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Submission + - The IT department as corporate snoop (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

coondoggie

on Thursday May 31, 2007 @02:44PM

coondoggie writes: "As if we needed more proof that insiders are a seriously worse threat to your corporate jewels than any malicious hacker, a study released today says that one in three of IT employees snoop through company systems and peek at confidential information such as private files, wage data, personal emails, and HR background. The survey, which claims to reveal "the hidden scandal of IT staff snooping," is from Cyber-Ark Software, a company that, naturally specializes in password protection. As if that weren't bad enough, the survey found that more than one-third of IT professionals admit they could still access their company's network once they'd left their current job, with no one to stop them. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1573 1"

Submission + - Domain Registrars Censoring the Internet

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 31, 2007 @02:21PM

An anonymous reader writes: Domain registrars and hosting providers routinely take sites off line when the contain illegal content, or are involved in spamming or fraud. These companies assert an absolute right to make these decisions without oversight, and we just assume they are right.

So, what happens if they are wrong?

Writing here the owner of a bittorrent site describes how two different Registrars/DNS Hosts have blocked the site, even though the actual host has no problem with it.

No big deal, right? Because bittorrent is illegal, and anybody using it must be involved in piracy. At least that is apparently the logic of the DNS providers DynDNS and Sitelutions.

In fact, the owner, who goes by the handle "Dr.E," says that the site is a "bittorrent news site. We do not operate a tracker, we do not host any torrent files, or directly link to any torrent files." He says that "I personally am a strong advocated for copyright law reform, and the site does encourage users to take full advantage of their rights to use material within the law, but those positions are completely legitimate, and espousing them is constitutionally protected free speech."

There is a big difference between opposing piracy and supporting censorship, and when some of the largest registrars are actively involved in censoring the internet, it should make people take notice.

Submission + - Developing a file system for AIX (ibm.com)

Submitted by

BlueVoodoo

on Thursday May 31, 2007 @02:20PM

BlueVoodoo writes: "This article sheds some light on the AIX file system framework. You need to understand the framework in order to develop a new file system, or to port an existing file system to the AIX operating system."

Submission + - Engineer Discovers 'Thermal Noise' Encryption (pcworld.com)

Submitted by

techitout

on Thursday May 31, 2007 @02:17PM

techitout writes: "PC World ran an article that Laszlo Kish of Texas A&M University devised a way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire. When data is sent intermittently (using a $100 device), it can be camouflaged by this 'thermal noise.' To snoopers eavesdropping on the line, it just appears that the thermal noise level varies randomly. It has an edge over another proposed encryption solution, quantum key distribution (QKD) technology, with a lower cost, a 99.98 percent message reception accuracy, and 2,000 km delivery distance."

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