Concepts
Microsoft Active Directory default password requirement
The following complexity requirement is the default for Windows Active Directory Domain Controllers from Windows 2003 and above. This is also the default available for Domain computers. Not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters Be at least six characters in length Contain characters from three of... »
Spoofing, Spamming, phishing and other hacking schemes
Have you received an email that seems weird because it purports that you have sent a message to someone you do not know and couldn’t have tried to email. You reviewed the message and everything seems fine, and you wonder what is going on: The following two examples in orange and green should highlight the... »
Digital Malware and You
The term malware is the common word for all bad software including viruses, worms, spywares, and many other software written specifically to cause harm or incovinience. Malware often have grave consequences for the end user or for organizations. Viruses and worms because of their replications, could potentially bring a network to a crawl effectively denying you... »
What is CALEA
CALEA stands for the Communication Assistance Act for Law Enforcement Agent Act created by congress in 1979. Here are some interesting CALEA links : CALEA Website FCC on CALEA EFF On CALEA Educause on CALEA CALEA on Wikipedia We are closely monitoring information about this Federal law and its implications to colleges and universities accross the country, as the inevitable convergence... »
