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Internet Security
Wednesday October 29, 2008
ZDNet.com.au edit team
  		Munir Renai Alex Suzanne Liam Brian

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Virtual desktops, real security
Virtualised desktop environments, in some cases using Linux, are gaining in popularity as IT administrators realise they can deliver security advantages. We tell the story of one Australian government department and take you through the landscape.
Tags: desktops, government, linux, security, virtualisation, desktop, virtual, vmware
Filters to keep free McWi-Fi clean
Fast food chain McDonalds has closed a multi-million dollar three-year deal with local security company earthwave to keep its Telstra-supplied free restaurant Wi-Fi free of net nasties and pornography.
Tags: earthwave, mcdonalds, wifi, filtering, free, telstra, hotspots, mcdonald
NSW to censor student laptops
The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) plans to limit internet access on the laptops given to NSW's senior students under the 'digital education revolution' to a pre-approved list of websites.
Tags: education revolution, education, laptop, nsw, school, state government, student, wilson
Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage
An Australian systems administrators' professional group has criticised Communications Minister Stephen Conroy for alleged attempts by his office to silence a vocal network engineer expressing an opinion about the planned government internet filtering scheme.
Tags: acma, censorship, conroy, internode, isp, network engineer, filter, newton

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AND THERE WERE NONE !
This has now become histerical, Terria is such a farce. Telstra withdraws from the NBN, and Terria is falling apart at the thought it may actually win and be responsible for the NBN.

 - Posted by Anonymous on Optus will stop playing if Telstra wins NBN
hello
telstra isnt just healthy profit, but obscene profit at the expense of its existing infrastructure - Posted by Anonymous on Acacia up for national NBN bid
Totally useless
As a staff member of the DET, at this point in time, every one of the filters is broken, I'm getting blocked by primary school filters, things like flickr, The Register, Slashdot all blocked. - Posted by Anonymous on NSW to censor student laptops

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