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1. "Sendmail Concepts..." Technical mail administrators can learn some of the more frequently used Sendmail configurations in John Kemp's online article. Covers the basic difference between email submission programs and email transmission agents and discusses client-class mail configurations, mail routing options, and access controls. Also includes references for further study: http://security.uoregon.edu/sendmail/
2. Help for UO Mathematica users... UO Mathematica users looking for pointers on using this technical computing software may want to subscribe to MathGroup, a moderated email list and Internet newsgroup. This forum was founded by moderator Steve Christensen, codeveloper of MathTensor software and professional Mathematica consultant: http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/
3. Encryption software resources:
- TrueCrypt: Free open source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux... If you're a sophisticated user investigating encryption tools for your PC, you may want to check out TrueCrypt, a free open source disk encryption program for Windows: http://www.truecrypt.org/ (Also see John Kemp's article, "Taking Charge of Your Own Data Security: a Review of Encryption Tools for the Windows PC" on page 6 of this issue.)
- Security Now! TechTV's weekly discussion of personal computer security issues. Subscribe to the podcast or download selected episodes from the archives: http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#41
4. "The Wealth of Networks: A New Formula for Understanding the New
Global Information Economy"... The Packet Clearing House's road map
for establishing the future of the Internet. Packet Clearing House (PCH) is
a nonprofit research institute dedicated to "improving the quality, robustness,
and accessibility of the Internet" through empirical analysis.
http://www.pch.net/resources/papers/the-wealth-of-networks/
5. Campus wikis...
- "Fiddling with Tiddly-Wikis"... UO College of Education Network and Information Systems Manager Mary Harrsch gives her take on the educational potential of TiddlyWiki technology, including a link to her own "first TiddlyWiki":
http://www.uoregon.edu/~mharrsch/2006/01/fiddling-with-tiddly-wikis.html- University of Oregon History Wiki... School of Journalism systems administrator Ryan Stasel set up this wiki to gather data on UO history before it's lost to posterity. Ryan's goal "is to provide a place where people can post ‘useless' knowledge abou the UO that may not be somewhere else." http://jcomm.uoregon.edu/uohistory/
6. "The ResNet 2005 Survey"... Last year the ResNet Applied Research Group surveyed those who support higher ed residential networks and related services to get a sense of the scope of their operations, security policies, and challenges. Results of this survey are now published online in PDF format. This site also includes links to related research, and contact information for those who wish to volunteer their expertise for future studies: http://www.resnetsymposium.org/workinggroups/research.htm
7. "Assessing Skype's network impact..." This article by By Edwin Mier, David Mier and Anthony Mosco (Network World, 12/12/05) publishes the authors' conclusions after conducting a series of tests on multiple versions of Skype, a free peer-to-peer phone program for making calls within the U.S. and Canada via the Internet. Initially, Skype caused worries of security breaches because of its permeation of many enterprise networks and its custom of commandeering users' PCs in order to operate. However, the authors concluded that such worries are baseless ("Our testing shows that neither Skype VoIP nor Skype Instant Messaging poses any readily exploitable security threat."): http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/121205-skype-test.html