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Friday, September 21, 2012

ISOC Fellowship to the IETF (IETF 86 and 87)

Dear Colleagues,

The Internet Society has announced that it is inviting applications for its latest Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF.  The Fellowship programme allows engineers from emerging and developing economies to attend an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.

As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture.

Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for the next two IETF meetings:

* IETF 86, March 10-15, 2013, Orlando FL, USA

* IETF 87, July 28 – August 2, 2013, Berlin, Germany

Information and links to apply can be found at: http://www.internetsociety.org/fellows-ietf

Fellowship applications for both IETF meetings are due by 01 October 2012.


I encourage you apply or pass this information about this program to individuals involved in your network that have a keen interest in the Internet protocol development activities of the IETF.

The Internet Society Fellowships to the IETF are sponsored by Afilias, SIDN, Google, Microsoft, and Verisign.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Steve Conte <conte@isoc.org>.

Kind Regards,

Steve Conte
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Steve Conte
Internet Leadership Programmes
The Internet Society
conte@isoc.org
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IE Fix shipped by Microsoft on Sep 20, 2012


Microsoft will ship an out-of-band security update toady for the zero-day Internet Explorer exploit discovered over the weekend by IT security advisor Eric Romang. The remote code execution vulnerability affects all versions of IE from IE 6 to IE 9 and is considered serious, as it could allow an attacker to launch arbitrary code using a specially crafted website designed to exploit the security flaw.

And we reported earlier this week, the presence of a working exploit released early in the week for Metasploit made it all the more serious. Metasploit is a widely-used penetration-testing suite that is popular with penetration testers and hackers. At that time, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) offered some mitigation tips, which were followed by a one-click "Fix it for me" automated workaround that does not require a system reboot.
 
Read more: Microsoft to ship permanent fix for IE Friday - FierceCIO:TechWatch http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/story/microsoft-ship-permanent-fix-ie-friday/2012-09-21?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#ixzz27APkyTas 


or the related article at

  1. http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-to-ship-emergency-ie-patch-to-thwart-active-attacks-7000004577/ 
  2. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010180/microsoft-offers-one-click-workaround-for-ie-vulnerability-permanent-fix-coming-friday.html 


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Apple extends supports for Snow Leopard


In an unusual move, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has quietly released a security update for its OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard operating system. Though the company has never spelled out its support policy for older versions of its desktop operating systems, Apple has always dropped support for older versions of its OS when it has two newer versions on the market.

"In the past, Apple has stopped serving security updates for one edition around the time it has two newer in play," explains Computerworld's Gregg Keizer. "If the current OS X is dubbed n, then n-2 support ends at the debut of n." The release of Lion last year, and Mountain Lion earlier this month, effectively puts Snow Leopard two versions behind. Indeed, the last security update for Snow Leopard was shipped on May 9.

Read more: In unexpected move, Apple releases security updates for Snow Leopard - FierceCIO:TechWatch http://www.fiercecio.com/techwatch/story/unexpected-move-apple-releases-security-updates-snow-leopard/2012-09-21?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal#ixzz27AP0jXLZ

Or read the original article at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9231513/Apple_goes_against_grain_extends_support_for_Snow_Leopard
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Microsoft: TechNet Flash Newsletter - Vol 14, Issue 21 (Sep 19, 2012)

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