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Security Overview? Read Internet Lockdown
News For IT managers needing a good general background on securing systems, Internet Lockdown may be the book. Internet Lockdown: Internet Security Administrator's Handbook By Tim Crothers Hungry Minds Published in...
[June 26, 2002, 11:16]
LockDown My Computer
Downloads LockDown My Computer lets you pick the parts of Windows and Internet Explorer that you want to disable, and manages these settings for unlimited number of accounts. Over 100 security/lockdown registry tweaks.
[June 23, 2007, 15:16]
The FBI's Top 10 Online Security Threats
News You can tighten IIS security fairly easily by using URLScan to filter potentially malicious HTTP requests and employing the IIS Lockdown Wizard to help you harden the installation. URLScan is included in the current version of IIS Lockdown Wizard...
[January 28, 2004, 13:30]
Arlington Custom Browser
Downloads This browser allows businesses, universities, or libraries to restrict access to the Internet to only sites they choose and optionally lockdown the PC to prevent the launching of other programs. Features password protected list of favorites and...
[March 29, 2007, 1:24]
The Internet Is Doomed (& I Feel Fine)
Blog Comment I don't suppose he's advocating a lockdown becuase it'll give people like him more authority over its usage? I mean, amongst his many titles I see: "Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation, Oxford University"
[June 30, 2008, 18:59]
Arlington Talking Browser
Downloads Arlington Talking Browser (ATB) is a secure and customizable Web browser with Speech capability (TTS), enabling it to be used for a wide range of purposes from full PC lockdown (eg.kiosk setup), regulated access to acceptable sites (eg.for...
[August 28, 2005, 13:16]
Securing RedHat Linux: How To Implement RedHat Linux In A Secure Manner
White Papers This paper and other lockdown papers are Allaire's effort toward making this job a little easier. This paper is targeted at the Linux system administrator who is deploying RedHat Linux for web/Internet-based use.
[May 7, 2005, 3:00]
KidRocket KidSafe Web Browser For Kids
Downloads KidRocket is a FREE Kidsafe Web Browser with new Kids Email, TimeLock time limiter, Password-protected fullscreen lockdown mode to protect your desktop from curious and click happy children. A fun and free internet filter that offers many fun...
[April 18, 2008, 2:16]
Kinati Privacy AppSuite
Downloads Software lockdown blocks unwanted applications from running. The child monitor tracks your child's Internet activities and Web-chat conversations. Kinati Privacy AppSuite is an all-in-one, packaged privacy application.
[July 13, 2004, 11:01]
Secure Deployment Of A Windows 2000 Laptop Using Nessus And The CIS Benchmark Tool
White Papers The utilities were used to conduct a before and after lockdown analysis. The lockdown procedures are described in detail including an analysis of the NSA template to cover all lockdowns applied. This paper discusses how Nessus Security Scanner and...
[June 3, 2008, 6:15]
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
White Papers On the client side, with features such as the Windows Firewall, Remote Procedure Call (RPC) lockdown and a plethora of Internet Explorer security enhancements, Windows XP Service Pack 2 was considered a huge stride in host-based security, and is...
[August 6, 2008, 1:18]
GNOME 2.14 Released
News Pessulus is a lockdown editor that allows administrators to easily disable certain features of the GNOME desktop, as may be desired in corporate environments and Internet cafés. The two new tools that form the beginnings of this suite are...
[March 16, 2006, 16:35]
Why Grokster Isn't The End Of The World
News For many years, we essentially saw a lockdown on Internet distribution of media. Practical licences for legitimate Internet distribution were forbidden, while lawsuit after lawsuit was wielded as a blunt tool and a stern warning against those...
[August 10, 2005, 19:00]
Microsoft Patches Ten IIS Vulnerabilities
News Since at least three of these vulnerabilities affecting IIS 4.0, IIS 5.0, and IIS 5.1 are rated critical by Microsoft, the cumulative patches are very important unless you have installed IIS Lockdown Tool according to best practices and don't need...
[April 29, 2002, 13:39]
Microsoft Fixes Critical Server Bugs
News In addition to applying the patches, Microsoft said, IIS operators should download and use IIS Lockdown Tool 2.1, which turns off unnecessary features that if left on could create vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit.
[April 10, 2002, 16:31]
Vandals Deface Ex-hacker Mitnick's Site
News Now in the middle of patching the server, Mitnick said the only hitch was with Microsoft's IIS Lockdown tool, which seems to have thrown a wrench into the works. The incidents are the latest form of attention that the Internet underground has...
[February 11, 2003, 8:10]
Microsoft Races To Fix Security Hole
News Companies that have set up their Web server with the printing turned off -- as outlined in Microsoft's "IIS Security Checklist" guidelines -- or used the IIS Security Lockdown Tool don't need to worry about the vulnerability, either.
[May 2, 2001, 8:32]
Security Holes Exposed In Several Major Browsers
News The lockdown of the local zone is Microsoft's saving grace," http-equiv said. That seemed to be Wednesday's lesson from security information provider Secunia for the developers of the major Internet browsers.
[October 21, 2004, 8:50]
WebDAV Flaw Exposes Win2K Systems Running IIS 5.0
News MS 03-007 also reports that using URLScan (which is a part of the IIS Lockdown Tool) will protect systems, but there are no details on how or why. Risk level -- criticalThe exploit for this flaw, which allows attackers to run the code of their...
[March 19, 2003, 10:08]
Millions Vulnerable To Microsoft Web Flaw
News Servers running the latest software, MDAC 2.7, are free from the security hole, as are servers on which an administrator has run the IIS Lockdown Tool, an application that helps secure systems. A software bug in a common component of Microsoft Web...
[November 21, 2002, 7:53]
