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    A record low voter turnout -- highlighted by the fact two-thirds of the candidates have not yet cast their ballot -- was yesterday marring the Debian Project's leadership election.

  • Yahoo and Cisco put anti-spam standard forward

    An anti-spam technology that focuses on identifying forged e-mail addresses has been proposed as a standard by Cisco, Yahoo and partners.

  • Danger: Authenticating e-mail can break it

    The promise of e-mail authentication is too good to ignore, but if it is implemented incorrectly it will break a company's mail system instead of fixing it, experts have cautioned.

  • Yahoo, Sendmail to test anti-spam system

    Internet company Yahoo and software provider Sendmail said Tuesday that they will jointly develop a system for authenticating e-mail, with the goal of mitigating spam.

  • Flaw found in encrypted email programs

    There is a fundamental flaw in numerous popular encrypted email programs that calls into question the authenticity of digitally signed and encrypted email messages, according to a security researcher.

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    A coalition aiming to junk e-mail unites behind a US law but stumbles over a technology solution.

  • Increase workstation security with PGP

    help/how to The last thing you want is for competitors or hackers to intercept your organisation's e-mail traffic. Here's how you can secure e-mail and more using PGP.

  • Can e-mail survive?

    E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?

  • Who guards the guards: Security

    Who predicted the death of the password -- and spam? Why is PKI not ubiquitous? Who makes these daft predictions anyway? ZDNet.com.au looks at how the security market was supposed to shape up, according to so-called "experts".

  • 10 ways to secure borderless networks

    Traditional security models are dependent on "border patrol" via firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention system and other perimeter protection methods. In new, borderless networks, the focus shifts to protection of the data itself. Here are 10 technologies you should be looking at to help secure your borderless network.

Reviews (7)

  • PGP 8.0: Lock down your secrets

    PGP 8.0 is an industrial-strength encryption program with all the features necessary to protect your files and online communications.

  • PrivateExpress

    Hackers and intruders probably can't see your e-mail, but "probably" sometimes isn't good enough. PrivateExpress, a document delivery service (US$19.95 a month), uses public key encryption to ensure privacy when sending files across the Internet and then instantly notifies you when a document has been received and opened.

  • PC army tackles Xbox security code

    A growing army of PC owners is hoping to use the power of the masses to crack the main security code of Microsoft's Xbox and claim $100,000 in the process.

  • PentaWare PentaZip 6: Comprehensive compression

    PentaSuite is feature rich, but you'll get better service and support from venerable PKZip.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

    Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

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