Couple of key security things...

There's a recent security issue/vulnerability for the WVC-54GC. It's a camera.

Source: 10 Dec 08 Security Now Webcast

It involves on OCX exploit - receiving a UDP packet on port 916 causes the router to send all our your private information, logon credentials, usern/pw, wireless networking connection information including WEP and WPA keys in plaintext. Could be exploited to gain access to all of your wireless network assets.

Fix: Update to firmware version 1.25, which came out on Jan 3, 2008.

Moral of the story: Keep your firmware updated!

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Microsoft:

19 critical vulnerabilities in the most recent Windows Vista security update - it's a Megapack

Windows Search service has some remote code execution vulnerabilities. Personally, I would recommend against downloading/installing this "feature."

By the way, Microsoft releases security patches every second Tuesday of the month. Non-security patches every last Tuesday of the month, except for December.

Recommend download and notify, but not install. On occasion, some releases can conflict with apps - particularly important for corporate applications.

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If you use Trillian, upgrade to 3.1.12.0. Without it, you may have a trillian Message problem. Trillian's receipt of an IM can cause code to be executed in your machine. The upgrade fixes a handful of problems, including a zero-day problem.

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.

Isn't that recommend against the feature?

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‘To those who regard “crime fiction” as some sacred icon which must follow a rigid formula, I will always be the man who writes 18-syllable haiku.’Trying to make sense of computers, The Error Log.

Thanks - fixed.

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If I set the budget, we'd have Ares and more. Unfortunately, I don't set the budget, and Ares is just too expensive and too far out for us to accomplish our goals within the budget we were given.

If we halt the ISS, all versions of Ares, and transport Orion and Altair aboard DIRECTv3's Jupiter family of Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicles, we just might make it back to the Moon by 2020.