UK start-up Virtucom Technologies is working with computing giant IBM to develop a secure method of file transfer on the Internet. The first pilot project between the two companies will be the development of VirtuFolders, allowing users to 'drag...
The main issue was a supposedly forged letter that transferred ownership of the site. As if loosing the domain name wasn't enough, Judge James Ware ordered the defendant to provide full details of the financial dealings of the site from its...
The primary method of file transfer across the internet may also be providing a fast track past online security measures. The vulnerability lies in the way FTP servers match the special file name patterns relying on a function called 'glob()' when...
Since Share and Learn was introduced, Intel has seen a tenfold improvement in file transfer performance and a 15 per cent saving on network costs. He told silicon.com: "We got the idea from Napster as we had a big demand to distribute large...
Tygar added that Sharman's Web site plays no critical function in the file transfer. Even by examining a supernode, Sharman would only be able to identify that users at particular IP addresses had files with certain metadata.
This point was echoed by another reader - consultant David Leslie, from Edinburgh - who wrote: "As I understand it, excessive personal data was being transferred - NAO was only asking for NI numbers, but they were being given the lot.