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15th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

RSA crypto: flawed, risky, quagmire of vulnerabilities

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Computerworld Blogs: February 15, 2012 =============================================================== IT Blogwatch: RSA crypto: 'flawed', 'risky', 'quagmire of vulnerabilities' A group of six academic researchers have concluded that real-world RSA encryption keys are riskier than Diffie-Hellman-based ones. It seems that some of the random numbers used to generate them weren't, errm, random. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the sky is falling. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552147/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: F5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Optimize Data Backup to Ensure Data Protection Protecting data, a top IT priority, is made even more difficult as rapid data growth pushes traditional backup processes beyond their capabilities. 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Mitchell: 20 steps to an iron-clad SaaS contract Here are 21 battle-tested tips from the negotiating teams at the Guardian Life Insurance Co., Fox Entertainment Group and others. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552150/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drastically Reduce Disk Requirements Despite the disadvantages of tape, tape’s cost advantage has allowed it to maintain its presence in the data center, often with straight disk (for faster nightly backups) fronting a tape library. With the advent of data deduplication, however, tape’s cost advantage has been largely eroded. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552154/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Josh Stephens: Are virtual network devices creeping into your network? Virtualization technologies have dramatically changed the way that we think about servers and computing resources in general; this is common knowledge among most technologists and especially with system administrators. However, many engineers fail to realize that these technologies have also created significant changes to our networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552151/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple CEO Tim Cook hints broad iPhone attack Apple has its eyes on the low end mobile phone market, and appears to have reached a philosophical turning point in its dealings with the Apple TV, CEO Tim Cook suggests as he offers glimpses at the company's expansive future. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552152/0/ Shark Tank: Power play This pilot fish and several IT co-workers are engaged in an informal discussion about server and application upgrades when one of the engineers mentions that his PC's screen has just gone blank. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857681/869152227/552153/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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