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MediaDefender Buys MediaSentry For $136,000 (Not $20M)
newtley writes "SafeNet paid $20 million for MediaSentry in 2005, but has just sold it to rival MediaDefender for a paltry $136,000, with a promise of more later. MediaSentry's new owner says the combination will allow it to 'dramatically expand its effectiveness.' Is it time for an official government inquiry into MediaSentry and the RIAA? A Chicago student said she was planning on killing herself because the RIAA promised her she'd land in court unless she paid almost $10,000 to 'settle' an alleged copyright infringement. She 'couldn't sleep, couldn't study, couldn't live a normal life because of the worry.' The RIAA 'evidence' came from MediaSentry, accused of operating illegally." -
Getting Around the 128-bit WEP Failure?
shokk asks: "To get around the failed encryption of WEP 128bit, we're going ahead with setting our own way of encrypting wireless traffic. Because we already have a firewall that laptop users will use to connect to from the outside, we've set up a second mini-firewall parallel to the main firewall, in this case a Netscreen 5, for the access point to hide behind. These people then use their SafeNet SoftPK VPN software to reach through to the main firewall so that their chatty wireless traffic is off on another net and they can still get decent encryption. It brings up the load on the firewall, but then again laptop users are generally not generating much traffic to read their emails and Word documents. How are other people getting around this problem to secure their wireless networks?"