attack on Monday, October 21st. The attack
did not persist long enough to seriously degrade overall
DNS response times, since the system is so widely
distributed. Score one for the good guys!
Check
out the CNet Story
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| Free Software Safely Stores Passwords | | | Having trouble remembering all your passwords?
Password Guardian can help you by providing a secure
location to save all critical passwords. One password
can give you access to the entire list, which is
encrypted using the popular and secure Blowfish
encryption algorithm. Password Guardian can be
downloaded and installed without charge!
Download
Password Guardian Now
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| Beware of the Malicious E-Card! | | |
Electronic
greeting cards may be convenient, but one of them gives you
more than you bargain for. This particular brand of e-card
prompts recipients to agree to a very unfavorable End User
Licensing Agreement (EULA). This EULA grants PermissionedMedia the
right to send additional e-cards to everyone in the address
book, install software on your hard drive, and download advertising
at will. In effect, this e-card behaves like a worm. It is
not screened by virus protection software because the user
grants permission.
Read
Symantec's Warning
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| Donate Spare Clock Cycles to DNA Research | | | Folding@Home enables thousands of computer owners
to donate spare computer clock cycles to solving
complex protein folding calculations. Over 200,000
volunteers have joined the movement to date by
downloading the "folding" screensaver. Last week
Folding@Home announced their first major result which
predicted the time required for a particular protein to
fold. This research may help scientists to reach a
greater understanding of a wide range of diseases,
including Alzheimer's. This particular form
of "distributed computing" is based on the Seti@Home
Project.
Check
out the BBC Coverage
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| Stratford Open House a Huge Success | | | What a great day! Seminars, cooking demos, and live
radio made Stratford's Tysons Corner Open House a
lively and informative event. Tech Talk aired live from
the Stratford Room and was open to the public. We
hosted tours of the campus, offered culinary
demonstrations by faculty, wireless networking
demonstrations, and held a computer clinic for broken
equipment. In addition our student interns displayed
the latest techniques in hacking and patching,
demonstrating the practical skills they have acquired in
their studies at Stratford. All our course offerings are
posted to the Web, in case you missed the festivities.
Check
out our Web Page for More Info
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