Global Security Watch > VPN flaw threatens Internet traffic

[TechPresso.org] A flaw in a key Internet security protocol used by major networking products could open systems up to denial-of-service and other kinds of attacks, experts have warned.

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http://monster-software.blogspot.com [Monster Software] Gadget Report [Digital Gear: Star Wars PCs, Toshiba Designs Soar - 06/02/2005]: Networking for Small Business: Nortel issues patch for router VPNflaw Nortel is offering a fix... with an encryption and decryption engine into the USB port.

Bigblog.com[Bigblog.com] Search: Bots may get cloak of encryption @ Big Blog: The days of buying a list of a million email addresses and blanketing the Internet are over. "Spam" never was very effective, and it's even less so now.

http://www.solanosystems.com [Solanosystems.com] Solano Systems Blogfolio » Blog Archive » Your Wireless Network ...: These Weak IVs give additional clues on the full encryption key, regardless of its bit-length. Fluhrer, Mantin and Shamir developed a method to use these weak IVs to determine information about a single encrypted byte in frames encrypted with a weak IV, eventually giving the attacker enough information to obtain the key used on the network.

[Dridoctor.com] Dr. I Doctor: Wi-Foo passes my test by incorporating an entire chapter on VPNs, with detailed instructions on setting up VPN protection using open source components. This definitely piqued my interest in the rest of the book, and I wasn’t disappointed with what I found.

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