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- Industry claims protection in control over SMS, short codes
- Making the right click online
- Exaprotect, Fortinet announce strategic alliance

Industry claims protection in control over SMS, short codes
RCRNews.com – Mar 28, 2008
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Industry claims protection in control over SMS, short codes
March 28 2008 – 2:29 pm EDT |. “Wireless carrier practices regarding SMS [short message service] and short codes are designed to protect consumers, not restrict them,” cellular association CTIA told the FCC. Indeed, the wireless industry maintains there is considerable confusion about the issue – pointing out text messages and short codes are actually distinct services. “Wireless carries do not block SMS between wireless consumers, but they do use filtering to protect consumers from unwanted and costly spam,” stated CTIA. “With regard to short codes, wireless carriers have policies to protect their subscribers from offensive, abusive or fraudulent material, and refuse to load short codes onto their networks that they reasonably believe pose such threats… ofie –>

Industry claims protection in control over SMS, short codes
March 28 2008 – 2:29 pm EDT |. “Wireless carrier practices regarding SMS [short message service] and short codes are designed to protect consumers, not restrict them,” cellular association CTIA told the FCC. Indeed, the wireless industry maintains there is considerable confusion about the issue – pointing out text messages and short codes are actually distinct services. “Wireless carries do not block SMS between wireless consumers, but they do use filtering to protect consumers from unwanted and costly spam,” stated CTIA. “With regard to short codes, wireless carriers have policies to protect their subscribers from offensive, abusive or fraudulent material, and refuse to load short codes onto their networks that they reasonably believe pose such threats. ” Censorship?Just how did text messaging and wireless carrier oversight of common short codes evolve into a fracas over free speech and become a lighting rod in the already combustible network neutrality debate?Last year, NARAL Pro-Choice America bumped heads with Verizon Wireless after the carrier initially rejected its application for a short code it wanted to use to transmit wireless alerts to supporters.

Making the right click online
Toronto Star – Mar 29, 2008
Although it is typically not dangerous, it can cause your system to run more slowly by sapping resources or slowing down your Internet connection. The most dangerous type is known as a key logger, which can steal passwords and other sensitive information. The third type is spam. It is the most benign of these invasive threats, but it is and likely will continue to be a ubiquitous annoyance. It usually arrives in your email in-basket promising everything from enhanced sexual prowess or dimensions to miracle cures and financial windfalls. Best plan is to ignore the message, sending it directly to the delete bin. There are four major ways to help protect you, your computer and your data from malware and other invasive threats: anti-virus software, a firewall program and anti-spyware and antispam software… Free (yes, it’s free!) for close to a decade with virtually no problems. The second type of protection is a firewall program. This is a type of software that monitors all input and output ports on your computer and aims to block unauthorized communication between your PC and another. Again, there is no shortage of firewall options available to PC users, both commercial and freeware. Microsoft released a firewall program for Windows XP users a few years back and that program now comes installed in all flavours of Windows Vista. It works quite well, but my preference is still Checkpoint (formerly Zone Labs) Zone Alarm Free Edition.
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Exaprotect, Fortinet announce strategic alliance
InfoWorld – Mar 28, 2008
Security managers, network administrators and IT systems auditors can create reports through the Web-based reporter on different aspects of network security policies, such as access control settings and device change histories. Fortinet provides ASIC-accelerated security appliances, which are used by enterprises and service providers to enhance and consolidate their security needs while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection — including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, Web filtering, spyware prevention and anti-spam — designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Delivered via its flagship FortiGate family of appliances, Fortinet provides a flexible and extensible platform of security applications and services that enable customers to deploy and centrally manage the same comprehensive level of protection at remote locations as they have for headquarters and data center environments. Both Exaprotect and Fortinet have received industry-wide recognition from numerous analysts. Gartner has placed both Exaprotect and Fortinet in their Magic Quadrant in their respective industry reports: Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) report, 2007, and the Enterprise Network Firewall Magic Quadrant, 2H07… Security managers, network administrators and IT systems auditors can create reports through the Web-based reporter on different aspects of network security policies, such as access control settings and device change histories. Fortinet provides ASIC-accelerated security appliances, which are used by enterprises and service providers to enhance and consolidate their security needs while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection — including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, Web filtering, spyware prevention and anti-spam — designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Delivered via its flagship FortiGate family of appliances, Fortinet provides a flexible and extensible platform of security applications and services that enable customers to deploy and centrally manage the same comprehensive level of protection at remote locations as they have for headquarters and data center environments. Both Exaprotect and Fortinet have received industry-wide recognition from numerous analysts. Gartner has placed both Exaprotect and Fortinet in their Magic Quadrant in their respective industry reports: Security Information & Event Management (SIEM) report, 2007, and the Enterprise Network Firewall Magic Quadrant, 2H07.
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