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ALSO CALLED:
Cookie Files,
Transient Cookies,
Session Cookies
DEFINITION: A cookie is information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. (More technically, it is information for future use that is stored by the server on the client side of a client/server communication.) Typically, a cookie records your preferences when using a particular site. Using the Web's Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), each request
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Securing DNS Infrastructure
sponsored by Verisign, Inc.
WEBCAST:
UncoverĀ three methods used to secure the Domain Name System (DNS) as well as proper configurations for DNS instances, a thorough overview of DNS Security Extensions, or DNSSEC, and the need to monitor traffic as it moves to and from your enterprise's DNS infrastructure.
Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Premiered: Mar 20, 2013
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Top 5 Potential Pitfalls in DNSSEC Deployments
sponsored by Verisign, Inc.
PODCAST:
In this podcast, Char Sample, Security Solutions Engineer with CERT, discusses the top five concerns in DNSSEC deployments and issues security teams need to consider to avoid them. Download now to learn more!
Posted: 20 Mar 2013 | Premiered: Mar 20, 2013
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Dirk Hohndel on Intel and the Linux Foundation
sponsored by Intel
VIDEO:
In this video, Dirk Hohndel, Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist at Intel, discusses the importance of standards organizations like the Linux Foundation as well as thought on the future of Open Source at Intel.
Posted: 01 Nov 2010 | Premiered: 01 Nov 2010
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IBM Rational Build Forge Demos
sponsored by IBM
PRODUCT DEMO:
Learn more about Rational Build Forge and how it can help you to automate, streamline and standardize your software assembly processes.
Posted: 17 Mar 2010 | Premiered: 17 Mar 2010
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Podcast: Why SSL Security Matters
sponsored by Thawte Inc.
PODCAST:
Download this podcast for an overview of Secure Sockets Layer, why you should use it, and what you need to do to defend yourself against common SSL attacks.
Posted: 04 Feb 2013 | Premiered: Feb 4, 2013
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COOKIES DEFINITION (continued):
for a Web page is independent of all other requests. For this reason, the Web page server has no memory of what pages it has sent to a user previously or anything about your previous visits. A cookie is a mechanism that allows the server to store its own information about a user on the user's own computer. You can view the cookies that have been stored on your hard disk (although the content stored in each cookie may not make much sense to you). The location of the cookies depends on the browser. Internet Explorer stores each cookie as a separate file under a Windows subdirectory. Netscape
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