Not long ago, civil libertarians looked to cyberspace as the utopia of ultimate freedom, beyond the reach of restrictive technologies and government regulators.Today, that dream may be fading with the hyper-speed of Internet time.
You don't have to be a security expert to know that sending important information via unprotected email is risky. To make sure your email isn't fair game for thieves, you need to encrypt it. Otherwise, your business secrets could be thrown to the dogs.
Keeping clandestine forces at bay is no mean feat. In this special report, ZDNet Australia features five leading security experts -- from eBay to Ukraine's Computer Crime Research Center -- who pursue cyber criminals for a living.
Deep in the tense Jenin refugee camp in the Palestinian West Bank, a new file-swapping service is daring record labels and movie studios to turn their piracy-hunting into an international incident.
Linux is the darling of the hacker set, but it is far from the least expensive or even the most secure open source operating system available. Supporters claim that BSD can fill the gaps left by Linux.
Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.
We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.
A Web server opens up your business to the outside world, so how do you keep out those parts of the world you don't like?
Spam drives users crazy, makes life difficult for mail administrators, and drives up costs. We evaluate five packages that aim to ease the burden on your mail servers.
In the last few years, most of the innovation in security has involved finding clever new ways to do things with existing technologies. Are there revolutionary changes in the wings?
Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.
We all know about firewalls protecting your network from outside attacks, but what can you do when those pesky users keep taking their computers outside your network? And what if the attack isn't coming from the outside at all?
We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.
The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.
We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.
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