http://weait.com/category/post/news The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://weait.com/content/dutch-government-and-open-formats <p><cite>THE DUTCH COUNCIL OF STATE will let loose the software it uses to convert proprietary document formats created in MS Office into Open Source documents which follow the Open Document Format (ODF) protocol. </cite><br /> <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/27/dutch-gov-releases-open-source">Article continues at The Inquirer</a>.<br /> <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7638/469">The Inquirer cites this as their source</a>.</p> government adoption news odf converter open formats Wed, 28 May 2008 07:43:57 -0400 rw 25 at http://weait.com http://weait.com/content/disk-encryption-weakness <p> A fascinating 5 minute video describing the key point in a paper from Princeton. </p> <p><a href="http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/" title="http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/">http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/</a></p> <p> Apparently all disk encryption schemes have a fundamental weakness that allows a simple attack to recover the keys. There is nothing to DO about this yet, but I think awareness is important. </p> <p> The research paper is also linked above. </p> <h3>Security checklist</h3> <ol> <li>Restrict physical access</li> <li>...</li> </ol> news Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:04:08 -0500 rw 19 at http://weait.com