We looked at the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill recently, looking at the complex issue of secret government-mandated "back doors" into encryption software.
[CompleteFTP](http://enterprisedt.com/products/completeftp) is a secure Windows server that supports a number of file transfer protocols such as FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP and HTTP/S. During the last eight years, its regular release cycle means it has been continuously enhanced.
We've recently published some helpful videos demonstrating the various editions of CompleteFTP.
At the start of the new year, it's interesting to look back over the release history of edtFTPj/PRO. Amazingly, it's been over 12 years since 1.0 was released with basic support for FTPS!
Over the last week we've learnt that VW perpetrated a massive fraud on the US Environmental Protection Agency, and on other government agencies world-wide.
SHA-1 is a _hash algorithm_ that has been widely used in cryptography.
An important lesson about software testing - specifically the importance of testing software "in the wild".
"I've got nothing to hide so I've got nothing to fear from [insert surveillance program here]" is a commonly heard retort to concerns about our diminishing ability to keep our personal information private.
In their rush to Internet-enable their vehicles, some manufacturers appear to have neglected the security aspect of their systems.
In 1994 the source code for RC4 was leaked on the Internet, and it quickly became popular because of its simplicity and speed.