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Monday, August 27, 2007

InfoWorld Daily: Sweeten that old box into a honeypot

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Monday, August 27, 2007

* Sweeten that old box into a honeypot
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* Following Jobs, now there's a fake Larry Ellison

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SWEETEN THAT OLD BOX INTO A HONEYPOT

Security: Get ready for some real-life doom and gloom. "All computer
security defenses will ultimately fail," Roger Grimes points out in
Honeypots sticky as ever. Point being that when such failures occur, an
early warning system is key. "Take a box you're getting ready to throw
away and make it a honeypot. Stick it somewhere in your environment
where it's likely to get noticed by an intruder, and tell it to page
your incident response team (or you) if anything unexpected tries to
connect to it," Grimes advises. Related: VMware scripting automation API
allows local exploitation. Columnist's corner: Open source... ...

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FOLLOWING JOBS, NOW THERE'S A FAKE LARRY ELLISON

Best of the blogs: Now that the Fake Steve Jobs has been outed, who steps
into the blazed path but a blogger posing as Larry Ellison. "I don't
know who is writing this one, but I think it's even funnier than the FSJ
blog," opines Zack Urlocker in this Open Sources post. After a glance,
I'll second that. The cast of characters includes Jonathan Schwartz,
Marten Mickos and, of course, Paris Hilton, Ellison's not-so-trusty
sidekick. Notes from the field: Robert X. Cringely, as he does every
Friday, offers the geek week in review. This time it's the especially
odd items... ...

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number of organizations. Register for this on-demand Webcast to
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