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from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide It was another busy week. The beginning of the week was marked with the announcement that McAfee is acquiring Foundstone. I got some feedback from Foundstone President and CTO Stuart McClure about the purchase. There are also a couple new book reviews, a product review of Spector Pro 5.0 and a slew of other blurbs as well as an article about the new Windows XP SP2 firewall this week. |
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| Is The Windows XP SP2 Firewall Sufficient? Last week Microsoft released the much-anticipated Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) which includes the new and improved Windows Firewall. Should users rely on the new Windows Firewall or are 3rd-party personal firewalls like ZoneAlarm still a better solution? For...read more |
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| McAfee Acquiring Foundstone According to a report in The Register, McAfee, formerly known as Network Associates, is acquiring vulnerability management firm Foundstone to expand the scope of their offerings and position them to compete more head-to-head with firms such as TruSecure. I got...read more |
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| Book Review: Linux For Non-Geeks The Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) takes a lot of criticism regarding its security and stability. Some of it is just marketing hype from the competition or media hype, but some of it is true. For many people the question becomes, what choice do I have? There are a couple answers- Mac OS X and Linux primarily. Linux is generally available for free...read more |
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