Programming Note
In 2012 I posted a little over a dozen entries to this blog. I like to think that each entry was well thought out and time well spent. But only a dozen? That's about one entry a month... I'd really...
View ArticleCustomer Dis-Service
In general, I'm a pretty loyal person. Especially when it comes to material things. I typically find a vendor I like and stick with them. Sure, if something new and flashy comes along, I'll take a...
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Pebble Review
In April of 2012, a Kickstarter project was launched by a company aiming to create an electronic watch that served as a companion to your smartphone. A month later, the project exceeded it's funding...
View ArticleBSides Delaware 2013
The annual BSides Delaware conference took place this past weekend, November 8th and 9th. BSides Delaware is a free community driven security event that takes place at the Wilmington University New...
View ArticleSSL "Security"
SSL, a cryptographically secure protocol, was created by Netscape in the mid-1990's. Today, SSL, and it's replacement, TLS, are used by web browsers and other programs to create secure connections...
View ArticleBecoming your own CA
SSL, as I mentioned in a previous blog entry, has some issues when it comes to trust. But regardless of the problems with SSL, it is a necessary part of the security toolchain. In certain situations,...
View ArticleKeepin' TCP Alive
I was debugging an odd network issue lately that turned out to have a pretty simple explanation. A client on the network was intermittently experiencing significant delays in accessing the network....
View ArticleLooking into the SociaVirtualistic Future
Let's get this out of the way. One of the primary reasons I'm writing this is in response to a request by John Carmack for coherent commentary about the recent acquisition of Oculus VR by Facebook. My...
View ArticleBleeding Heart Security
Unless you've been living under a rock the past few days, you've probably heard about the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL that was disclosed on Monday, April 7th. Systems and network administrators...
View ArticleWill online retailers be the next major breach target?
In the past year we have seen several high-profile breaches of brick and mortar retailers. Estimates range in the tens of millions of credit cards stolen in each case. For the most part, these...
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Boldly Gone
I have been and always shall be your friend.It's a sad day. We've lost a dear friend today, someone we grew up with, someone so iconic that he inspired generations. At the age of 83, Leonard Nimoy...
View ArticleSuspended Visible Masses of Small Frozen Water Crystals
The Cloud, hailed as a panacea for all your IT related problems. Need storage? Put it in the Cloud. Email? Cloud. Voice? Wireless? Logging? Security? The Cloud is your answer. The Cloud can do it...
View ArticleNetwork Enhanced Telepathy
I’ve recently been reading Wired for War by P.W. Singer and one of the concepts he mentions in the book is Network Enhanced Telepathy. This struck me as not only something that sounds incredibly...
View ArticleHacker is not a dirty word
Have you ever had to fix a broken item and you didn’t have the right parts? Instead of just giving up, you looked around and found something that would work for the time being. Occasionally, you come...
View ArticleYes, your iToaster needs security
Let’s talk about your house for a moment. For the sake of argument, we’ll assume that you live in a nice house with doors, windows, the works. All of the various entries have the requisite locking...
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