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SecurityFocus new article announcement


From: Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:35:40 -0600 (MDT)

The following articles were published on SecurityFocus this week:

1. Demonstrating ROI for Penetration Testing (Part Three)
By Marcia Wilson  Sep 11, 2003
The third article in this series focuses on defining terms related to the
Risk Analysis process and touches on Information Asset valuation methods
that are critical when justifying the necessity and expense of a Pen Test.
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1730

2. Hardening the TCP/IP stack to SYN attacks
By Mariusz Burdach  Sep 10, 2003
This article discusses methods of hardening the TCP/IP stack of various
operating systems to make servers more resistant to SYN flooding and SYN
spoofing Denial of Service (DOS) attacks.
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1729

3. Rumblings On IT Jobs Moving Overseas
By Scott Granneman Sep 10 2003
When can you expect your IT Security job to disappear and move overseas?
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/184

4. Forgive Me My Trespasses
By Mark Rasch Sep 08 2003
How a recent federal appeals court decision makes virtually everyone a
computer criminal.
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/183


-- Kelly Martin <kel () securityfocus com>

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