Category Archives: Technology

All things tech related.

Two Factor Auth & The Yubikey

Posted on July 18, 2010 by brad

I have now upgraded the blog to use two factor authentication for logins to the WordPress back end. Meaning, to login you have to present something you know (username/password – ho hum) and either something you have (keyfiles / SSL … Continue reading →

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Even Russian Spies Need A Helpdesk

Posted on June 30, 2010 by brad

If you’ve been following the news recently, by now you’ve heard about the Russian spy ring infiltrated and formally charged by the US. The operatives spying on us make a lot of critical mistakes. Back during the cold war, spies … Continue reading →

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The New Insider Threat

Posted on February 16, 2009 by brad

It’s not a new threat really. People inside an organization can always be a threat. It’s just that many people, some of them prominent security professionals, have been downplaying the insider threat lately in order to hype other emerging threats. … Continue reading →

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Rubber Hose Cryptanalysis

Posted on February 15, 2009 by brad

via xkcd

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Nmap Network Scanning Review

Posted on February 5, 2009 by brad

Title: The long winded title for this book is Nmap Network Scanning: The Official Nmap Project Guide to Network Discovery and Security Scanning, but I’ll just be calling it NNS. Author: Gordon “Fyodor” Lyon Rating: ***** Bottom Line: The definitive … Continue reading →

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Interesting SANS posts

Posted on January 19, 2009 by brad

Some interesting posts on the SANS Internet Storm Center blog. I’m sure these have already been posted everywhere (I saw one on delicious earlier), but it’s always good to have these kinda things to refer back to later. The first … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposed

Posted on January 3, 2009 by brad

I couldn’t resist this juxtaposition. These cables are VSNL submarine telecommunications cables that cross the Atlantic and come above ground in the VSNL building in Avon, NJ. They are capable of carrying over an estimated 3.5 Tbps (that is terabits … Continue reading →

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