Hakin9 :: Forum

This week we’re closing May/June issue, but already we want to start working on the next one.
This is why we came up with the idea to ask you about desired topics.

It will be the contest where, till the end of February we’ll be waiting for your ideas (written here under this post), then I’ll choose top ten and in the beginning of March we’ll prepare a survey where all forum users can vote for the most interesting topic till March the 9th.

For the winners, for first top three articles, we’ll have prizes (books, subscription)

I’m waiting for your ideas!!!

Cheers,
Monika

Another one:
“Insight of man-in-the-middle attack sidestepping SSL”

Cheers…

How about an overview of the hash algorithms in NIST’s SHA-3 competition?

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/sha-3/Round1/submissions_rnd1.html

Suggested Topics:

1) Phishing Techniques and how to avoid them.
2) Threats of Spyware.
3) Corporate Espionage.
4) Quantum Cryptography and its application.
5) Open source security tools.

I hope above stuff will work.

How about:
- Cloud computing security
- virtual machine forensics
- database forensics
- any cryptography
- Maybe anything on Windows 7 security

Insider Threats Management

About insider risks and common vulnerabilities exploited by insider attacks and about avoiding internet-restrictions and disabling Local Group Policy when you don’t have admin-rights (or root).

About protecting sensitive data against the thief who has the keys to your castle.

Hi there!

Sorry for delay, but because of technical (but not only) problems I didn’t have time for the forum.
About the topics, well what we have?

First of all I will sum up your propositions.
I’ve seen few ideas which needs more essay-like writing, like about white/grey hats, law issues etc. This can be considered as an article to our web site, more than to the magazine, where we want to add “how-to” articles only.
Ron, we can take care about it but for the article for the web site article section. Feel free to write me who you think can write an interesting article covering one of these topics.

LR your idea “overview of the hash algorithms in NIST’s SHA-3 competition” seem to be interesting, whom you’d like to see as an author?
NJPride your idea with “From Script Kiddie to Hacker” is great for our Beginners spot board. We want to develop this section. As hakin9 is for little bit more advanced IT security professionals, Beginners spot is meant to be a kind of a gate, by which you can enter the magazine and see what you should know to understand hakin9 articles and to upgrade your skills.
But the article about personal tracking device has got a potential which can be developed…

Shartman your ideas "Cloud computing security
- virtual machine forensics
- database forensics
- any cryptography
- Maybe anything on Windows 7 security
are so wide that… it has to be narrow… to more specyfic area…

SwamiPoobah your idea with " “Trusted” operating systems such as SUN Solaris 10 with Trusted Extensions or IBM AIX." is very interesting and yes, we are be open for cooperation with you.

Byte2binary, article covering penetration testing issue is in current hakin9 (2/2009) which tis available from today! But we will be continuing articles covering this topic, what to say, there is a lot to write about.

Data Leak Prevention… wow about this topic you could write plenty of articles… can you come up with one or two detailed ideas, what technique… etc.

Part of the topic ideas is so descriptive and shows very wide area of topic possibilities.
From the ideas I’ve found on the forum you have a list above:

pmp “Insight of man-in-the-middle attack sidestepping SSL”
“FreeBSD telnetd exploit”
silver_hawk “Phishing Techniques and how to avoid them.”
“Quantum Cryptography and its application.”
“Open source security tools.”
NJPride "How to keep your new cell phone from being your personal tracking device .and. how to make create a personal tracking device on another person’s phone (legally of course, like a parent watching their child)
SwamiPoobah “Trusted” operating systems such as SUN Solaris 10 with Trusted Extensions or IBM AIX"

And you have few more days to add new ideas or narrow presented ones.

If you have any question feel free to write me at monika.swiatek@hakin9.org

Best,
Monika

Hi,

As you see the poll finally appeared!

You can vote and write posts if you have an idea to narrow topics mentioned in the poll.
Just want to underline that this is a list of topics which can appear in next issues of hakin9, not in upcoming one.
If you have any new idea, don’t hesitate, just add it in a post!

Cheers,
Monika

Hi,

Ok, so the contest is closed and time for “awards”
One vote is one issue in pdf
what’s new you can choose from hakin9 and Linux+ issues.

Please person’s who’s topics are in the poll to write a personal massage with an email address and I will send you pdfs of issues which you’d like to receive.
(I know I can check it, but I’m currently out of time )
And for the winners I have, beside 4 pdfs, books: “Exploiting Software” or “Windows Debugging”. First winner who write me will take the book he/she prefer.
Thanks!

If anybody has new ideas for articles, feel free to write!!!

Cheers,
Monika