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Google Needs Content Copies To Catch Copies

The fingerprinting technology Google will deploy to stop copyrighted works from hitting YouTube works best when Google has a copy of the work in question first.

New Fingerprinting To Detect Copyrighted Videos

Online video sharing site Dailymotion says it will install a "fingerprinting" system that will enable it to automatically remove copyrighted videos off the site.

New Google Toys

First, Google comes out about their video fingerprinting tool (we mentioned it earlier this week) (via Barry Schwartz at SEL)

Looking for Trouble: ICMP and IP Statistics to Watch

During the US/Canada road show this past two years, I've had the opportunity to share many of my favorite tools, tricks and techniques for network troubleshooting and cybercrime detection and testing.

OS Fingerprinting with ICMP

Operating System (OS) fingerprinting is the process of learning what operating system is running on a device. This can be used by the curious network administrator when they see a new device on the network. Most likely, however, OS fingerprinting is done by an unwarranted party on your network. Just as a bank robber may examine the outside of a bank and watch the comings and goings of employees before robbing the bank, a hacker typically may perform a reconnaissance process on your network prior to launching an attack.