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RSS flawsData Center Projects: Project Management
White Paper In data center design/build projects, flaws in project management and coordination are a common - but unnecessary - cause of delays, expense, and frustration. This paper presents a framework for project management roles... [02 Jul 2009]
Identity Management: The Seven Flaws of Identity Management - Usability and Security Challenges
White Paper In this paper, the authors posit seven flaws or design challenges that must be met for the general public to accept and use identity management systems. Identity management systems' scale and complexity, combined with... [01 Jul 2009]
Application Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks
White Paper Denial of Services (DoS) attacks aimed at disrupting network services range from simple bandwidth exhaustion attacks and those targeted at flaws in commercial software to complex distributed attacks exploiting specific... [01 Jul 2009]
Evil Searching: Compromise and Recompromise of Internet Hosts for Phishing
White Paper Typical techniques involve the exploitation of flaws in the software of web-based forums, photo galleries, shopping cart systems, and blogs. Criminals use web servers to host phishing websites that impersonate financial... [01 Jul 2009]
WLANs: The Next-Generation Business Case - A 3Com ROI Series Document
White Paper That initial enthusiasm is dampened, however, when the new product's first version inevitably turns out to be clumsy or riddled with flaws. Recognizing a good idea which is here to stay is easy: the first version of the... [25 Jun 2009]
Adapting Publish/Subscribe Middleware to Achieve Gnutella-Like Functionality
White Paper The current Gnutella architecture and protocol have numerous flaws with respect to efficiency, anonymity, and vulnerability to malicious actions. An alternative design is described that provides Gnutella-like... [25 Jun 2009]
Class Mutation: Mutation Testing for Object-Oriented Programs
White Paper The method, termed Class Mutation, is a form of OO-directed selective mutation testing that focuses on plausible flaws related to the unique features in OO (Java) programming. The program mutation is a testing technique... [25 Jun 2009]
NAC 2.0: A new model for a more secure future
White Paper As organizations turn to network access control (NAC) technologies to protect their networks and data, the flaws of earlier versions of NAC are becoming apparent. New pressures from a constantly changing threat... [25 Jun 2009]
An Analysis of Network Scanning Traffic as It Relates to Scan-Detection in Network Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Existing research by van Riel and Irwin has illustrated a number of flaws present in the open source systems Snort and Bro. This paper builds on this by describing current research at Rhodes University in which these... [20 Jun 2009]
iPhone 3.0 patches 46 security holes
News The 46 flaws could allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions, shut down an application, disclose sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks, or take over the... [19 Jun 2009]
RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server hit by critical bugs
News RIM did not give details of the flaws but said they could be exploited via a specially crafted PDF file. RIM has warned of critical bugs in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software that could... [01 Jun 2009]
Tech companies look for acquisition targets
News Chief Financial Officer Jim Flaws said the specialty glass maker is looking to hire to expand its mergers and acquisitions team. Companies that were too expensive to buy earlier are now available at attractive prices,... [26 May 2009]
Managing the ISO 9000:2000 Paper Trail
White Paper To remain competitive, manufacturers today must consistently produce near perfect products; flaws are not acceptable. To achieve that goal they employ compliance tools such as ISO 9000:2000 that ensures structured... [16 May 2009]
Avoiding the EPIC FAIL: Improving Software Development Success With ActivePerl
White Paper It's a clean slate, free from architectural flaws, bugs, and broken code. It is easy to sympathize with software developers trying to build large, complex enterprise software solutions. At the start, a software... [14 May 2009]
Prevention of IP Spoofing in TCP/IP Connection: Vulnerability Ability and Probable Solutions - A Reverse Engineering Approach
White Paper It also discusses many flaws in the TCP implementation that has occurred in various OS based systems. In network environment the computer facilities are interconnected by using the Transmission Control Protocol -... [08 May 2009]
