Security Fix – Tighter Security Urged for Businesses Banking Online

Security Fix – Tighter Security Urged for Businesses Banking Online  “An industry group representing some of nation’s largest banks sent a private alert to its members last week warning about a surge in reported cybercrime targeting small to mid-sized business. The advisory, issued by the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, recommends that commercial banking customers take some fairly rigorous steps to secure their online banking accounts.” Even companies running anti-virus programs had serious losses. A serious warning! (via slashdot)

A trojan horse programmer speaks out

gulli: Bundestrojaner: A programmer speaks out  “His job there was to code malware that would allow to invade PCs of private users. ERA IT Solutions should in particular be involved in constructing trojans which allow the wiretapping of VoIP calls.”  A very interesting and enlightening interview.  (via slashdot)

IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities

Slashdot Technology Story | IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities A slashdot article with good IPv6 links: a video of IPv6 issues, business case and an iPhone app (IPv4 death march).

AllPinouts – Connectors, Cables and Adapters Pinouts

AllPinouts – Connectors, Cables and Adapters Pinouts “AllPinouts.org is a wiki that allows users to get and share information about hardware interfaces, including pinouts of ports, expansion slots, and other connectors of computers and different electronic devices (i.e. cellular phones, GPS, PDA, game consoles, etc.)”

An excellent resource that can save lots of time searching elsewhere. (via Slashdot)

A Career in Computing

A Career in Computing Some good advice from a well-known author in our field.

25 Microchips That Shook the World

IEEE Spectrum: 25 Microchips That Shook the World An interesting read about the hardware side of things.

Cisco Support Wiki

Cisco Support Wiki

A beta project from Cisco. “The Cisco Support Wiki enables dynamic collaboration and co-creation of web content that can be joined with Cisco documentation to form a more robust and diverse Cisco information…“.

Check out the Tech Insights link near the bottom of the right hand side panel. I learned some useful tips in just a couple of minutes.

Show the Complete Config without Breaks or Pauses

Tech Insights:Show the Complete Config without Breaks or Pauses – Ciscowiki
This is useful for capturing the complete config for documentation purposes. (via Cisco)

Cheat Sheets – PacketLife.net

Cheat Sheets – PacketLife.net

An excellent collection of summary sheets for routing protocols, common ports, subnetting and more. Includes some Cisco specific information as well. Highly recommended for networkers.

Train for the Technological Age

Train for the Technological Age ”According to most hiring officers and career advisors, technology certification courses offer the most direct paths to I.T. jobs. Professionals with experience from other careers enjoy the best chances for success by combining their industry insight with exposure to the latest technology. ” A good, short article about the changing nature of the jobs in our field