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- At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say
- At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts sayActually, they said Crypto lacks user awarenessActually, they said Crypto lacks user awareness. Then they said it lacked usability.The fact of the mater is, it's actually lack of demand, the software could be easier to use, and the Certificate Authority cartel called...
- Tags: SECURITY, user awareness, GPG, TrueCrypt, verification process
- Discussion threads 2006-10-28
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- Attacking phishing at the source
- Attacking phishing at the sourceDomainKeys--it's a startNow if mandated changes were in effect 'with teeth' that enforced usage of PGP or GnuPG or S/MIME for signed encrypted email, that would take down the spam to 0%!RE: Attacking phishing at the sourceSince phishing has cost countless pains to so many people,...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, inactivism, Attacking phishing, restraint
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1
- Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1Great! Some multimedia tips.In the sequel you might find it handy to include the swiftest way to add the missing restricted multimedia-codecs, plus a new thing on Sun Java (new since 8.04):- establish internet connection- Applications - Add/Remove- Show: all available...
- Tags: open source, OpenOffice Draw, multimedia, Medibuntu, Linux, w32codec, Click Apply, plug-in
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- GPG GUI (exe)
- This GTK+ application allows any file to be password protected and decrypted at a later time. The encryption is based on libgcrypt and is unbreakable. Files are completely secure, and can be sent to other users so that they can decrypt the contents at a later time. This version is...
- Tags: GUI, Gary, Files
- Software downloads 2008-04-16
- Gmail disabled, eggs in one basket, etc.
- Gmail disabled, eggs in one basket, etc.LOLComputing in the 'cloud' makes your head spin, doesn't it?Or maybe the it's cloud-computing spin-machine....This is why I cringe at thin clients......because it doesn't matter how good your backups are, if the server goes down nobody can work. Unless, of course, you can get...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Google Gmail, IMAP, KMail, backup
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Storm worm goes phishing
- Storm worm goes phishingFast Flux[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_flux]FYI[/url]A 100% reliable solution to stopping spam is to move to PGP or OpenPGP (e.g. [url=http://gnupg.org/]Gnu Privacy Guard[/url]) with signed certificates.As such, the spam will be excluded from your trusted PGP encrypted 'channel' and you can safely ignore.Until this becomes mandated, you'll be left to your...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, E-mail providers, KMail, spam, Google Gmail, Storm Worm, phishing
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Blu-ray BD copy protection defeated?
- Blu-ray BD copy protection defeated?Expected to be unbreakable?By whom? All the decryption keys are in the playback device, it's just a matter of probing for them.I've yet to read of Blu-Ray hurting the consumer (except for all the usual 'regions' garbage) in an obvious way e.g. key rejection causing...
- Tags: copy protection
- Discussion threads 2007-10-30
- Comcast, BitTorrent and spam spam spam
- Comcast, BitTorrent and spam spam spamFYIThe link is to an Associated Press story verifying the existance of the BitTorrent filter on the Comcast network. The test was done by sending out The Bible via BitTorrent -- it's only a 4.24 Mb file.Complete story athttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination_testsAP tests Comcast's file-sharing filter[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071019/ap_on_hi_te/comcast_data_discrimination_tests]FYI[/url]RE: Comcast, BitTorrent...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, INTERNET, Peer to peer (P2P), BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., spam, spam spam spam, OpenPGP
- Discussion threads 2007-10-20
- Secure your e-mail with OpenPGP
- Governments, major manufacturers, and medical facilities around the world trust their secure communications to PGP Pretty Good Privacy. While PGP works impressively when all is in order, it isn't always easy to configure and can be very tricky to troubleshoot -- and e-mail security is hardly the sort...
- Tags: PGP Corp., E-mail, Online Communications
- Book chapters 2007-07-26
- Email security has been around forever, you just need to turn it on
- As much as I respect my colleague and mentor David Berlind who taught me the news business, I have to say that he's got it all wrong when it comes to Internet mail security. Berlind is reeling over his incorrect perception that the Internet still lacks secure email. The problem...
- Tags: Servers, Security, Infrastructure, Desktop
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- As long as the Internet has been around....and still no secure e-mail?
- As long as the Internet has been around....and still no secure e-mail?And, securing email would also make it harder for Spamers to operate.Really, it would make it virtually impossible for spammers to operate if we had secure communications between know email servers.PGPThis does not relate completely to password retrieval, but...
- Tags: Tablets, Internet, e-mail, fax, server
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- Problem with Automatix?
- Problem with Automatix?Have you tried using Synaptic?The tool that came with Ubunutu? I have never used Automatix so I can't really answer, but I find that sticking with the tools designed for the the distribution greatly reduces installation headaches. ]:)Works for meNo problems either on 32 or 64 bits (two...
- Tags: libdvdcss, Automatix, Ubuntu, codec, plug-in
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- IBM debuts encrypting tape drive
- IBM debuts encrypting tape driveKeysSo where are the keys stored?Clearly not on the tape, that would be stupid.So on the tape unit? On the system that does the backing up?So what happens when the datacentre burns down and all you have are the tapes?Key Management for Encrypting tapesSee http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/solutions/data_encryption/index.html...
- Tags: Storage management, Storage, tape drive, IBM Corp., tape
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Microsoft shutters Windows private folders
- Microsoft shutters Windows private foldersBruaHaHaHaHaHa !And you did it to themyou and your pesky dog, and your scooby snacks always attacking each and every move. You go, Mettler :)Now MS can't even release a productWhat a company, the only product they release for ages and they have to pull...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., private folder, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-07-14
- Trojan horses steal bank details, passwords
- Trojan horses steal bank details, passwordsThe arms race continues...It was about a year or so ago that one-time passwords were being presented as the end to password hijacking programs, by the security 'experts' in the financial industry.It is likely that no other methods have been looked into by any bank...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Financial services, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, PayPal, Nothing, arms race, fingerprint reader, bank, password, trojan horse
- Discussion threads 2006-03-24
- Ubuntu Linux leader proposes six-week delay
- Ubuntu Linux leader proposes six-week delayUbuntu Linux leader proposes six-week delayImpossible! Linux users always tell me that only Microsoft delays OS releases. And why didn't ZDNet mention the big gaping security hole in Ubuntu?childrenI know it is probably beyond everyone to get along sometimes but can you at...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux, operating system, Ubuntu Linux leader, six-week delay, Microsoft Corp., Ubuntu Linux, leader
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
- Open-source bugs undermine digital signatures
- Open-source bugs undermine digital signaturesGod bless Open Source communityGod bless Open Source communityWhile I sympathize with open source usersnow attackers know what to do. Just kidding.Many eyes??? Hmmm, blind eyes maybe?;-)digital signaturesLinux and Unix distributors, for example, often use GPG digital signatures in their security advisories so customers...
- Tags: Digital signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Metafile, digital signature, patch, WMF vulnerability, open source
- Discussion threads 2006-03-11
- E-passport test takes flight
- E-passport test takes flightFortress AmerikaClosing the borders like a good Big Brother. The fact that the federal government has been caught blatantly lying about just about everything having to do with terrorism and pretty much everything else should be enough for everyone not to trust them at all anymore. The...
- Tags: Federal government, e-passport, McAlhany, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-01-13
- Microsoft exec: ID cards pose security risk
- Microsoft exec: ID cards pose security riskSo I wonder......if all the people who have been opposed to the idea of national ID cards will suddenly support them, simply because Microsoft says they're flawed. :)Carl RapsonMicrosoft lecturing someone else about security. They shoul shut up.Of course if these cards were to...
- Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Microsoft Corp., security, ID card, biometrics
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
- The EFF chimes in on Sun's DRM scheme
- The EFF chimes in on Sun's DRM schemeOne more time, it's not just media!!!Come on Joe, the fact is that systems get hacked all the time, millions of people have had their private information stolen recently. My being in control of my "content" (financial, health, personal, etc.) and letting...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Blogging, Internet appliance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Very few people, digital-rights management, luxury item, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2005-08-25
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