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Rodney Thayer's take on the show:

"This is not the vulnerability you are looking for. Move along"

With respect to the IDN security issue announced at Shmoocon, I see that Paul Hoffman has a blog on this. (Paul Hoffman, of the VPNC, was an IETF author on the IDN standard. Eric Johanson is the Shmoo who announced...
It's next year, already

I'm posting this entry around 3pm, Pacific Time, New Year's Eve. It's already next year in parts of the world. Is your internet ready for next year? Dave Aitel, a rather cheeky network security researcher, suggest "may next year's worms...
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RSA show to highlight new security approaches
Feb. 23, 2004
The 10,000 people expected to attend the RSA Conference 2004 this week in San Francisco will be treated to new approaches to the age-old security problems of fixing vulnerabilities and verifying user identities.

Doubts dog Microsoft spam plan
Mar. 01, 2004
Even with Microsoft lending its clout to an expanding anti-spam movement centered on authenticating e-mail senders, experts caution the approach comes laden with technical challenges and unanswered questions.

Crypto stars sound off on e-voting, DRM
Feb. 25, 2004
A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference in San Francisco weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media.

Trusted Solaris has secure future, Sun says
Feb. 24, 2004
Sun will continue to offer the Trusted Solaris version of its operating system as a separate product, a company official said Tuesday, trying to clear up any confusion that Sun may have caused in the marketplace.

Gates promotes Microsoft's security efforts at RSA
Feb. 24, 2004
Microsoft is "on the right track" in securing its software, the company's Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said Tuesday in a presentation that included new details on a Windows XP update and the company' ...

Microsoft designing message transfer agent for network edge
Feb. 24, 2004
Microsoft said on Tuesday it plans to offer a new standalone message transfer agent that runs on the edge of corporate networks to securely handle the flow of e-mail to and from the Internet.

RSA Conference news
Feb. 23, 2004
Latest news from the RSA security conference.

RSA Conference is a coming-out party for trio of start-ups
Feb. 23, 2004
Three security start-ups will debut this week at the RSA Conference looking to make a mark in protecting enterprise customers against attack from inside and outside their organizations.

Microsoft to make its software 'behave'
Mar. 01, 2004
Microsoft's revelation last week that it is adopting a new approach to computer security dubbed "behavior blocking" represents a radical shift in the company's software design strategy that could pay off for attack- ...