Articles for July 2009

Traffic Analysis: P2P Found 92% of the Time

July 30th, 2009

The most recent discovery of the first lady’s safe house (Laura Bush) and a detailed list of the civilian nuclear complex, including precise locations of weapons grade nuclear fuel follows closely on the heals of previous P2P discoveries of Marine One blueprints and healthcare records.
Should we really be surprised? No not really, given the findings [...]

IPv6 Threat – Real or Perceived?

July 22nd, 2009

This Network World article talks about the hidden threat posed by rogue IPv6 usage. To a certain extent, this is a bit of a red herring and here’s why. For IPv6 to traverse the corporate network, the routers, switches and infrastructure components need to (a) support IPv6 and (b) it has to be enabled.
Now, assuming [...]

The Twitter Hack: Highlighting the Need to Safely Enable Applications

July 15th, 2009

A recent New York Times blog entry discusses the recent Twitter hack and the safety of cloud-based applications. For an enterprise, safely enabling cloud-based applications means managing which applications you embrace as well as the types of documents and content you share over those approved applications.