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239

March 11th, 2010

Security Now 239: Stacks, Registers, and Recursion

How stacks, registers and recursion are interrelated, the latest security news, and more.

238

March 4th, 2010

Security Now 238: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 87

Steve answers your questions about webcam privacy, unencrypted data in ram, and more.

237

February 25th, 2010

Security Now 237: The Power of Pointers

An introduction to the use of "indirection" in computer science, security news, and more.

236

February 18th, 2010

Security Now 236: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 86

More flash vulnerabilities, security updates, fake security software, Steve answers your questions, and more.

235

February 11th, 2010

Security Now 235: Machine Language

For 16kpbs versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: grc.com, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written Spinrite 6.

234

February 4th, 2010

Security Now 234: Your Questions, Steve's Answers 85

Internet Explorer as a file system, using Live CDs for security, and Steve takes on the iPad...

233

January 27th, 2010

Security Now 233: Let's Design A Computer

Steve explains how computers work by designing one from first principles.

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December 29th, 2005

Security Now 20: Your Questions, Steve's Answers

Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Security Now! with Steve Gibson, Episode 20 is ready for your consideration. Main feed - courtesy AOL Radio This week your questions and Steve's answers. But first, notice of a very serious security flaw in all versions of Windows. This hole takes advantage of poor design choice in the Windows metafile interpreter and can be exploited by a malicious web site or by email attachments. Despite the fact that the hole was discovered only yesterday, there are already numerous web sites trying to take advantage of it. There's no patch yet from Microsoft, but fortunately the fix is very easy. Steve documents it at grc.com. Please go there now and apply the fix. On this show we discuss:
  • Logging into secure sites
  • Hamachi troubles
  • Getting WPA security on old wi-fi equipment
  • Securing Windows Remote Desktop
  • The unreliabilty of fingerprint scanners
  • Using Gmail on a public network
  • NAT routers vs hardware firewalls
  • Speed issues with VPN
  • Removing the Sony rootkit
  • ISPs that only offer private IP addresses
  • SSID hiding and why it doesn't work
  • Port knocking as a form of security
Steve also hosts transcripts, show notes, and a 16kbps version of the show for the bandwidth impaired at grc.com. <!--break-->

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