Category Archives: Availability

DoS attacks and International Tension

Posted on January 25, 2008 by joyleung

Last May during a protested movement of a World War II soviet statue, Estonian governmental and political sites were flooded in a series of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. These attacks consisted of hammering the sites servers with requests till … Continue reading →

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Bike locks

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Max Aller

With many people living off campus, biking is a popular method for getting to class in a timely manner.  Bikes can be quite expensive, however, and riders are usually forced to put them in a public location (for sake of … Continue reading →

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RFID embedded in prisoners

Posted on January 13, 2008 by gbc3

The UK has proposed to embed offenders with RFID chips as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would allow British officials to to help enforce home curfews.  This sort of tagging already exists within pets like … Continue reading →

Posted in Availability, Integrity, Privacy, Security Reviews | 5 Comments