Day: October 7, 2008

The Security Benefits of Being UnimportantThe Security Benefits of Being Unimportant

October 7, 2008| etbe| 6 Comments| 19:00

A recent news item is the “hacking” of the Yahoo mailbox used by Sarah Palin (the Republican VP candidate) [1]. It seems most likely that it was a simple social-engineering[...]

Security

RPC and SE LinuxRPC and SE Linux

October 7, 2008| etbe| 0 Comment| 09:46

One ongoing problem with TCP networking is the combination of RPC services and port based services on the same host. If you have an RPC service that uses a port[...]

Networking
Security