[TechRepublic] What the experts think about an Internet kill switch

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What the experts think about the viability of an Internet kill switch Media coverage abounds over the so-called "Internet kill switch" and its potential for harm. Little of it mentions the opinion of experts. Michael Kassner went straight to the bill sponsors and to experts in the field for insight. Read more Resource of the day Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility New technologies and devices are providing ever more mobility options. Companies must decide where to invest to maximize mobility's productivity boost. Listen and quickly learn what trends are driving these mobility initiatives. Filtering PF firewall logs The PF firewall's pflog facility provides a powerful, flexible set of capabilities for generating network traffic logs. Read more The Book of PF is the canonical reference for the PF firewall Chad Perrin takes a thorough look at the second edition of The Book of PF, a practical reference to the OpenBSD firewall. Find out what it offers and what it lacks. Read more Why a lively imagination may bolster security more than best practices Flexible thinking is more likely to help you protect yourself against malicious security crackers than slavish attention to best practices. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Use Fail2ban to blacklist IP addresses and alert you to attacks Vincent Danen takes you through some basic configuration of the Fail2ban network monitoring utility, which can help protect your systems and servers from brute-force attacks. Read more Quick Tip: Reclaim used hard drive memory with Disk Cleanup Microsoft Windows 7 has a built-in utility that will free used hard drive memory increasing available storage space with a click or two of the mouse. Read more OAuth protocol lets apps authenticate against services The OAuth protocol allows a user of an application to work with data from a service without providing the app with credentials. Find out where to get guides, code samples, and tutorials on how to use OAuth. Read more Featured multimedia   Recommended network access control (NAC) tools Jack Wallen offers some recommendations for network access tools and a few tips about their best use. What are your favorite NAC tools? View on site HP's updated Pavilion laptops (photos) HP has a redesigned Pavilion laptop line with new looks and new features, most notably in the updated Pavilion dv6 and dv7 models. View on site Tech history galleries Computer History Museum opens new exhibit Babbage's Difference Engine and other historic computers Colossus and other vintage computers from The National Museum of Computing Vintage Computer Festival showcases technology from the 1970s and 1980s Today's recommended downloads End-to-end Business Visibility with On-demand ERP (TechRepublic) Drivers and Detractors for Enterprise Mobility (Dell, Inc. & Intel, Inc.) Save Money and Increase Collaboration with Google Apps (Google) Leveraging the Web for Secure Data Processing (Adobe Systems) The Best Places to Live are Going Google (Google) Photos: Hack the Nook Color into a full Android tablet The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is a $250 e-reader powered by Android. Here's what this sharp device looks like when you hack it into a powerful and fully functional Android tablet.

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