Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Google one of many victims in SSL certificate hack

Computerworld Security: August 31, 2011
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A Dutch company that issues digital certificates used to authenticate websites
said late Tuesday that several dozen other websites in addition to Google have
been affected by a security breach.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528716/0/

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Four Steps to Dynamic Workload Management

In the beginning, IT ran on one platform - the mainframe. Workloads were
predictable and stable, and we could schedule accordingly. But then came Unix,
AS/400, Windows and a multitude of other platforms, all with accompanying
workloads.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528717/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Hackers stole Google SSL certificate, Dutch firm admits
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528718/0/

2. Akamai employee tried to sell secrets to Israel
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528719/0/

3. Court to hear arguments in warrantless wiretapping cases
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528720/0/

4. Apache patches Web server DoS vulnerability
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528721/0/

5. Wikileaks cable offers new insights into Oracle-Sun deal
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528722/0/

6. Risky workers
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528723/0/

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Connecting to the Cloud with F5 and VMware vMotion

Learn how load balancing Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) can
substantially reduce expenses in traditional and virtualized architectures with
a fast ROI. F5 customers have maximized their ROI by simply employing SSL
offload, compression offload, and TCP optimization.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528724/0/

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Hackers stole Google SSL certificate, Dutch firm admits

The Dutch company that issued a rogue digital certificate for all Google
Internet domains said Tuesday that its network had been hacked last month.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528718/0/

Akamai employee tried to sell secrets to Israel

A 43-year-old former Akamai employee has pleaded guilty to espionage charges
after offering to hand over confidential information about the Web acceleration
company to an agent posing as an Israeli consular official in Boston.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528719/0/

Court to hear arguments in warrantless wiretapping cases

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will begin hearing arguments on
Wednesday on two related lawsuits involving the constitutionality and the
legality of warrantless wiretaps of phone and email conversations of U.S.
citizens by the government.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528720/0/

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The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options

The Short Guide to MySQL High-Availability Options: An analysis of today's MySQL
high-availability challenges and what asynchronous, semi-synchronous and fully
synchronous replication offer toward reducing downtime, achieving full data
consistency, automating failover, and simplifying administration.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528725/0/

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Apache patches Web server DoS vulnerability

The Apache open-source project patched its Web server software Tuesday to quash
a bug that a denial-of-service tool has been exploiting.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528721/0/

Wikileaks cable offers new insights into Oracle-Sun deal

U.S. authorities met with European officials on behalf of Oracle with regard to
its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, according to a U.S. diplomatic
cable recently released by activist group Wikileaks.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528722/0/

Risky workers

I thought we could examine a recent theme in a little more detail this month:
the challenges of dealing with the consumerization of IT devices in the
workplace. We recently completed a study, in partnership with Symantec, that
looked at the security and compliance risks of a mobile workforce. It affirmed
what I've believed for a long time, namely, that there is a consensus that
mobile workers pose a great risk and that, for the most part, businesses are not
prepared to mitigate that risk.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7535026/818816221/528723/0/

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Just a bit short that day

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those big reels spinning in refrigerator-sized cabinets that you see attached to
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