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A medical-grade network is a network built on best practices and standards in the network industry that addresses high-availability, security, and flexibility. While these best practices and standards might seem universal for most businesses, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 require healthcare organizations to establish and implement procedures to validate these capabilities. HIPAA mandates organizations to establish and implement procedures for disaster recovery and emergency mode operations. One of the most technically challenging aspects of these requirements is how does an organization safely test and validate these requirements. Although there are sophisticated technologies like Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) that can be used to solve these technical challenges, most healthcare organizations can’t afford the technology and technical staff to operate these complicated protocols. A cheaper and simpler solution that adds the flexibility to test and validate an organizations network infrastructure is the Rapid Adjustable Network (RAN) architecture.




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This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a CentOS 5.4 system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.

Computers in Iran have been hardest hit by a dangerous computer worm that tries to steal information from industrial control systems.

DNA tests: new century, new snake oil

Companies selling DNA kits have been deceiving customers with “fictitious” and “misleading” medical advice, an undercover sting operation by Congressional watchdog the GAO has discovered. One of the companies, 23andMe, was co-founded by Mrs Sergey Brin – Anne Wojowcki – and boasts veteran Silicon Valley socialite Esther Dyson as a director. All the companies investigated have been referred to the Food and Drugs Administration and the Federal Trade Commission for “appropriate action”.…

Sweet organization

Mozilla is testing a new Firefox interface designed to tame that seemingly endless string of tabs stretching across the top of your browser – and beyond.…

‘Unqualified and pedestrian’

When anthrax-laced letters killed five people and sickened 17 others shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, investigators were able to pin point the precise lab where the deadly spores were manufactured. And when Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was shot on the battle field some 150 years ago, forensics showed only one of his own forces could have pulled the trigger.…

Free On-Demand Webcast – Virtualizing the Hard Stuff

Starting up is cheap. Success is expensive

Open…and Shut  Five years ago, Joe Kraus declared that it was a “great time to be an entrepreneur.” In the midst of dwindling hardware and software costs, among other things, it’s never been easier to start and scale a company.…

Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK/PIF’ Files Automatic File Execution Vulnerability

Intellectual Property Joomla! Component ‘id’ Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bitrix Site Manager Remote File Include Vulnerability

Qt ‘QTextEngine::LayoutData::reallocate()’ Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Ask the average techie which browser has the most vulnerabilities, and odds are their answer will be “Internet Explorer, of course.” Indeed, Microsoft’s browser has endured plenty of slings and arrows — and not entirely without justification — but some of those projectiles should deservedly be aimed at Apple, Mozilla, and Google.

Antimalware efforts might be paying off, as Microsoft reports that the browser’s SmartScreen Filter has stopped 1 billion malware downloads since its launch.

Microsoft Windows Shortcut ‘LNK’ Files Automatic File Execution Vulnerability

Worms, malware, zero-day attacks — it was a worrisome week on the security front, with stories in that genre taking our top three slots.

A reorganization of the Active Directory architecture goes forward without the security manager even being informed.

The Chromium Blog has announced
an accelerated pace for Google Chrome stable releases. “The first goal is fairly straightforward, given our pace of development. We have new features coming out all the time and do not want users to have to wait months before they can use them. While pace is important to us, we are all committed to maintaining high quality releases – if a feature is not ready, it will not ship in a stable release.”

Ars technica reports
that Stephen Bird has found a way to gain root access on Motorola’s new
Droid X smartphone. “Droid X owners can use the Android debugging
tool to run the exploit on their device. Step-by-step instructions are available from the AllDroid forum community. The exploit will give users the ability to modify the contents of the filesystem and use certain third-party software like screenshot and tethering tools that only work on rooted devices.”

On July 22 a $35 (or 1500 INR) hand-held Linux computing device was unveiled by Shri Kapil Sibal, the Union Minister for Human Resource Development of India. The goal of the project is to lower the price to around $20 in time and eventually reaching the amazing price of $10. more>>

According to an
article in the Moscow Times, the Russian government is working on a
Linux-based “national operating system” for its computers. “The
operating system, for use on the computer systems of government agencies
and state-run companies, will be 90 percent based on the open-source Linux
operating system, Deputy Communications and Press Minister Ilya Massukh
said. He said use of the operating system would be optional for all
agencies.” (Thanks to Eugene Markow)