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Show 028 - An Interview with Bill Cheswick

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2008-07-15 19:30:25 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...Bill Cheswick, a lead member of technical staff at AT&T Research and all around security guru. Bill has been working in computer security for over 35 years. He coined the term proxy in 1990 with reference to firewalls, and co-authored the book Firewalls and Internet Security which was used to train an entire generation of sys admins. Gary and...
 
Tags: bill, bill cheswick, computer security, computer security war, solstice lights, att research, holiday decoration ordinances, apache web server, term proxy
 
 
 
 
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YADSB (Yet Another Data Security Bill)..

2007-12-20 21:39:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...bill , H.R. 4791, to address some of these issues. This follows previously failed starts, in June, with a similar proposal from Rep. Tom Davis We conducted a consumer survey of approximately 400 consumers during the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving shopping season and found that many favored a single federal law compared to the myriad of state...
 
Tags: bill, specific bill, single federal law, data breach legislation, william clay, similar proposal, tom davis, consumer survey, black friday
 
 
 
 
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A Quote From Bill Gates

2008-01-07 07:13:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Bill Gates is not my favourite person in the world. However, he is a great man and has been, I believe by following this vision throughout his life from when he was Microsoft's CEO, Chairman and now with his charity work To turn caring into action, we need to see a problem, see a solution, and see the impact. But complexity blocks all three...
 
Tags: information security companies, companies, information, bill, complexity blocks, information security department, complexity, bigger picture, total linux penguin
 
 
 
 
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Bill Gates retires, Symbian goes open source

2008-06-27 00:00:00 by HASH0x8afbd20 in Network World on Security
 
...Bill Gates stepped away from his daily corporate duties on Friday. Gates, who founded Microsoft at age 19, will now devote his time to philanthropic work. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate discussed the issue of laptop searches and seizures at the nation's borders and also decided to delay a vote on a controversial spy bill. While on the topic of...
 
Tags: bill, controversial spy bill, internet service provider, controversial plans, sentimental news, vista adoption, us1 billion, internet history, ads based
 
 
 
 
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Bill allows victims of identity theft to obtain restitution

2008-09-17 23:28:07 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Bill The bill amends the federal criminal code to expand interstate and foreign jurisdiction for prosecution of computer fraud offenses and imposes criminal and civil forfeitures of property used to commit computer fraud offenses. In addition, the legislation makes it a felony to damage 10 or more protected computers used by or for the...
 
Tags: computer, computer fraud offenses, identity theft, theft, fraud offenses, obtain restitution, commit computer, imposes criminal, extortion
 
 
 
 
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Proposed bill takes on phishing, irks Internet trade group

2008-03-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b4eaa4 in Network World on Security
 
An antiphishing bill that was introduced in the U.S. Senate last week could end up being used by large holders of trademarks to unfairly wrest legitimate domain names away from small businesses and individuals, according to a trade group that represents domain name investors and so-called direct search companies
 
Tags: represents domain, domain names, trade, unfairly wrest, bill, direct, businesses, week, companies
 
 
 
 
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House panel kills provision in controversial copyright bill

2008-03-06 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Cooler heads prevailed in the House of Representatives as lawmakers expunged controversial portions of a copyright-enforcement bill that could have led to fines as high as $1.5 million for a "pirated" 10-song mix CD
 
Tags: 10-song mix cd, house, cooler heads, controversial portions, bill, led, representatives, million, lawmakers
 
 
 
 
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Bill criminalizing WiFi leeching shot down, and rightly so

2008-03-24 16:20:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A bill that would have made using an open wireless access point without permission punishable by up to 10 years in the clink was given an unfavorable reading by a Maryland House committee. Here's an idea: if you don't want people to access your WAP without permission, secure it
 
Tags: wireless access, access, permission, permission punishable, maryland house committee, bill, unfavorable, secure, clink
 
 
 
 
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Congressman to press on with paper-ballot emergency voting bill

2008-04-18 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt said he won't give up the fight to have his paper-ballot voting bill pushed through Congress before the November elections, despite a defeat in the House this week
 
Tags: rush holt, november elections, bill, paper-ballot, house, congress, fight, week, defeat
 
 
 
 
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War-Funding Bill: $50 Billion for Robo-Planes, Gear