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 | from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide Hello again! It was a slightly busy week with Microsoft releasing their cumulative patch for Internet Explorer finally- and some uproar over Microsoft placing security before a "feature" that some people used. There were also blurbs this week regarding some press releases from ATShield and XOSoft as well as an excellent paper on the dilemma of patch management from Jason Chan of @Stake. Last, but not least, don't forget to check out my review of the book Programming .NET Security. | ||||
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| Book Review: Programming .NET Security O'Reilly Publishing generally publishes exceptional books- especially when it comes to programming. This book is no exception. Adam Freeman and Allen Jones have written a must-read book for anyone programming for .NET. There are a plethora of books on programming for .NET, but not many on how to do so securely...Read More |
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| Microsoft Releases Critical Internet Explorer Patch Last week Microsoft released their cumulative patch for Internet Explorer. The MS04-004 Security Bulletin broke the new monthly release schedule Microsoft has been adhering to for security patches, but then again the patch was two months late by some measurements. This patch, which is cumulative and therefore includes all previous patches, repairs three new vulnerabilities ...Read More |
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| The Challenge of Patch Management Patch management is arguably one of the most important things for a network or security administrator to do as well as possibly one of the most logistically difficult to accomplish. Vendors release new vulnerability announcements along with patches to fix the flaws on a regular basis. Every patch that isn't applied is a potential security risk that can be exploited. But, deploying a patch or patches across an enterprise ...Read More |
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