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 | from Tony Bradley, CISSP Some of the best network security applications available are open source- Ethereal, NMap, Nessus, Snort, etc. Last week it was announced however that the next version of Nessus will no longer be released under the open source licensing and Snort was purchased by Checkpoint. Is this a sign of things to come for open source software? The Internet / Network Security Forums have been completely revised with a new look and feel that is easier to navigate and use. Check out the posting in the Forums about erasing hard drive data for a sneak peek and be sure to frequent the Forums to ask questions, answer questions or just learn from other users' questions and answers. |
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| Wiping Your Hard Drive Computers become obsolete fairly quickly as newer, faster and more powerful equipment comes out for a fraction of the cost. But, what do you do with that old computer when you're done with it? If you sell it or give it away, or even if you throw it away, you need to take extra steps to ensure that your private or confidential data on the hard drive can not be retrieved...read more |
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| Critical Flaw In Kaspersky Antivirus A vulnerability was identified in Kaspersky's antivirus library which could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on a vulnerable system without any user intervention whatsoever. Because of the component affected, the vulnerability may be present in various Kaspersky antivirus...read more | |||||||
| Open Source Closing? Last week there were a few announcements that rocked the world of open source, particularly open source network security software. Renaud Deraison, primary author of Nessus and Chief Research Officer for Tenable Network Security, announced that the next version of Nessus, Nessus 3, will be available for free, but that it will no longer be released under the GPL license or be allowed to be distributed freely. It was also announced that Checkpoint...read more | |||||||
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