I've been using DSPAM for some time now and have recently upgraded
to 3.2.3 from [old] ... at some point, they switched the default
storage backend from Berkeley DB which I hate more with each passing day to SQLite... it also supports various SQL (My, Postgres, Oracle) for big deployments.

I have been quite happy with it. It works really really well
once trained.

DSPAM 3.2.3 Release Notes

]
] So places that run a lot of Microsoft software tend to be
] set up so that Microsoft's Sender-ID works, and places
] that don't aren't. Coincidence? You make the call.

Interesting observation.

A Political Analysis of SPF and Sender-ID

] China's legislature has indicated that it is preparing to
] enact a law against secession, possibly mandating
] military action if Taiwan declares independence.

Taiwan isn't worth WWIII between the US and China. It probably
would be a more economic than military war anyway.

I have some hope that capitalist pressure will straighten out the Chinese government over the next 50 years or so. It remains to be seen.

China Preparing to Enact Law Against Taiwan Secession

] Linux is much more popular in the enterprise than previously
] thought, according to a new report out today.

... according to IDC, Linux is now 25% of servers shipped.

Linux to Grow Steady for Next Four Years

] Firefox's share of the U.S. browser market grew by more
] than a third in the last month, a Web metrics firm said
] Monday.

Yay.

Firefox Keeps Slicing Into IE's Share

] Symantec Corp.'s reported interest in acquiring Veritas
] Software Corp. for more than $13 billion would represent
] the computer security giant's biggest step yet beyond its
] core businesses of defending against viruses and
] thwarting hackers. Investors weren't impressed, though,
] and Symantec's shares plunged 16 percent.

Symantec in Talks With Veritas

] Sprint Corp. on Wednesday agreed to buy mobile telephone
] company Nextel Communications Inc. in a deal worth $36.3
] billion to gain more business customers and more airwaves
] to transmit calls.

Its official.

Sprint to Buy Nextel in $36 Billion Deal

] With food stores running low, the two astronauts living
] aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are cutting
] back their meal intake and awaiting a critical cargo
] delivery expected to arrive on Dec. 25.

It sounds like they will have to bail if there's any problem with the Progress launch.

ISS Crew Counts Calories as Food Supply Runs Low

] The potential merger of US mobile telephone groups Sprint
] and Nextel, reported to be under discussion, would reduce
] the number of major players in the US wireless industry
] to four.

Potential Sprint, Nextel merger suggests consolidating wireless industry

Decius wrote:
] ] The Handbook was reprinted (5th printing) in August 2001.
] ] The publisher made all the various minor changes and
] ] updates we submitted.
]
] While this reference is a bit more academic then Schneier's
] book, it is quite useful, and now its available for free
] online. Enjoy!

Nice ... we had access to it online while I was taking such a class in the spring.

I have to say that knowing what I know now, Schneier's
has some shortcomings. e.g. Schneier doesn't give any
analytic framework whatsoever to reason about the security of various constructions from crypto primitives.

What's worse, though probably far from Schneier's intent, it has the effect of giving a lot of folks just enough knowledge to be dangerous. They read AC and then feel empowered to go roll their own crypto for some project instead of using off-the-shelf standards (PGP, X.509, even RSA PKCS, etc). And they get it wrong every time.

RE: Handbook of Applied Cryptography