My LCA TalkMy LCA Talk
Last year at LCA Crispin Cowan suggested to me that I make a joint offer of a combined tutorial on SE Linux and AppArmor as a way of publicly comparing[...]
Category: Security
Change of Rules for the Blogging ContestChange of Rules for the Blogging Contest
Due to the lack of entries so far I am amending the rules. It is no longer required that an entry be on the blog of the person who submitted[...]
LCA 2008 Security MiniconfLCA 2008 Security Miniconf
Today I gave a talk about Debian security at the security mini-conf of LCA. Before I started the talk I asked for suggestions as to how to get more entries[...]
Storing a GPG keyStoring a GPG key
Chris Lamb has suggested storing a GPG key on a RAID-5 device [1]. The idea is that it can be stored on several physical block devices such that losing just[...]
Secure Computation on an Insecure BaseSecure Computation on an Insecure Base
Julien Goodwin asks whether an insecure platform can perform secure computation [1]. My immediate reaction was to recall Charles Babbage’s quote On two occasions I have been asked,—”Pray, Mr. Babbage,[...]
LCA 2008 Security Blogging ContestLCA 2008 Security Blogging Contest
I have decided to run a contest for security related blog posts that appear on Planet Linux Conf Au [1]. That Planet is for people who are attending Linux Conf[...]
Bruce Schneier Advocates no EncryptionBruce Schneier Advocates no Encryption
Bruce has written an interesting post about wireless encryption [1]. His main ideas seem to be that it’s nice to provide emergency net access for random people, that attempting to[...]
SE Linux in other DistributionsSE Linux in other Distributions
Recently a user has been asking about SE Linux support in MEPIS [1]. He seems to expect that as the distribution is based on Debian it should have the same[...]
Safe Banking by SMS?Safe Banking by SMS?
Is it possible to secure Internet banking with SMS? As secure tokens are too expensive ($10 or more in bulk) and considered to be too difficult to use by many[...]