Security

Hackers gain access to private hotel network using Cisco VoIP

Roles make governance easier

* Role-ing along

Antispam start-up studies receiver’s reputation

Abaca determines spam based on how much spam receivers have been sent in the past

Riverbed upgrades boost big WAN transfers

New hardware and software upgrades aimed at data centers and disaster recovery

RealPlayer flaw fixed; exploit on the loose

* Patches from rPath, Gentoo, Debian, others * Storm Worm now just a squall * 6 hot items on the hacker's holiday shopping list, and other interesting reading

Opnet acquires Network Physics for $10 million

Network management vendor Opnet to add application performance management capabilities with Network Physics buy

After theft, tech support call lands man in jail

Interop’s little sister decked out for fall

New York show big on content, light on announcements

IBM, MediaTek to develop wireless broadband technology

Palo Alto integrates firewall with Active Directory

Security policies can link machine, user and application