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  1. Re:121 people involved? on Largest Ever Online Robbery Hits Swedish Bank · · Score: 1

    The money has according to Swedish newpaper articles already disappeared overseas. The 121 people are probably suckers who helped move the money in exchange for a small percentage.

  2. Test your applictions on Evaluating SSL-Based VPNs? · · Score: 4, Informative
    The most important thing is to test the applications you want to access through it. This area may be a minefield since this type of VPN usually only offers limited connectivity. Some applications may use dynamic ports, expect reverse connections, or exhibit other strange behaviours.


    Also check if the product supports the authentication method you want to use. This should normally not be a problem but since authentication systems may cost quite a lot it is a good idea to check it out.


    Another thing to look at is reliability. How stable is the box, what happens if the box breaks? Can you connect multiple boxes in a cluster?


    Also do not stare blindly at the SSL protocol but rather focus on functionality. There are other products which have similar functionality but builds on different protocols. For example AppGate which uses SSH as the basic protocol (disclaimer: I work for AppGate:-).

    The most common functionalities people tend to look at are:

    • The ability to have fine grained access control, down to the user level.
    • Ease of deployment
    • Ease of use
    • "Network ruggedness" these products typically only rely on simple TCP streams so they have a higher success rate than IPsec in some network environments.
  3. Re:Which is better for FreeBSD? CFS or Rubberhose? on Seeking Current Info on Linux Encrypted FS? · · Score: 1

    I think you should update your cfs. There is a bug , which I found the hard way earlier this year, which may cause file-corruption.

    My original post on the bug can be found on http://www.mit.edu:8008/bloom-picayune/cfs/236