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- 10/15/2008
- Move to Blogger
- 10/1/2008
- Happy Anniversary Firewall ToolKit!
- 9/29/2008
- Touch as a PDA
- 9/17/2008
- Hawaiian Shirts
- More on Mail and Gmail
- 9/9/2008
- Mail and Gmail
- 8/26/2008
- Social Networks
- 8/24/2008
- Strom's Ten years of email
- 8/1/2008
- iPod Problems
- 7/30/2008
- Time Machine is Working Again
- avolio consulting
- security skeptic
- infosecdaily
- marcus j. ranum's website
- strom's webinformant
- network security journal
- watchguard blogs
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Wed, 01 Oct 2008
Happy Anniversary Firewall ToolKit!
The TIS FWTK was delivered via FTP to DARPA 15 years ago today...
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Tue, 08 Jul 2008
The TIS FWTK was delivered via FTP to DARPA 15 years ago today...
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Data Classification
I provided some input into an article by writer Mathew Schwartz, who quotes me in the article Classify This...
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Wed, 02 Jul 2008
I provided some input into an article by writer Mathew Schwartz, who quotes me in the article Classify This...
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It's not just who you are, it's who your friends are
I've saved this clipping in my "BlogMe" mailbox since February...
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Tue, 01 Jul 2008
I've saved this clipping in my "BlogMe" mailbox since February...
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Conventional Wisdom vs. Wisdom
In February, Dark Reading published, The Myth of Conventional Wisdom...
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Sat, 28 Jun 2008
In February, Dark Reading published, The Myth of Conventional Wisdom...
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The More Things Change...
I was interviewd for Access Control and Security Systems Magazine...
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Wed, 18 Jun 2008
I was interviewd for Access Control and Security Systems Magazine...
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New Firewall Technology? Maybe.
I read Startup Launches New Firewall Line posted by Andrew Conry-Murray...
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I read Startup Launches New Firewall Line posted by Andrew Conry-Murray...
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Router Rooter
I've praised the Radio Free Security, Watchguard's security podcast, before...
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008
I've praised the Radio Free Security, Watchguard's security podcast, before...
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Internet Safety
Recently, I responded to a posting on Apple's discussion list asking if she needed to get 3rd Party Security Software...
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008
Recently, I responded to a posting on Apple's discussion list asking if she needed to get 3rd Party Security Software...
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Revisited: From Zero to Expert in Your "Spare Time"
In June of 2001, I wrote a column for WatchGuard Technologies called From Zero to Expert in Your "Spare Time", a "Foundations" piece...
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Mon, 18 Feb 2008
Wed, 06 Feb 2008
In June of 2001, I wrote a column for WatchGuard Technologies called From Zero to Expert in Your "Spare Time", a "Foundations" piece...
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Who's Your Daddy?
Yesterday, I spoke with Kelly Jackson Higgins, Senior Editor at Dark Reading...
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Wed, 26 Dec 2007
Wed, 26 Sep 2007
Yesterday, I spoke with Kelly Jackson Higgins, Senior Editor at Dark Reading...
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Internet security moves towards good, old idea of default deny
We do keep going back to the same old (and) good ideas...
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007
We do keep going back to the same old (and) good ideas...
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You Still Can't Trust the Internet
I mean for accuracy, not for connectivity...
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007
I mean for accuracy, not for connectivity...
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False Sense of Security
Some colleagues and I at APL were talking about the very old subject of the uselessness or dangers of a false sense of security...
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007
Some colleagues and I at APL were talking about the very old subject of the uselessness or dangers of a false sense of security...
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Just after keyboarding a blog entry today, Why Proper Security is Not a Reality, I read a post in my friend Dave Piscitello's blog, which points to his article, Sad and Deplorable State of Internet Security, Revisited...
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Just after keyboarding a blog entry today, Why Proper Security is Not a Reality, I read a post in my friend Dave Piscitello's blog, which points to his article, Sad and Deplorable State of Internet Security, Revisited...
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Why Proper Security is Not a Reality
Now, here is an interesting point...
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Fri, 29 Jun 2007
Now, here is an interesting point...
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Click here to install virus
The Fox news article, Hundreds of PC Users Click On 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad brought back fond memories...
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Tue, 12 Jun 2007
The Fox news article, Hundreds of PC Users Click On 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad brought back fond memories...
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Radio Free Security
Driving into the lab this morning, I listened to an installment of Radio Free Security, from WatchGuard Technologies...
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Wed, 14 Feb 2007
Driving into the lab this morning, I listened to an installment of Radio Free Security, from WatchGuard Technologies...
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Information Assurance
I work in the information assurance area at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab...
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Mon, 30 Oct 2006
I work in the information assurance area at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab...
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Another Security Expert Heard From
"I think we're all Bozos on this bus...
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"I think we're all Bozos on this bus...
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Shocking News! You can print fake boarding passes on your printer!
I am being sarcastic, you know...
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Sat, 02 Sep 2006
I am being sarcastic, you know...
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Top SIX Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security [UPDATED]
In Stating the Obvious, I said that "Information Security … experts are constantly stating the obvious," and that "This will be one of 'Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Computer and Network Security,' which I will blog next week...
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In Stating the Obvious, I said that "Information Security … experts are constantly stating the obvious," and that "This will be one of 'Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Computer and Network Security,' which I will blog next week...
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Experts
This is the third of the Top Six Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security I spelled it out with examples in Another Security Expert Heard From, and in it I point to some on-line examples and to some earlier blog entries...
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Thu, 31 Aug 2006
This is the third of the Top Six Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security I spelled it out with examples in Another Security Expert Heard From, and in it I point to some on-line examples and to some earlier blog entries...
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Disposal of Data Disks
Recently, I've used Active@KillDisk to remove data from some old hard drives from obsolete computers before taking them to the dump...
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Recently, I've used Active@KillDisk to remove data from some old hard drives from obsolete computers before taking them to the dump...
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The same old stuff
This is the second of the Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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This is the second of the Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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Top Ten Security Threats
Background: This is from a 3 or more year old course I gave in support of what I say in The same old stuff further in support of Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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Background: This is from a 3 or more year old course I gave in support of what I say in The same old stuff further in support of Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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Top Ten Security Admin Errors
Background: This is from a 3 or more year old course I gave in support of what I say in The same old stuff further in support of Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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Wed, 30 Aug 2006
Background: This is from a 3 or more year old course I gave in support of what I say in The same old stuff further in support of Top Five Reasons Why I Hate Network- and Computer-Security...
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More on Stolen Notebook* PCs
Just a short one on this, as this problem has become commonplace...
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Mon, 21 Aug 2006
Sat, 08 Jul 2006
Just a short one on this, as this problem has become commonplace...
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In Information Security, Experts are Constantly Stating the Obvious
This will be one of "Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Computer and Network Security," which I will blog next week...
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Thu, 06 Jul 2006
This will be one of "Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Computer and Network Security," which I will blog next week...
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"Macs Safer," says Sophos
"It seems likely that Macs will continue to be the safer place for computer users for some time to come...
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Tue, 04 Jul 2006
"It seems likely that Macs will continue to be the safer place for computer users for some time to come...
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Laptops and PII Losses (UPDATED)
This has been a bad summer, so far, for laptop loss...
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Fri, 02 Jun 2006
This has been a bad summer, so far, for laptop loss...
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Extraordinary Crimes, Extraordinary Means? Back-ups again.
"Woman targeted by web hackers," is the headline of this BBC News article...
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Tue, 01 Nov 2005
"Woman targeted by web hackers," is the headline of this BBC News article...
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Compuwar Security Fora
My friend, Paul Robertson, has just started a brand spanking new security discussion web board...
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Thu, 15 Sep 2005
My friend, Paul Robertson, has just started a brand spanking new security discussion web board...
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Certify This!
Larry Kettlewell, CISP for Kansas State Government's Department of Administration has a terrific "perspectives" piece in the August 2005 Information Security, with the title "Paper Pushers" I've written on the subject in Security Redux, pointed to someone else's comments in Certifications, Again, touch on it briefly in Paranoia: How Much is Too Much...
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Fri, 09 Sep 2005
Larry Kettlewell, CISP for Kansas State Government's Department of Administration has a terrific "perspectives" piece in the August 2005 Information Security, with the title "Paper Pushers" I've written on the subject in Security Redux, pointed to someone else's comments in Certifications, Again, touch on it briefly in Paranoia: How Much is Too Much...
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Marcus Ranum's 'The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security'
Long-time friend and colleague Marcus Ranum has written an editorial worth checking out (that's redundant)...
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Thu, 08 Sep 2005
Long-time friend and colleague Marcus Ranum has written an editorial worth checking out (that's redundant)...
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Wells Falgo, Forgo, Whatever
I received a warning about my Wells Fargo account the other day...
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Wed, 10 Aug 2005
I received a warning about my Wells Fargo account the other day...
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Data Breaches
My RSS server pointed me to this securitypipeline article, entitled, "Hackers Break Into Two Universities, 100,000 Identities At Risk...
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Fri, 29 Jul 2005
My RSS server pointed me to this securitypipeline article, entitled, "Hackers Break Into Two Universities, 100,000 Identities At Risk...
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Vulnerability Analysis Tools, Again?
A securitypipline article caught my eye today...
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Tue, 12 Jul 2005
A securitypipline article caught my eye today...
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Security of Backup Data
A former collegue at Trusted Information Systems, Tommy Ward, writes, "If your company is like many others, you have put a lot of effort into securing your information systems...
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Thu, 30 Jun 2005
A former collegue at Trusted Information Systems, Tommy Ward, writes, "If your company is like many others, you have put a lot of effort into securing your information systems...
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News Flash: Security is an Architecture
Another "ground-breaking column" in Network Magazine, (do we still say "in" when it is "on" the web page...
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Another "ground-breaking column" in Network Magazine, (do we still say "in" when it is "on" the web page...
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Massive Credit Card Exposure (updated)
If you read any Internet-technology-based news, you know that a recent security breach may have exposed 40 million credit card numbers...
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Fri, 24 Jun 2005
If you read any Internet-technology-based news, you know that a recent security breach may have exposed 40 million credit card numbers...
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Suggestions from my Credit Card Company
I (almost) never read the extra pages included in my credit card bill...
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005
Thu, 26 May 2005
I (almost) never read the extra pages included in my credit card bill...
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A Short Review of PDA Defense
At a recent Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, I handed my PDA to my friend and colleague, Robin Roberts of Cisco, to show her some family photos...
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Wed, 25 May 2005
At a recent Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, I handed my PDA to my friend and colleague, Robin Roberts of Cisco, to show her some family photos...
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Cryptography and Criminal Intent
slashdot points to this Computerworld story that says, "A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent...
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Tue, 24 May 2005
slashdot points to this Computerworld story that says, "A Minnesota appeals court has ruled that the presence of encryption software on a computer may be viewed as evidence of criminal intent...
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Five Reasons I Hate Computer and Network Security
I just checked my Vitae -- I've been doing this (computer and network security) full-time since 1992, and part-time for a few years before that...
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Mon, 23 May 2005
I just checked my Vitae -- I've been doing this (computer and network security) full-time since 1992, and part-time for a few years before that...
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The Same Old Drum Beat
A few week's ago at Interop, Marcus Ranum penned (okay, he 'keyed...
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Tue, 17 May 2005
Wed, 11 May 2005
A few week's ago at Interop, Marcus Ranum penned (okay, he 'keyed...
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Security Limerick
As I mentioned here, "it is traditional, at the faculty-hosted 'Gala Dinner' of the Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, for the faculty to be the entertainment...
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Sat, 02 Apr 2005
Wed, 02 Mar 2005
As I mentioned here, "it is traditional, at the faculty-hosted 'Gala Dinner' of the Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, for the faculty to be the entertainment...
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Security and Relationship
At the faculty-led round-table discussion at the recent Mid-Atlantic Network Security Forum, my discussion topic was "Keeping your sanity while positively influencing your enterprise security posture" (or maybe it was a bit less wordy)...
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At the faculty-led round-table discussion at the recent Mid-Atlantic Network Security Forum, my discussion topic was "Keeping your sanity while positively influencing your enterprise security posture" (or maybe it was a bit less wordy)...
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A Security Haiku
The background: it is traditional, at the faculty-hosted "Gala Dinner" of the Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, for the faculty to be the entertainment...
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Thu, 17 Feb 2005
Tue, 15 Feb 2005
The background: it is traditional, at the faculty-hosted "Gala Dinner" of the Institute for Applied Network Security Forum, for the faculty to be the entertainment...
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A Really Ugly Side of the Internet
Today in my RSS newsfeeds were a few items that got my stomach churning and my blood boiling...
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Mon, 14 Feb 2005
Today in my RSS newsfeeds were a few items that got my stomach churning and my blood boiling...
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Seven Things to Help Keep Sanity and Equilibrium
In reading the Firewall-Wizards thread under the subject VPNmadness gets more support, I thought of a paper I wrote almost 5 years ago, entitled The Rise and Fall of Internet Security...
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Wed, 09 Feb 2005
In reading the Firewall-Wizards thread under the subject VPNmadness gets more support, I thought of a paper I wrote almost 5 years ago, entitled The Rise and Fall of Internet Security...
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Eudora and Firefox Exploits
Vulnerabilities were announced in two of my favorite computer tools on the same day...
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Fri, 04 Feb 2005
Vulnerabilities were announced in two of my favorite computer tools on the same day...
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The Myth of Homeland Security by Marcus Ranum
I reviewed this book in a much much earlier blog entry...
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I reviewed this book in a much much earlier blog entry...
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Security Awareness Education is Not Enough
In August 2004 I talked about the effectiveness of security awareness education (in Report Suspicious Activity)...
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Tue, 25 Jan 2005
In August 2004 I talked about the effectiveness of security awareness education (in Report Suspicious Activity)...
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More on Hotspot (In)Security
In a recent short blog entry, I pointed you to Wayne Rash's column and added a few suggestions of my own...
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Fri, 21 Jan 2005
Thu, 06 Jan 2005
In a recent short blog entry, I pointed you to Wayne Rash's column and added a few suggestions of my own...
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What Every Home PC User Needs (UPDATED--see below)
Last year, when I was still writing the monthly NetSec Letter I wrote promoted Personal Firewall Day, an idea of friend and security colleague Paul Robertson...
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Last year, when I was still writing the monthly NetSec Letter I wrote promoted Personal Firewall Day, an idea of friend and security colleague Paul Robertson...
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Malware -- the threat is real (Updated)
A friend was spending part of his day last week cleaning up malware (adware, spyware) from a home computers, including his business computer in his home office...
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Mon, 03 Jan 2005
A friend was spending part of his day last week cleaning up malware (adware, spyware) from a home computers, including his business computer in his home office...
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Spyware/Adware Removal Disables XP Pro
When my daughter came him from college for Christmas break, she brought her Windows XP Professional computer with her...
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Tue, 14 Dec 2004
When my daughter came him from college for Christmas break, she brought her Windows XP Professional computer with her...
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History Lost
I've lamented the loss of historical memory a few places this year...
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I've lamented the loss of historical memory a few places this year...
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Scarey Security Stories
A few years ago on the firewalls mailing list, someone disclosed management's lack of security clue in the following plea (dated Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:22:10 -0600): Is there anybody out there that can help me get some configurations right on our new Gauntlet firewall...
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Tue, 07 Dec 2004
A few years ago on the firewalls mailing list, someone disclosed management's lack of security clue in the following plea (dated Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:22:10 -0600): Is there anybody out there that can help me get some configurations right on our new Gauntlet firewall...
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Spyware/Adware Removal Disables Windows98 Machine
I am writing this brief "incident report" because when I was trying to find information about this problem, searching on the Internet turned up nothing useful...
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I am writing this brief "incident report" because when I was trying to find information about this problem, searching on the Internet turned up nothing useful...
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IT Security for the Non-technical Manager: A Book Review
Friend and colleague Jim Litchko has self-published a book aimed at educating executives and managers in the basics of IT security...
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Fri, 03 Dec 2004
Friend and colleague Jim Litchko has self-published a book aimed at educating executives and managers in the basics of IT security...
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Low-tech, High-quality Biometrics
Infoworld reports "EU moves closer to biometric passports...
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Sun, 07 Nov 2004
Fri, 05 Nov 2004
Infoworld reports "EU moves closer to biometric passports...
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Producing Your Network Security Policy
My editor at WatchGuard Technologies, Scott Pinzon, said in part, "Producing Your Corporate Security Policy" has drawn a phenomenal response...
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Thu, 28 Oct 2004
My editor at WatchGuard Technologies, Scott Pinzon, said in part, "Producing Your Corporate Security Policy" has drawn a phenomenal response...
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Trip Report: Information Security Decisions October 6-8, 2004
I attended and spoke at the Information Security Decisions conference in Chicago...
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Sat, 23 Oct 2004
I attended and spoke at the Information Security Decisions conference in Chicago...
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Lax Security Will Catch Up With You
Sometimes we can get away with lax computer security for a time...
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Tue, 19 Oct 2004
Sometimes we can get away with lax computer security for a time...
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New Columns Posted
I have written for LURHQ Corporations's On the Radar newsletter...
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Thu, 30 Sep 2004
I have written for LURHQ Corporations's On the Radar newsletter...
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Router and DMZ Best Practices
An Institute for Applied Network Security member recently e-mailed and asked me: What are the best practices for securing your Internet router and also securing your servers on a DMZ...
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Wed, 22 Sep 2004
An Institute for Applied Network Security member recently e-mailed and asked me: What are the best practices for securing your Internet router and also securing your servers on a DMZ...
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Another reason to think twice about MS Windows
I'm thinking the folks in Redmond just never want to see the words "Microsoft server crash" and "causes 800-plane pile-up" in the same sentence...
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Mon, 20 Sep 2004
I'm thinking the folks in Redmond just never want to see the words "Microsoft server crash" and "causes 800-plane pile-up" in the same sentence...
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Appreciating the Importance of History in Network Security
The Institute for Applied Network Security posted a column I wrote...
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Thu, 02 Sep 2004
The Institute for Applied Network Security posted a column I wrote...
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Arrrrrg.
"Firewall vendors such as Check Point Software Technologies and Juniper Netscreen are touting new application-layer filtering capabilities, and these are important advances...
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Sun, 29 Aug 2004
"Firewall vendors such as Check Point Software Technologies and Juniper Netscreen are touting new application-layer filtering capabilities, and these are important advances...
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Report Suspicious Activity
Any of us who drive the Interstate Highway System in the US have probably seen centrally-controlled highway information signs...
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004
Any of us who drive the Interstate Highway System in the US have probably seen centrally-controlled highway information signs...
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More Same Old Stuff
Ira Winkler, in a searchSecurity column, says more of the same old stuff...
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Fri, 20 Aug 2004
Ira Winkler, in a searchSecurity column, says more of the same old stuff...
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No place is too far removed
Slashdot reports that the South Pole Research Station Hacked Twice...
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Thu, 19 Aug 2004
Slashdot reports that the South Pole Research Station Hacked Twice...
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Kennedy Can't Fly
One of the most recognizable US Senators -- perhaps recognizable throughout much of the world, Senator Edward Kennedy, had trouble boarding his flight from DC to Boston, and then when he tried to return...
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Tue, 17 Aug 2004
One of the most recognizable US Senators -- perhaps recognizable throughout much of the world, Senator Edward Kennedy, had trouble boarding his flight from DC to Boston, and then when he tried to return...
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Homeland Security Certification
Business has been a little slow, so the mailer caught my eye...
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Thu, 12 Aug 2004
Business has been a little slow, so the mailer caught my eye...
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Same Old Simple Things Addendum
Marcus Ranum has written up the discussion I mentioned the other day...
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Sat, 07 Aug 2004
Marcus Ranum has written up the discussion I mentioned the other day...
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Same Old Simple Things
I was re-reading one of Marcus Ranum's posts to the firewall wizards mailing list...
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004
Sat, 17 Jul 2004
I was re-reading one of Marcus Ranum's posts to the firewall wizards mailing list...
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Paranoia: How Much is Too Much?
We in computer and network security, and those who claim to be, find ourselves talking about paranoia...
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Thu, 22 Apr 2004
We in computer and network security, and those who claim to be, find ourselves talking about paranoia...
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Useless Warnings
Some large corporate network has been targeted for attack by "the hacking community...
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Tue, 13 Apr 2004
Thu, 08 Apr 2004
Some large corporate network has been targeted for attack by "the hacking community...
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Terror Attack Using Livestock?
The Fox News Network headline said, "US Prepares for Possible Terror Attack Using Livestock...
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Wed, 07 Apr 2004
The Fox News Network headline said, "US Prepares for Possible Terror Attack Using Livestock...
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Your job as a security manager
Andy Briney's Information Security March 2004 column echos things I tell students in my classes...
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Tue, 06 Apr 2004
Andy Briney's Information Security March 2004 column echos things I tell students in my classes...
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Is Security a Black Art?
In his logoff column in Information Security magazine, Andy Briney opines that "As long as it remains a black art, security will be the enterprise's black eye...
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In his logoff column in Information Security magazine, Andy Briney opines that "As long as it remains a black art, security will be the enterprise's black eye...
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National Cyber Security Day
So, how did you observe National Cyber Security Day...
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Thu, 01 Apr 2004
So, how did you observe National Cyber Security Day...
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Security Across the Software Development Life Cycle
The National Cyber Security Partnership Task Force today issued a report on applying security across the software development lifecycle...
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Mon, 22 Mar 2004
The National Cyber Security Partnership Task Force today issued a report on applying security across the software development lifecycle...
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Rethinking Network Security
Lisa Phipher, vice president of Core Competence, Inc...
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Lisa Phipher, vice president of Core Competence, Inc...
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Certifications, Again
Recently, among other topics I talked briefly about certifications...
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Sat, 20 Mar 2004
Recently, among other topics I talked briefly about certifications...
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Microsoft adding security applications
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004
Mon, 15 Mar 2004
Remember when you needed a 3rd-party disk-defragmenter for ...
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Significant Security Answers
There are some general answers that are verys significant if asked in a security context...
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Fri, 20 Feb 2004
There are some general answers that are verys significant if asked in a security context...
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Secure Security Products?
Quick -- What was the first commercial firewall product with an announced serious (as in, one could "get root") security vulnerability...
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Quick -- What was the first commercial firewall product with an announced serious (as in, one could "get root") security vulnerability...
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Secure Coding? Of Course.
Andy Briney, in his February Information Security Magazine column, called "Secure Coding...
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Andy Briney, in his February Information Security Magazine column, called "Secure Coding...
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Getting Rid of the Last Click for Secure E-mail
It is well past the "live" date, but through the magic of electronic media and the Internet, you can catch Jon Callas' webcast on "The Dawn of Pervasive Encryption" at PGP...
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Wed, 18 Feb 2004
It is well past the "live" date, but through the magic of electronic media and the Internet, you can catch Jon Callas' webcast on "The Dawn of Pervasive Encryption" at PGP...
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Save your sanity -- Backup that PC!
As computer disks have gotten larger, we, their users, store more and more data on them...
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Thu, 08 Jan 2004
As computer disks have gotten larger, we, their users, store more and more data on them...
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Worse than the Real World
My good friend and some-time colleague, Kevin Shivers works in information security on the front lines...
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Fri, 02 Jan 2004
My good friend and some-time colleague, Kevin Shivers works in information security on the front lines...
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The Dilution of Truth on the Internet
"Not only is all human knowledge on USENET, it's typed in every two weeks...
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Tue, 25 Nov 2003
"Not only is all human knowledge on USENET, it's typed in every two weeks...
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The Institute for Applied Network Security
I spent an interesting and unique 2 days this week with some fascinating people in the computer security field...
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I spent an interesting and unique 2 days this week with some fascinating people in the computer security field...
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What do we think firewalls do? (Fred Rants)
Do firewalls just filter on IP packet header information...
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Thu, 30 Oct 2003
Do firewalls just filter on IP packet header information...
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Gates Promises ...
As I sat in the United 757 at O'Hare, waiting for the consumation of our delayed take-off, I glanced across the aisle and read the headline in a fellow passsenger's Chicago Sun-Times: "Gates Promises More Windows Security...
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Thu, 23 Oct 2003
As I sat in the United 757 at O'Hare, waiting for the consumation of our delayed take-off, I glanced across the aisle and read the headline in a fellow passsenger's Chicago Sun-Times: "Gates Promises More Windows Security...
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Scary words
I just got this week's issue of "Web Informant" (http://strom...
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Sat, 18 Oct 2003
I just got this week's issue of "Web Informant" (http://strom...
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Book Review: The Myth of Homeland Security by Marcus Ranum
This is a review I posted to Amazon...
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Wed, 15 Oct 2003
Sat, 04 Oct 2003
This is a review I posted to Amazon...
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Verisign stops name redirection
A quick follow-up to the original mention, ICANN gave Verisign until Saturday at 6PM PDT to take down their "SiteFinder" "service...
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Wed, 01 Oct 2003
A quick follow-up to the original mention, ICANN gave Verisign until Saturday at 6PM PDT to take down their "SiteFinder" "service...
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Risks Reads
In the "Arts & Society" section of Sunday's Baltimore Sun (28Sep2003), Larry Williams reviewed the book Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You by David Ropeik and George Gray (ISBN: 0618143726)...
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Wed, 24 Sep 2003
In the "Arts & Society" section of Sunday's Baltimore Sun (28Sep2003), Larry Williams reviewed the book Risk: A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You by David Ropeik and George Gray (ISBN: 0618143726)...
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Safety vs. Security
Comments on 15Sep03 "CRYPTO-GRAM" I always enjoy getting Bruce Schneier's "CRYPTO-GRAM...
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Fri, 25 Jul 2003
Comments on 15Sep03 "CRYPTO-GRAM" I always enjoy getting Bruce Schneier's "CRYPTO-GRAM...
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Security is difficult to get right.
"University researchers delivered a serious blow to the current crop of electronic voting systems in an analysis of one such system's source code in which they concluded that a voter could cast unlimited ballots without detection...
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"University researchers delivered a serious blow to the current crop of electronic voting systems in an analysis of one such system's source code in which they concluded that a voter could cast unlimited ballots without detection...
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