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  • Aust, US researchers develop sonic authentication tool

    Australian researchers have worked with their U.S. counterparts to develop a way of making public key authentication ubiquitous and more accessible by encoding it as a sound.

  • 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.

  • Open-source group gets Sun security gift

    Sun Microsystems donates new cryptography technology to an open-source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the Internet.

  • Will standards resolve Web services security?

    Proposed Web services security specifications are to be submitted to an international standards body by some of the industry's major vendors. But is it enough to protect businesses against the threats?

  • Under construction

    Six years after the federal government proposed creating a second internet that would leapfrog the first with speed and technology, most users - business and consumer - are still saddled with the low speeds, transmission delays and the other quirks of today's Net

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  • PKI's alive and kicking?

    Once, Public Key Infrastructure was hyped as an almost magical solution to almost every IT problem. Then reality set in.

  • Open-source group gets Sun security gift

    Sun Microsystems donates new cryptography technology to an open-source project at the heart of many secure transactions on the Internet.

  • 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 tips for helping users keep Outlook data secure

    Your users probably understand the importance of safeguarding the data on their computers. But they don't always realise that some of that data is contained in Outlook. Here are a few suggestions you can share with them to help them protect that Outlook data.

  • Microsoft: Exchange encryption on the cards

    Mail servers running on the new version of Exchange will encrypt Internet traffic between each other using what Microsoft says will be an open standard.

Reviews (9)

  • WS_FTP Professional 9.0

    Version 9.0 of Ipswitch's WS_FTP Professional is one of the most complete, effective and secure FTP applications available.

  • Security experts to plug hacker ‘gap in WAP’

    Computer security firm Cylink says it will close an accepted security loophole inherent in WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) technology -- as soon as September.

  • 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.

  • PGP Personal Security

    PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a respected encryption mechanism for protecting email correspondence. PGPi is available for free, so the main reason for purchasing PGP Personal Security 7.03 would be to obtain the extra features that McAfee provides.

  • Encryption packages: Beyond the code

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

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