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CIO Essentials: Open source, green tech, women in IT
News We presume the CIOs who think this do not use TCP/IP/HTML/HTTP/Apache/Tomcat/Java/FTP/SCP/Ping/Route and many other open source systems embedded in our daily lives. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? [19 Jun 2007]
Cisco warns over pair of network flaws
News To exploit this vulnerability the adversary must first be able to establish a TCP connection to the CAS. Cisco Systems has issued an advisory about two serious software vulnerabilities in one of its network access... [08 Jan 2007]
Cracked: The Great Firewall of China
News The researchers found it was possible to circumvent the Chinese intrusion detection systems (IDS) by ignoring the forged TCP resets injected by the Chinese routers, which would normally force the endpoints to abandon the... [04 Jul 2006]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News The "moderate" bulletins covered an RPC Mutual Authentication problem and a TCP/IP problem in Windows. Microsoft has issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of them could let an intruder run... [14 Jun 2006]
Cerf's up: Google's net guru looks for UK talent
News Cerf is known as an internet founding father for his role in developing packet switching networks and TCP/IP. One of the founding fathers of the internet will tour the UK to recruit engineers for Google. [07 Mar 2006]
Text service to save NHS time and money
News We then send the information via a TCP/IP encrypted connection from our server, which enables automatic text messaging. An innovative NHS appointment text messaging service has been rolled out to six London-based primary... [19 Dec 2005]
Google puts Vint Cerf on the payroll
News Cerf, who co-designed TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol), will help Google develop architectures, systems and standards for next-generation applications, the company said. In 1973, Cerf co-designed... [09 Sep 2005]
Virus alert: Windows 2000 worms begin to bite
News SANS said on its website: "As seen with prior TCP worms, it is reaching its peak around three days after the outbreak. Computers across the United States are being hit, including those at television network ABC, cable... [17 Aug 2005]
Zotob worm fails to wreak havoc
News Zotob.A and Zotob.B scan the internet for vulnerable systems using TCP port 445, a port typically blocked by a firewall, he said. A new worm that was unleashed over the weekend affects only a limited group of Windows... [16 Aug 2005]
Vint Cerf: If I were young, I'd work on space networks
News In 1973, as an assistant professor at Stanford University and a DARPA scientist, Cerf co-designed the net's underlying architecture, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), for the US military. [29 Jul 2005]
Gates: The internet could do better
News Discussing the internet's low-level standard TCP (transmission control protocol), he said: "Now we're moving up to have standards that work at very high level - containing data like healthcare, supply chain and... [01 Jul 2005]
Veritas flaw enables corporate attacks
News The organisation has received reports of attacks and has seen an increase in scanning activity on TCP Port 10000, an indication that hackers are looking for vulnerable systems. It listens for commands addressed to... [01 Jul 2005]
Worm outbreak feared after port scanning spike
News A rise in activity on TCP Port 445 could be a sign that hackers are trying to exploit a flaw in Server Message Block, Gartner analyst John Pescatore said on Thursday. TCP Port 445 is used by SMB, which... [24 Jun 2005]
Microsoft claims DoS attack flaw is not serious
News In this latest advisory, Microsoft is responding to reports from French Security Incident Response Team about a flaw in Microsoft's implementation of TCP/IP, a network component in Windows. Microsoft has issued one of... [19 May 2005]
Hollywood wants to use BitTorrent, says Cerf
News Cerf, who co-created the original TCP/IP protocol suite and is currently chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), told a roundtable on internet governance in Sydney this week that he... [18 Apr 2005]
