Tech Talk Guest: Dr. David H. McIntyre
Position: Deputy Director of the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security
ANSER (Advancing National Strategies and Enabling Results)
Homeland Security expert on FOX national news and Washington DC television (WUSA), as well as on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN?s Crossfire
In June 2001 Dr. McIntyre retired as a colonel after a 30 year Army career
Served eight years on the faculty of the National War College, National Defense University, the last three as Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs
White House Releases National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
Outlines a voluntary plan for Individuals, Small Business, Corporatins, Educational Institutions, Utilities to harden the system
Individual (firewalls, virus protection, patches)
Corporations should set up a Security Management and Accountability System
Utilities should protect SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) Devices.? Energy systems susceptible here.
Panned by many critics as not enough
Defended by White House
Clarke on whirlwind tour of IT companies to jumpstart plan (began with Sun Microsystems)
Dartmouth has joined wireless revolution as hacking target
500 Wi-Fi antennas in 161 buildings
Network covers roughly 200 acres
Bell tower has been hacked through the wireless network. Played Star Wars theme instead of the Alma Mater.
Service Pack 1 Released for WindowsXP (An Update)
First Smiley Ever Posted (An Update)
Scott E. Fahlman suggested the smiley in a memo data September 19, 1982
Now others claim an earlier date?Plato users had emoticons in 1976
The controversy continues?
A Great Wedding Website
VirtuallyMarried.com will post your progress
Great way to keep distant relatives in the loop
$99 for 18 months
Portable Keyboard for PDA that is truly Virtual
Uses light to project keys
Two sensors detect finger movement
Canesta, Inc, raised $21M Venture Capital company
Key board image is 278 by 98 mm.
Verisign to Restrict .gov Whois Inquires
It is about time to block this data from public access
Data could be used by cyberterrorists
.edu and .org may be next
Linux Peer-to-Peer Worm Slapper Still Strong
Exploits Buffer Overflow in SSL
Grew to over 6,700 servers infected
Growth is finally leveling off
Lindows 2.0 Released
Much better interface
Still is not 100% Windows Compatible
SANS Network Security Conference
October 18 through 25, 2002
Washington, DC
Stratford News
October 26th : Open House at Stratford:
Tech Talk will be live from the School
Security, Web Design, e-Business Tutorials
October 15th: Next Start
Stratford Security Initiative
Security Management: CISSP
Security Implementation: Cisco and SANS Training Tools
Wireless Security
Hacking and Patching
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Masters Degrees
Telecommunication Systems
Enterprise Business Management
Associate Degrees
Network Management and Security
Database Drive Web Design for E-Business