Security gets smarter

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Monday, July 25, 2005

IN THIS ISSUE

* Security gets smarter
* Black Hat: Oracle's crypto not secure, researcher says
* Taking performance management to the edge
* In praise of Digital Rights Management
* Product Guide: Sharp AR-M355N Digital Imager

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SECURITY GETS SMARTER

As the black, gray, and white hats put on their party headdresses in Las
Vegas for the Black Hat and DefCon conferences, security companies are
busy bolstering their defenses against the latest crop of threats. And
intelligence is the key weapon these companies are adding to security
arsenals.

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BLACK HAT: ORACLE'S CRYPTO NOT SECURE, RESEARCHER SAYS

SAN FRANCISCO - The standard encryption mechanism used by Oracle's
database products can be easily circumvented, according to a German
security researcher who last week published details on a number of
unpatched security

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TAKING PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TO THE EDGE

Nowhere are details more devilish than in the realm of
application-performance management, where the littlest of things -- say,
a subtle increase in the number of program errors or a gradual decrease
in server responsiveness -- can be harbingers of doom. And with all eyes
fixed primarily on the datacenter, it's easy to lose sight of that
critical final variable in the application-performance equation: the
end-user desktop.

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IN PRAISE OF DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

Here's a challenge for the open source community: Figure out how to get
DRM (digital rights management) working, and working well.

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PRODUCT GUIDE: SHARP AR-M355N DIGITAL IMAGER

multifunction printer offers monochrome printing and copying of letter-
and tabloid-size documents; has copy and document-assembly capabilities.

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