So this is pretty basic stuff, but I find myself looking up the exact procedure a few times a year because I forget some minor detail somewhere. The basic premise is that I want to connect to a host, but that host can only be connected to by another host. So the whole chain looks […]
Read MoreThis year I flew to Las Vegas for EMC World 2014. Same as last year. The trip was less gruesome, as we had only one layover in Heathrow, both ways. The trip still takes nearly a day, including time spent waiting at airports, sitting in cabs etc. Not something I’d like to do multiple times […]
Read MoreCredibility… It’s the only currency that means anything on this kind of playing field. Dean’s got the tape, and he’s gonna come out with it. And when he does, I want his credibility. I want people to know he’s lying before they hear what he says. That’s a quote from the 1998 movie ‘Enemy of […]
Read MoreI was wathcing the news yesterday, and there was a piece on the government supporting teachers getting the right to go through students bags and such while at school. I think this is a horrible idea. Let me tell you why. Traditionally, a person and his property are his. You need probable cause to search […]
Read MoreA writeup on my trip to New York in July 2012. I’ve separated it into a few topics, so you can read what you want, or all of it if you are bored. Travel, Security & Airports Finnair gets a slap First of all, i’d like to slap Finnair with a huge wet fish. I […]
Read MoreI’m currently reading “Zero Day” by Mark Russinovich, and to sum things up: for the first time in a very very long time i’m actually considering abandoning the book before reaching the end. I’ll try to explain here what i mean by this. Even though i have not reached the end, i can safely say […]
Read MoreWhat is it with the state of security that i’m seeing around me? People are using weak passwords, or the same password for everything, and not only that. The people who are supposed to be responsible for security do not discourage or prohibit the use of such passwords. Hell, weak passwords are sometimes even encouraged. […]
Read MoreAbstract Most people are either not aware, or blissfully ignorant that the data they carry, be it analog or digital, is significant or important to anyone in sense. If it’s not a contract, or other clearly classified document or file, people just don’t care. But for a social engineer, this speck of data could be […]
Read MoreTwitter has today been the target of a rather crippling DDOS, which has left the site down for several hours, according to Pingdom and Netcraft. I haven’t seen any word as to the attacker, and that got me to wonder: Is there politics involved in DDOSes? Twitter knows exactly who’s been hitting their sites, they […]
Read MoreOk, let’s get the facts straight here. Medeco, a “high-security” lock manufacturer founded in 1968 tries to hide the fact that their “high-security” locks are not foolproof. Wikipedia has a page on Medeco, and when someone tries to add a section on the weaknesses found in their “high-security” locks, it gets removed. Also it appears […]
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