Stories about: Victoria University

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    'Net engineer argues firewalls are a security distraction 30/05/2008 09:25:25

    Early and extensive deployment of firewalls gave internet users "a false sense of security" and compromised the ideal end-to-end transparency of the internet, says former Internet Engineering Task Force head Brian Carpenter.
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    Google's AdWords Challenge heads down under 16/01/2008 13:40:19

    Universities from Australia and around the world are taking part in the Google Online Marketing Challenge; a competition aimed at providing tertiary students with 'hands-on' experience in online advertising.
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    Microsoft working to close 8-year-old Web proxy flaw 28/11/2007 09:17:18

    Microsoft is working on a fix for an eight-year-old flaw in Windows that lets hackers exploit a Web proxy autoconfiguration protocol and take over groups of machines via a single attack. Microsoft has yet to release the update it has been working on since last week that addresses the vulnerability in the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) in Windows.
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    Student exposes NZ govt Web site shortcomings 31/10/2007 05:55:38

    The winner of the New Zealand Computer Society's (NZCS) annual Wellington-based honors student research contest has claimed his award by uncovering shortcomings in accessibility of government Web sites for disabled and other disadvantaged users.
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    Study finds Internet rife with attack codes 17/08/2007 08:51:05

    Even seemingly safe web addresses are rife with attack code aiming at vulnerable clients, according to a new study from the Honeynet Project. The study also found that methods such as blacklists can be surprisingly successful in stopping client-side attacks.
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    Academics get Bill's and Big Blue's bills 24/05/2004 12:53:14

    Two Christchurch, New Zealand, academics have completed a Mac OS X port of Gyro, a project to extend Microsoft Corp.'s .Net development tools, with the help of Microsoft funding.
 
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