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Network Security Roundup for December 8, 2003

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TechNewsWorld: Outsourcing Network Protection: An Interview with MessageLabs Latest News about MessageLabs CTO Mark Sunner
08-Dec-03 7:45 ET

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"The past year has had no shortage of costly and complicating computer viruses and worms. To talk about the tactical advantages associated with outsourcing Latest News about Outsourcing the battle against malware and junk e-mail, TechNewsWorld turned to MessageLabs CTO Mark Sunner for an exclusive interview."

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ComputerWeekly.com: Yahoo Airs Antispam Initiative
08-Dec-03 11:29 ET

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"Yahoo has developed a system which, it claims will go a long way toward curbing spam, but the technology's success is dependent on its widespread industry adoption beyond the borders of Yahoo's e-mail servers. The aim is to stop the spammers' practice of spoofing, or changing an e-mail message's header information so it appears to have been sent by someone else."

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The Register: NatWest Warns of Dodgy Email
08-Dec-03 9:08 ET

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" NatWest has warned people to ignore an email calling for punters to disclose private information about their bank accounts. The email -- the latest in a series supposedly from UK banks seeking to con people into disclosing personal information -- has apparently been sent randomly to both customers and non customers of NatWest."

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Australian IT: China Orders Homegrown Encryption
05-Dec-03 10:45 ET

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"China has ordered computer makers, both at home and overseas, to use its own encryption standard for wireless local area networks, ensuring stronger government control and giving domestic manufacturers a respite from some foreign competition. The new rules ban the importation and sale of all equipment used in wireless LANs -- so-called WiFi Take the FREE Motorola AirDefense WLAN Security Assessment. Click here. Latest News about WiFi services increasingly used to provide internet connections in public spaces like hotels and cafes -- that does not comply with China's new standard."

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