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Yellow alert! Windows RDP flaw explained

When Microsoft announced the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) security flaw last week, the Internet Storm Centre (ISC) went to INFOCON Yellow. We could end up facing a worm as serious as Conficker, Blaster and Sasser.

March 19th, 2012 in Security by Stilgherrian 3 Comments 5 Votes

Juniper fail seen as culprit in site outages

Several reports of core dumps by Juniper Networks routers have led to suspicions that a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) update bug is behind site outages across the world.

November 8th, 2011 in Telcos by Jack Clark Comment Vote

IPv6 hits NZ internet backbone

The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world.

June 4th, 2009 in Backbone by Juha Saarinen Comment Vote

Google open sources 'Protocol Buffers'

Google has open sourced an internal development tool called 'Protocol Buffers', a data description language that forms a basic part of the operation of the company's vast computing cluster.

July 11th, 2008 in Google by Matthew Broersma Comment Vote

Samba 3.2 adds cluster support

The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to the file and print components of the server software, adding clustered file system support, compatibility improvements and other changes.

July 3rd, 2008 in Encrypted by Matthew Broersma Comment Vote

Cheaper quantum security coming soon

Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology claim to have discovered a technique that will lower the costs of quantum cryptography.

June 4th, 2008 in Us by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Lonely carbon trading units seek new database

The Federal government has put out a tender for a registry system to manage its carbon units and form the backbone for a national emissions trading scheme.

June 2nd, 2008 in Emissions by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

ICANN: IPv4 will run out by 2011

Big businesses need to start planning now to handle changes that will take place when a new version of the Internet's fundamental routing protocol becomes ubiquitous, or risk losing online customers, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

May 12th, 2008 in Icann by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Bluetooth security vulnerabilities ignored

Former White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt has warned of the dangers of flaws in Bluetooth protocols, claiming these vulnerabilities are unrecognised.

April 24th, 2008 in White House by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Telecom NZ to outsource IT, offshore call centres?

Telecom New Zealand has announced a transformation program — which could see the telco outsource its IT capabilities and offshore its call centres — as it attempts to turn itself around after a tough couple of years.

April 10th, 2008 in Telecom Nz by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

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