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Wikipedia: Trust but Verify

Security professionals are, almost by definition, inclined to be skeptical (not to say paranoid) by nature, and among the least likely to say without irony "It must be true, I read it on Wikipedia!" Those of us who specialize in anti-malware research not only share these traits, but are also accustomed to being considered incompetent or downright crooked, not to mention the still widely-held belief that we write all the viruses. (I considered what I think are some of the reasons for all that in an article for Virus Bulletin a couple of years ago, by the way.)
So it's a pleasant surprise to come across a Wikipedia entry that's not only painstakingly accurate (to the point that the author went to the trouble of asking me to check its accuracy), but complimentary towards its subject despite his longstanding association with anti-virus research. :)
Author/reviewer/consultant (etc) Robert Slade's contributions to the common weal are not restricted to anti-virus, of course: his name is well known in (ISC)2 circles, and his longstanding book review project is a seriously useful resource. It's a pleasure to see an old friend and colleague (we wrote a book on viruses together some years ago) get some of the recognition he deserves. Cheers, Rob!


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Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify(3pm)

NAME
Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify - Jabber Dialback Verify Module SYNOPSIS
Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify is a companion to the Net::Jabber::Dialback module. It provides the user a simple interface to set and retrieve all parts of a Jabber Dialback Verify. DESCRIPTION
To initialize the Verify with a Jabber <db:*/> you must pass it the XML::Stream hash. For example: my $dialback = new Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify(%hash); There has been a change from the old way of handling the callbacks. You no longer have to do the above yourself, a NJ::Dialback::Verify object is passed to the callback function for the message. Also, the first argument to the callback functions is the session ID from XML::Streams. There are some cases where you might want this information, like if you created a Client that connects to two servers at once, or for writing a mini server. use Net::Jabber qw(Server); sub dialbackVerify { my ($sid,$Verify) = @_; . . . } You now have access to all of the retrieval functions available. To create a new dialback to send to the server: use Net::Jabber qw(Server); $Verify = new Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify(); Now you can call the creation functions below to populate the tag before sending it. For more information about the array format being passed to the CallBack please read the Net::Jabber::Client documentation. Retrieval functions $to = $Verify->GetTo(); $from = $Verify->GetFrom(); $type = $Verify->GetType(); $id = $Verify->GetID(); $data = $Verify->GetData(); $str = $Verify->GetXML(); @dialback = $Verify->GetTree(); Creation functions $Verify->SetVerify(from=>"jabber.org", to=>"jabber.com", id=>id, data=>key); $Verify->SetTo("jabber.org"); $Verify->SetFrom("jabber.com"); $Verify->SetType("valid"); $Verify->SetID(id); $Verify->SetData(key); Test functions $test = $Verify->DefinedTo(); $test = $Verify->DefinedFrom(); $test = $Verify->DefinedType(); $test = $Verify->DefinedID(); METHODS
Retrieval functions GetTo() - returns a string with server that the <db:verify/> is being sent to. GetFrom() - returns a string with server that the <db:verify/> is being sent from. GetType() - returns a string with the type <db:verify/> this is. GetID() - returns a string with the id <db:verify/> this is. GetData() - returns a string with the cdata of the <db:verify/>. GetXML() - returns the XML string that represents the <db:verify/>. This is used by the Send() function in Server.pm to send this object as a Jabber Dialback Verify. GetTree() - returns an array that contains the <db:verify/> tag in XML::Parser::Tree format. Creation functions SetVerify(to=>string, - set multiple fields in the <db:verify/> from=>string, at one time. This is a cumulative type=>string, and over writing action. If you set id=>string, the "from" attribute twice, the second data=>string) setting is what is used. If you set the type, and then set the data then both will be in the <db:verify/> tag. For valid settings read the specific Set functions below. SetTo(string) - sets the to attribute. SetFrom(string) - sets the from attribute. SetType(string) - sets the type attribute. Valid settings are: valid invalid SetID(string) - sets the id attribute. SetData(string) - sets the cdata of the <db:verify/>. Test functions DefinedTo() - returns 1 if the to attribute is defined in the <db:verify/>, 0 otherwise. DefinedFrom() - returns 1 if the from attribute is defined in the <db:verify/>, 0 otherwise. DefinedType() - returns 1 if the type attribute is defined in the <db:verify/>, 0 otherwise. DefinedID() - returns 1 if the id attribute is defined in the <db:verify/>, 0 otherwise. AUTHOR
By Ryan Eatmon in May of 2001 for http://jabber.org.. COPYRIGHT
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. perl v5.14.2 2004-08-17 Net::Jabber::Dialback::Verify(3pm)