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Monday, August 08, 2005

About Net Security: August 8, 2005

 
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  from Tony Bradley, CISSP
Hello again. This week I posted a first-look review of the Internet Explorer 7 Beta edition. I also expanded the coverage of Free Packet Sniffers by including a short profile highlighting the features of each product on the list. Check out the Secunia Advisories from last week and be sure to check back here after Tuesday for an update on the August Microsoft Security Bulletins (there are 6 new Security Bulletins predicted, some of them ranked Critical).
 
 In the Spotlight
First Look At Internet Explorer 7
Last week Microsoft released the first Beta edition of the new Internet Explorer 7 web browser. While Microsoft still maintains a very comfortable and dominating chunk of the web browser market share, security concerns with Internet Explorer and the popularity...read more

 
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Highly Critical Secunia Advisories
This week was a relatively slow week when it comes to Highly Critical security advisories from Secunia. Some days only had one or two new Highly Critical advisories. A few of the advisories were again lingering updates for clamav, ethereal, mozilla or thunderbird from various Unix or Linux flavor vendors. But, there are also some new ones that...read more

 
Profiles of Free Packet Sniffer Software
Recently I began updating the Free Security Tools software listings to get rid of links that no longer work and make sure that newer applications are on the list. Additionally, I have added a short profile of each tool, highlighting its features and providing...read more

 
 
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Understanding URL's
Ever wonder what all of the cryptic characters and acronyms in an Internet Web site address mean? Internet For Beginners Guide, Paul Gil, explains what the different parts of the URL mean in terms you can understand.
 
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