2006 Open Source Symposium2006 Open Source Symposium
Today (well yesterday as of 30 minutes ago) I spoke at the Open Source Symposium in Melbourne. This is an event sponsored by Red Hat. The first day was the[...]
Category: Security
terrorist “weakest link”terrorist “weakest link”
In the game show The Weakest Link competitors get voted off, usually not on whether they are weak but on whether the other contestents consider them to be a threat.[...]
run an insecure system and get rapedrun an insecure system and get raped
After a recent mailing list discussion about computer security I’m going to be quoted in someone’s .sig so I think that I need to write a blog entry. Here is[...]
laptop security on planeslaptop security on planes
There has been a lot of discussion recently about how to take laptops on planes following the supposed terror threat in the UK which has been debunked by The Register[...]
a newbie question about SE Linux and anti-spam measuresa newbie question about SE Linux and anti-spam measures
An anti-spam measure that is used by a very small number of people is that of verifying the sender address by connecting to the sending mail server. For example when[...]
invasive vs inconvenient securityinvasive vs inconvenient security
The recent news from the UK gives us an example of invasive security. Preventing passengers carrying on any hand luggage (even wallets) and frisking all of them is the type[...]