It appears the wait is over. According to an email update and blog post at Imwithfred.com, Fred Thompson will announce his candidacy for the United States Presidency on September 6th.
Finally, Fred Thompson for President 2008.
Vendors question open source AntiVirus results
Builder AU | Nick Gibson | Aug 8 2007
I previously wrote about the Untangle’s Antivirus Fight Club test that they performed at LinuxWorld. In the post I chided Watchguard for their deplorable results; it appears that there are some legitimate concerns about the test. Perhaps I was to hasty in my judgement of WG but I’d still like to see a rematch. (Hey WG – do a rematch and put in on Youtube)
“organisers from Untangle have been met with a storm of queries, criticisms and complaints about their methodology and the accuracy of the reports…The list of stated problems begins with the absence of their chosen anti-virus scanner, popular choices being Avast!, NOD32, BitDefender, TrendMicro, Panda, and AVG. With so many popular anti-virus solutions left out, many are wondering how useful the fight club results are for determining the relative effectiveness of anti virus solutions. One contributor on the blog results on the Untangle Web site, SandyJ, said: “Based on what I have seen so far I have little faith in your work as a reasonable measure of AV software.”
A second issue involves the remarkably poor results of the Watchguard gateway, particularly as it uses the same engine as ClamAV which was highly recommended by the organisers. The disparity led some observers to wonder if the virus scanning module of Watchguard was enabled in the first place. A spokesperson from Watchguard contacted Builder AU and had the following to say:
“WatchGuard contends that these results are not valid. We just can’t understand how these test results came out the way they did. WatchGuard simply wouldn’t be in business if these results were legit. Thankfully, however, the proof that they are not valid is right there in the results. WatchGuard uses ClamAV for their AntiViral engine. As you saw, ClamAV got a near perfect score in the test. In order to get the results that they did, ClamAV would have to be turned off in the WatchGuard product.”
I just discovered this program and it sounded good enough that I wanted to share. Are you looking for Web filtering/blocking software to protect your kids from adult sites on the internet? You might try the K9 Web Filtering / Web blocking software because it is now being offered for free to home users. After reading their FAQ the product seems to be a good fit for the home market. A couple of highlights from their FAQ:
It can block more than 55 different categories of content, including pornography, hate speech and sites that promote violence or permit gambling.
K9 Web protection runs on Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. It also works through any browser (for example, Internet Explorer, Netscape or Firefox).
Blue Coat plans to keep K9 free for home users.
If you want to register for your free copy just visit www.getk9.com.I will be testing this software soon but I’d love to get the opinion of my readers.
The mystique. The mystery. The Connection
This is SYN Flood the aroma for IT professionals
Townhall.com | Thomas Sowell | Aug 21 2007
Thomas Sowell strikes again. Biting commentary, historical perspective, and economic theory continues to be hallmarks of his writing. Enjoy his article.
Blacks are to the left today what the working class were to Marx in the 19th century — pawns in an ideological game.Blacks who rise out of poverty are of no great interest to the left, unless the way they do so is by attacking society.
I’m laughing out loud, and after reading this article you will be too.
Skype has finished its sleuthing and is ready to report on the conditions which led to the company discovering a flaw in its P2P networking code. The culprit? It turns out that Skype’s code wasn’t prepared for a massive restart of PCs caused by the standard Windows patching process.
That’s hilarious.
Wow an 18000+ character password? Really? Yes!
Check out the following legit Microsoft KB article
KB276304