NetFlash: Colleges cram for test of new security plans

Like most of the world, colleges and universities got slammed last year by various worms and viruses. The problem for them is exacerbated by the fact that their networks tend to be more open than the average net, with students connecting and disconnecting all the time via wireless laptop. Many universities plan to avoid getting hit this year, and they have been busily fortifying their networks over the summer and shifting their mindset to consider all clients a potential threat. We could all learn something from their actions. Colleges cram for test of new security plans http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304campusnets.html?net

Like most of the world, colleges and universities got slammed last year by various worms and viruses. The problem for them is exacerbated by the fact that their networks tend to be more open than the average net, with students connecting and disconnecting all the time via wireless laptop. Many universities plan to avoid getting hit this year, and they have been busily fortifying their networks over the summer and shifting their mindset to consider all clients a potential threat. We could all learn something from their actions.

Colleges cram for test of new security plans

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/082304campusnets.html?net

HP puts choke hold on virus throttling product

Meanwhile, one virus-fighting technology is dying in the lab. HP had started developing technology that took a unique approach to containing viruses once they have infected a network. But it would have required performing major surgery on Windows, something HP couldn’t do.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0824hpputs.html?net

Cisco to acquire P-Cube for $200 million

Cisco Monday said it has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif., software developer P-Cube in a cash-and-options deal Cisco valued at $200 million.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0823ciscotoac.html?net

ISS: Critical Netscape hole could be widespread

Internet Security Systems (ISS) is warning its customers about a critical security hole in a commonly used technology from the Mozilla Foundation called the Netscape Network Security Services (NSS) library that could make Web servers vulnerable to remote attack.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0824isscriti.html?net

Today on Layer 8, your silver medalist in Greco-Roman blogging:

IBM uses ‘DNA analysis’ to spot spam; AOL Instant Message Awards announced; the worst song about the Web ever; and the business impact of hangovers; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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