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Online gaming used to be a way to relax and escape real world concerns for a little while. Forget it, some of those concerns, like theft, follow you online now. We've just posted an article in the Message and Web Security library on security issues in online gaming. The article examines four common security problems online gamers and network administrators must contend with:

• Monitoring and information sent to gaming servers
• Possibility of malware infection due to game updates and expansion packs
• Complexity of games requires client side computation (never trust the client)
• Online gaming assets have real value

Get this article and more at the Messaging and Web Security Library.

Tags: expansion pack Final Fantasy gaming gaming assets gaming inventory malware online gaming security servers World of Warcraft

Posted by Dan Sullivan on May 22, 2008 11:27 AM | Permalink

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Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net