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The word protection, which generally means anything that helps to ward off some threat, has several jargon uses:
- Civil protection, or Civil defense, is a function of civil society concerning the life, health, property and environment of citizens
- Environmental protection, a political movement directed towards the preservation, restoration, or enhancement of the natural environment
- Contraception (euphemism)
- Protection (climbing), a climber's basic safety mechanism
- Protection racket, an extortion scheme
- Protectionism, in international trade, the institution of tarrifs and regulations on imports in order to protect domestic industry
- Protective clothing, clothing that shields the body from hazards
- Protectorate, in politics, a form of guardianship, the relationship between a strong power (the protector) and a weaker one, which either simply enjoys the benefit of help when needed, or is obliged to accept, which historically often amounted to de facto colonization
- Ingress protection rating (IP), protection ranking of electronic equipment against objects or liquid
- Power system protection, in power engineering, the protection of electric systems against faults
- Protection (album), a 1994 album by Massive Attack
- The Intercession (The Protection of the Theotokos), a feast day in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Microsoft, eat your own dog food
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:06:12 -0700
"Eating your own dog food" is an odd software development-related term that describes the importance of ensuring that your own developers use the technology they are creating. When Microsoft has hewed closed to this principle, their products have achieved dominant market shares. Unfortunately, Microsoft is not applying this...
Microsoft, eat your own dog food
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:06:12 -0700
"Eating your own dog food" is an odd software development-related term that describes the importance of ensuring that your own developers use the technology they are creating. When Microsoft has hewed closed to this principle, their products have achieved dominant market shares. Unfortunately, Microsoft is not applying this...
Microsoft, eat your own dog food
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:06:12 -0700
"Eating your own dog food" is an odd software development-related term that describes the importance of ensuring that your own developers use the technology they are creating. When Microsoft has hewed closed to this principle, their products have achieved dominant market shares. Unfortunately, Microsoft is not applying this...
MSI Eclipse - First X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:50:27 -0700
MSI has unveiled details of its new Eclipse motherboard - the company's first X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
MSI Eclipse - First X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:50:27 -0700
MSI has unveiled details of its new Eclipse motherboard - the company's first X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
MSI Eclipse - First X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:50:27 -0700
MSI has unveiled details of its new Eclipse motherboard - the company's first X58 motherboard for Intel Core i7. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
COPS: UNIX Security Checker Software - Tool to check for trojans, CERT advisories, and system file permission correctness.
Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Protection - Practical measures for critical infrastructure protection, intrusion prevention and threat assessment.
Deception Toolkit - Make your system seem to have network security bugs, and log attack attempts.
FakeBo - Fakes trojan servers (Back Orifice, NetBus) and logs every attempt from client.
Flawfinder - Examines source code looking for security weaknesses.
Meta Description: [ David A. Wheeler's Page for Flawfinder ]
Guarded Memory Move (GMM) - The GMM library can be used to prevent and study buffer overflows exploits
Meta Description: [ Guarded Memory Move (GMM) Home Page ]
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Libsafe - Free software (GNU license) from Bell Labs for protecting internet servers from buffer overflow attacks, one of the most commonly exploited security vulnerabilities.
Samhain - A tool for file integrity checking that optionally can be used as a client/server application for centralized monitoring of networked hosts.
TCP Wrappers and other security tools - This is the main FTP site for security tools and papers from Wietse Venema.
Tripwire Security Systems, Inc. - Tripwire, file integrity assessment tool for UNIX.
Meta Description: [ Tripwire Change Auditing solutions enable visibility and control, which provide enterprises increased IT availability, lowered costs and reduced operational risk. ]
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