Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Bird flu: you'll die but your IT will survive. Good news from Gartner [The Register] Outrageous things being said in the spirit of UK-based Register. 9:42:52 PM    comment [] Tailored Cyberattack Data Schools get tailored cyberattack data. A customized service that analyzes data from firewalls and intrusion detection systems might help protect university networks. [CNET News.com] Probably a similar targeted service would be good for governments also. 9:37:44 PM    comment [] California Updating IT Strategic Plan Last week, the California State CIO, Clark Kelso, and the IT Council Strategic Plan Committee developed a draft update for the California 2005 IT Strategic Plan. Input to this draft plan may be sent to askcio(at)cio.ca.gov. 9:34:38 PM    comment [] Root Kit in General The term "root kit" (also written as "rootkit") originally referred to a set of recompiled Unix tools such as "ps", "netstat", "w" and "passwd" that would carefully hide any trace of the cracker that those commands would normally display... Generally now the term is not restricted to Unix based operating systems, as tools that perform a similar set of tasks now exist for non-Unix operating systems such as Microsoft Windows (even though such operating systems may not have a "root" account). It is common for the term 'rootkit' to refer to a "kernel-mode" program (that is, acting as part of the operating system), as opposed to a "user-mode" program (that is, programs that operate as normal applications or tools). (from the Wikipedia) 7:25:20 PM    comment []

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