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October 26, 2004
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In This Edition
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Larry Seltzer: Will Passphrases Foretell the Death of Pa55.W0rd5?
1. News: AOL to Support Sender ID E-Mail Standard
2. News: Malicious Mac OS X Script Poses Threat
3. News: E-Mail Scam Dupes Linux Users
4. Review: McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i
5. Opinion: Users Want Freedom to Be Wrong
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Larry Seltzer
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Will Passphrases Foretell the Death of Pa55.W0rd5?
Microsoft blogger starts controversy over the proper
password techniques, but the answer isn't so obvious.
How many keystrokes are you willing to put into a password?
Does length alone make a password uncrackable?
Read the rest of this column.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1289-5-8-318676-142830-1
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Security Update
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1. News: AOL to Support Sender ID E-Mail Standard
Changes to the standard after the blowup of the MARID
working group have appeased the online giant. Get the
details on this development.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1289-5-8-318676-142833-1
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2. News: Malicious Mac OS X Script Poses Threat
Although not yet found in the wild, the malicious script can
harvest passwords and install remote control software and
security backdoors onto a user's machine.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1289-5-8-318676-142836-1
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3. News: E-Mail Scam Dupes Linux Users
Red Hat warns users to be on the lookout for e-mail posing
as a security update.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1289-5-8-318676-142839-1
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4. Review: McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i
In VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, McAfee has beefed up its
enterprise-grade, host-based anti-virus solution.
http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1289-5-8-318676-142842-1
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5. Opinion: Users Want Freedom to Be Wrong
System designers should understand that users won't let dumb
machines decide what risks to take for them. They resent
involuntary risks.
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