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Wi-Fi Dangers?

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

You know… I see and read some strange information but most of the time I am reading about the things that are known like, say, security threats from using wireless internet connections and the ease at which such things are broken these days. Today, just a few moments ago really, I came across this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6583815.stm

Students at Canada’s Lakehead University have to be careful how they connect to the internet because wi-fi is banned on large parts of the campus.

University president Fred Gilbert, whose academic interests include wildlife management, environmental studies and natural resources science, is worried about the health impact of the 2.4Ghz radio waves used by wireless networks

I am not sure what to say, think, or respond to this as this is mostly a technically oriented site and this is surely not my forté but… I will ponder this:

Do they plan on banning cell phones, radios, cordless phones, or?

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Thunderbird 2.0 Released

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Thunderbird 2.0 email client goes gold

Mozilla today released the final version of Thunderbird 2, the next generation of the organization’s open-source email client. Key new features include message tagging, message history, and a new function to search for content within messages, among numerous other enhancements.

It was actually yesterday but, well, I sleep at hours that make little sense to anyone. Moot point really. It is scheduled for download and I will, of course, be testing it in the near future.

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FAQ: Windows DNS bug

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

I was browsing around and realized I hadn’t posted anything on the blog in a while. Fortunately, at the same time, I was at this site:

FAQ: Here’s the deal on the Windows DNS bug

April 18, 2007 (Computerworld) If this is how every month in 2007 is going to go, anyone using Windows might want to set up a cot next to the computer right now: You may be working overtime, all the time, patching zero-day vulnerabilities.
Last month, it was the animated cursor bug in Windows; this month it’s a hole in Microsoft Corp.’s server software line. What do they have in common? Both are critical flaws, both were being exploited by attackers before the bug was acknowledged by Microsoft — and attacks ramped up within days — and both deserve Computerworld’s FAQ treatment.
This FAQ spells out the at-risk population, details the bug and ticks off the stopgap measures that are — until Microsoft actually fixes the flaw — the only defense.

I realize that most people will not have to know this but, really, if you are one of those people who DOES have to know this then you might as well read the article. It is actually pretty good and well worth reading.

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The Week Of Vista Bugs [TWOVB]

Saturday, March 31st, 2007
During one week (2007-04-02/08), new undisclosed vulnerabilities / flaws / exploitation techniques discovered in the latest versions of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system and softwares will be publicly disclosed on this page.

The Week Of Vista Bugs [TWOVB]

It should be interesting to see if the bugs are real bugs, new bugs, or even bugs that result in security flaws.