May 20, 2013

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ASLR security for jailbroken iPhones to be unveiled on Tuesday

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You could be one of the many people who want to jailbreak their iPhone, but are concerned about a reduction in security. A computer consultant is embarking where Apple has refused to go, adding a security measure known as ASLR to iPhones to make them more resistant to malware attacks. Short for address space layout [...]

Its Time to Implement IPv6, IPv4 Running Out of Addresses

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As the remaining pool of IPv4 addresses dwindles (only 623 million are left!), it turns out that the remaining address space isn’t exactly beachfront property. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) currently has 16 blocks of 16.8 million IPv4 addresses left—out of a total of 221 usable such blocks. In January, IANA gave the 1.0.0.0/8 [...]