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XSS on Whois

2007-12-30 20:55:53 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...usefulness of this is probably limited to only a few sites, but sites which often take credit card information for payment processing of domains. Which, obviously, has some usefulness for phishing. Anyway, pretty interesting stuff
 
Tags: apparently vulnerable, vulnerable, credit card information, domain, cool stuff, domain registrars, stuff, usefulness, sql injection
 
 
 
 
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Lets do away with caucuses

2008-03-04 23:32:11 by HASH0x8b28a88 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...usefulness. I think people should vote, each vote gets counted and weighed the same. No surrogates, no speeches, no chaos. People should go into a voting both pick their candidate and move on. There seems to be too much local yokel interference with caucus. With technology the way it is, let the people vote
 
Tags: people vote, people, vote, caucus, local yokel interference, colorado caucus, caucuses, persons experience, texas chooses
 
 
 
 
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Lets do away with caucuses

2008-03-05 00:32:11 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...usefulness. I think people should vote, each vote gets counted and weighed the same. No surrogates, no speeches, no chaos. People should go into a voting both pick their candidate and move on. There seems to be too much local yokel interference with caucus. With technology the way it is, let the people vote
 
Tags: people vote, people, vote, caucus, local yokel interference, colorado caucus, caucuses, persons experience, texas chooses
 
 
 
 
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The C-I-A Triad weighed and found wanting

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2007-04-12 04:54:18 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
...Usefulness of information for a purpose.Utility simply means that we can use the data, system, or device in the manner for which it exists. For example if a database, table, or other information is somehow altered in such a way as to remain accurate but unusable for its intended purpose, it has lost utility.Examples involve the use of...
 
Tags: information security, information, parkerian hexad, parkerian hexad model, control information, principles, security principles, personal health information, parkerian hexad augments
 
 
 
 
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Malware threat lists slammed as 'useless'

2008-04-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473064 in Network World on Security
 
Security vendor PC Tools has questioned the usefulness of the threat lists used by many security companies to warn of current malware attacks
 
Tags: threat lists, current malware attacks, security vendor, security companies, usefulness, warn, tools
 
 
 
 
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Spammers ramp up siege on Google's Blogger via bots

2008-04-25 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The system that theoretically prevents mass bot-driven creation of bogus Blogger sites appears to be groaning under a severe attack, pointing out the diminished usefulness of Google's CAPTCHA-based security on that front
 
Tags: google, prevents mass, severe attack, usefulness, front, system, security, creation
 
 
 
 
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J-PAKE: From Dining Cryptographers to Jugglers

2008-05-29 20:31:05 by Feng Hao in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...usefulness to security engineers. For example, compared with SSL/TLS, J-PAKE is potentially much more resistant against phishing attacks, not to mention that it is PKI-free. Since this protocol is the result of an academic research project, we didnt and have no intention to patent it. As explained in the paper , J-PAKE even has technical...
 
Tags: pake, past pake solutions, pake research, j-pake protocol, j-pake, protocol, protocol design inherits, security, practical security
 
 
 
 
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The ID Divide

2008-06-04 06:34:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...usefulness of the Progressive Principles for Identification Systems I participated in the panel discussion announcing this report, along with Jim Harper (Director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute
 
Tags: identification technologies, identification, identification programs, identification systems, due diligence, due diligence insights, process, due diligence process, identification program
 
 
 
 
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Cloudsecurity.org Interviews Guido van Rossum: Google App Engine, Python and Security

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2008-07-01 19:03:10 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...usefulness (see my answer to question #3 above). We will also put back some dummy functions and other objects whose absence currently prevents some popular frameworks from being loaded without modifications. For example, some harmless functionality in the imp module will come back. Were also looking into making urllib2 work (to some extent),...
 
Tags: app engine, google app engine, app, app engine treatment, security, app engine project, app engine crew, secure app engine, security vulnerabilities
 
 
 
 
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Experts debate NAC: usefulness vs. cost

2008-07-23 00:00:00 by Julie Bort in Network World on Security
 
Is NAC worthwhile? In Network World's first chat face-off, security experts Joel Snyder and Richard Stiennon debate the pros and cons