Newauthentication system tries to block spam. newauthentication system tries to block spam. Internet services company Yahoo Inc. Friday said it is working on technology to combat e-mail spam by changing the way the Internet works to require authentication of a message’s sender....

Meetinghouse to ship newauthentication clients next month. meetinghouse to ship newauthentication clients next month. Network authentication software maker Meetinghouse today announced newauthentication clients for Win XP/2000 and PPC 2002/2003. Network authentication software maker Meetinghouse today announced newauthentication clients for Win XP/2000 and PPC 2002/2003. Features include IEEE 802.1X authentication and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) support, Radio Management, and multiple authentication profile support....

What changes in R2 is the authentication model, which will be tightened not only for users but also processes which contact one another through the Internet. The model will tighten authentication across forests (multi-domain clusters) through an expansion of the companies "federated forests" model. But perhaps more importantly, the newauthentication model may change the way many network applications work. Historically, Windows network applications have been able to bypass process authentication by identifying themselves using a process outside developers have occasionally called "all zeroes." In fact, addressing the authentication problem early may be one reason why Microsoft opted to release the unusually coded "RC0," rather than wait for "RC1."...

However, a Trend Micro report released this afternoon points out, the first reports of virus infection were received only four days later - a new record. The first companies to report slowdowns to their internal systems on Monday were major news organizations, including The New York Times, ABC News, and CNN. Also, enterprise networks may have the most to lose, especially in the case of major news organizations who are still bound to Windows 2000 because their asset management systems may not have been upgraded to take advantage of Windows Server 2003’s newauthentication system. In many applications written for Windows 2000, process authentication was bypassed, and for some applications to this day, have yet to be rewritten. According to security provider Keynote Systems, at approximately 2:45 pm Eastern time Tuesday afternoon, Web servers at ABC (including ABC News) and ESPN - two Disney properties, as well as Keynote customers - experienced greatly reduced availability : down to less than 5 percent of capacity, with load times exceeding 20 seconds per page versus the normal 4 seconds....

Microsoft and RSA Security said on Tuesday that they would jointly release a newauthentication technology using RSA's SecurID tokens to provide better password protection into Windows operating systems. Microsoft and RSA Security said on Tuesday that they would jointly release a newauthentication technology using RSA’s SecurID tokens to provide better password protection into Windows operating systems....

We had an opportunity to chat with Freund about the new ZoneAlarm 6.0, and about how the threats facing corporate networks have evolved.. We had an opportunity to chat with Freund about the new ZoneAlarm 6.0, and about how the threats facing corporate networks have evolved. That caused an enormous shift in the kind of attacks we see, and in the intensity of new technologies for [not only] breaking into your computer, but becoming sticky. They’re using "rootkit" [the Hacktool.rootkit backdoor "suite"], they’re using polymorphism, they’re doing rapid new releases, all of which defeats the conventional way of dealing with [spyware THG : In this new industry that you’re talking about, does Microsoft play a leadership role, or does it play a membership role...

New SanDisk flash drives to offer token-based authentication. sandisk trustedsignins. SanDisk has introduced a new token-based authentication system for select USB flash drives. The "TrustedSignins" system will use two-factor authentication to create one-time passwords for secure online transactions. SanDisk has introduced a new token-based authentication system for select USB flash drives. The "TrustedSignins" system will use two-factor authentication to create one-time passwords for secure online transactions....

Gates announces new security initiatives at RSA conference. gates announces new security initiatives at rsa conference. The good news is that the software giant is trying hard to improve its products. The bad news is that you’ll need to buy many of them to harden your corporate network, including investments in Microsoft’s System Management Server (SMS), Active Directory, and new products that work with its Windows Servers. New servers from Microsoft to incorporate federated identity, smart cards, and other improvements in authentication are in the works, with new versions of Windows Rights Management and ISA server 2004 released this week as well. Gates spoke that authentication improvements will be featured in Active Directory and that future Microsoft software will rely heavily on AD to implement these across corporate networks. 4....

Yahoo and Cisco Systems are combining their antispam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system, they announced this week. Yahoo and Cisco Systems are combining their antispam technologies to create a new e-mail authentication system, they announced this week. The system, called DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), will draw on Yahoo’s DomainKeys authentication technology and Cisco’s Internet Identified Mail....