(Posted 31 May 2007 by estride)

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(Posted 31 May 2007 by BlueVoodoo)

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(Posted 31 May 2007 by BlueVoodoo)

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(Posted 31 May 2007 by falko)

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We have received acouple of reportsthat Symantec Antivirus triggers on the file ‘blindma …(more)…

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VMware Player 2 is now available!
VMware Player enables anyone to easily run, evaluate and share software distributed as a virtual appliance on a Windows or Linux PC.
Virtual appliances are pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run software applications packaged along with an operating system in a virtual machine. You can choose from over 450 virtual appliances available [...]

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Hypothetical: Let’s say you’re looking for information on the U.S. Military. It’s rather easy to quickly locate twelve domains. However, it’s not nearly as easy to determine ownership.

USArmy.com, USNavy.com, USAirForce.com, USMarines.com — Army.com, Navy.com, AirForce.com, Marines.com — Army.mil, Navy.mil, AF.mil, Marines.mil

Four of the domains belong to the U.S. Department of Defense, four of them are registered to National Direct Marketing Systems, two of them are registered to the Recruiting Commands of the Navy and Marines, one is registered to TribalDDB Worldwide, and last but not least, one is registered to FanMail.com, L.L.C.

Three of the eight Dot-Coms belong to recruitment commands. It looks like TribalDDB Worldwide works for the Air Force… The other five? Who knows? There isn’t anything nefarious going on here, but if you input your name and phone number into some of these sites, we can’t quite tell with whom it ends up. One site might even be looking for civilian contractors.

Which of the twelve can you deduce something about just by reading the URL? Try Quiz One:

Just for fun, here’s another quiz:

So what’s our point? The U.S. Department of Defense doesn’t use Dot-Com addresses for their official sites. Dot-Com is just for marketing. Can you think of any other organizations that might benefit by having their own top-level domain (TLD)? Must Dot-Com remain the Web’s virtual root forever?

On 31/05/07 At 11:58 AM

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The man who tried to equate resistance to corporate globalization with the terrorism of al Qaeda now takes over the World Bank following Paul Wolfowitz’s scandal-ridden tenure.

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The man who tried to equate resistance to corporate globalization with the terrorism of al Qaeda now takes over the World Bank following Paul Wolfowitz’s scandal-ridden tenure.

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The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Faster, safer, and easy to use, Firefox delivers a better Web experience and has been released a new version 2.0.0.4
What’s New in Firefox 2.0.0.4
=> Security update: Various security issues have been fixed.
=> Windows Vista support – More enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista are included,
=> And [...]

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Three months ago I introduced my readers to a new system for hosting VST plugins compiled natively for Linux. That system has continued its development and has become a mainstay in the Studio Dave Linux audio arsenal. Here’s an update on the system’s recent incarnations, complete with the usual multimedia extravaganza of text, screenshots, and sounds.

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From my mailbag:
How do I write a C program to connect MySQL database server?
MySQL database does support C program API just like PHP or perl.
The C API code is distributed with MySQL. It is included in the mysqlclient library and allows C programs to access a database.
Many of the clients in the MySQL source distribution [...]

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 4.5 (32-bit)

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.5
based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters:
Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and
TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot
POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the
32-bit version of CentOS 4.5, but should apply to the 64-bit version
with very little modifications as well.

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With targeted attacks becoming regular news items, it might be a good time to have a closer look at …(more)…

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Firefox 2.0 …(more)…

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More Google News this week after Google Launches Online Security & Malware Blog, now they have acquired a web security startup called GreenBorder.

Google Inc. said on Tuesday it has bought Internet security startup GreenBorder Technologies Inc., …

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ha.ckers: Hacking Your Teachers For Credit "their assignment (due tomorrow) is to actually get their professors to give up their fake credentials by getting them to click on links"

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CNN: Swedes open embassy in Second Life "Created to promote the Nordic state’s image and culture"

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CRN: Vista, XP Users Equally At Peril To Viruses, Exploits "After a week of extensive testing, the CRN Test Center found that users of Windows Vista and Windows XP are equally at risk to viruses and exploits"

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Computer World: Spam king arrested in Seattle

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Reuters: Google takes big step to make Web work offline "The Web is great but it doesn’t work very well when you don’t have a Web connection"

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Secunia: F-Secure Anti-Virus Real-Time Scanning Component Privilege Escalation "can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges"

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Net Security: Microsoft Word RTF File Parsing Heap Corruption Vulnerability "could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code"

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The Bush administration’s point man for conservative — and often morality-driven — social policy, such as abstinence-only sex education, has resigned. But only time will tell whether his programs remain federal policy.

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Recent findings shed new light on the increasingly unequal terrain of American society. The new "top" involves pay in the hundreds of millions, a private jet and a few acres of Nantucket. The new bottom is slavery.

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Evangelist hit-man Jerry Falwell’s career as a racist propagandist was excised from the record, following his death last week, and the media has ignored threats from his followers — Christians who are willing to commit terrorist acts and die for their faith.

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It’s tough love for the oil addicted.

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It’s tough love for the oil addicted.

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Evangelist hit-man Jerry Falwell’s career as a racist propagandist was excised from the record, following his death last week, and the media has ignored threats from his followers — Christians who are willing to commit terrorist acts and die for their faith.

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