Server and supercomputer firm, SGI, has offered its journaled file system, XFS, to the Linux community under open source guidelines. SGI says the adoption of its file system will push Linux forward as a platform for enterprise-class applications.
The research builds on previous work showing that encryption algorithms can be sped up with the help of large lookup tables. Unix, Linux and the Mac OS X, however, add a 12-bit salt to the calculation, making any brute force attempt to break the...
According to Heiser, the web interfaces of network cameras have a default address structure that can easily be found using Google hacking techniques. Heiser explained that most search engines look for a file called 'robots.txt', which specifies...
That's actually like in the DVD case," he said, referring to the encryption system employed in the DVD arena. The encryption stuff is the world's sloppiest encryption protocol, it's really stupid," Gosling said before using further adjectives...
Microsoft surprised developers on Monday by releasing a test version of a new Windows file system. The software giant had originally planned to release WinFS - which it said would make for better desktop file searching - as part of the next version...
One is an improvement to the BitLocker drive encryption system, available only in the Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista. SP1 will support Extensible Firmware Interface, Intel standard for the interface between software, the...