(new) Security

"Extremely severe bug leaves dizzying number of software and devices vulnerable" - (a6l6e6x) - (7) - Feb. 16, 2016, 03:36:54 PM EST

glibc is a big monster of a project. - (static) - (1) - Feb. 16, 2016, 05:49:27 PM EST

CentOS patch available last night at around 7PM. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 17, 2016, 08:04:48 AM EST

The "many eyes" thing was always bollocks - (pwhysall) - (4) - Feb. 19, 2016, 03:30:44 AM EST

If "bollocks = true but misleading" then yes - (drook) - (3) - Feb. 19, 2016, 06:35:45 AM EST

The statement was quite specific - (pwhysall) - (2) - Feb. 19, 2016, 07:08:07 AM EST

"Enough" is a set that includes "all of them" -NT - (drook) - (1) - Feb. 19, 2016, 08:27:30 AM EST

it has been a looong time since I eyeballed code before naking a kernel and installing it -NT - (boxley) - Feb. 19, 2016, 12:23:49 PM EST

I'm sure we all know this, but this is a nice writeup of WiFi (in)security - (drook) - (4) - Dec. 24, 2015, 08:58:30 AM EST

Very good. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Dec. 24, 2015, 01:54:58 PM EST

turn wifi off on your phone and laptop -NT - (boxley) - Dec. 24, 2015, 02:31:07 PM EST

Part & parcel of WiFi - (scoenye) - Dec. 24, 2015, 08:43:35 PM EST

also in a different note don't pay bills online here - (boxley) - Dec. 24, 2015, 08:55:55 PM EST

One writer's "top 10" list of security apps. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 27, 2015, 08:44:05 AM EST

I did not know this until today about android phones - (boxley) - Nov. 9, 2015, 11:32:02 PM EST

WP: Linus on Linux kernel security and more. - (Another Scott) - (27) - Nov. 5, 2015, 06:06:51 PM EST

Re: WP: Linus on Linux kernel security and more. - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2015, 07:49:41 PM EST

Interesting. I wonder how new that is. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 5, 2015, 08:41:44 PM EST

I believe it's been proven that you cannot have a system that can be verified to be virus-proof. - (boxley) - (19) - Nov. 5, 2015, 10:23:16 PM EST

And don't turn it on -NT - (drook) - Nov. 5, 2015, 10:39:55 PM EST

Fred Cohen in 1987. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 5, 2015, 10:41:10 PM EST

And that only works if you trust the compiler, too. :-) -NT - (malraux) - (16) - Nov. 5, 2015, 10:48:39 PM EST

back in those days we built the compilers :-) -NT - (boxley) - (14) - Nov. 5, 2015, 10:52:05 PM EST

Ah, but what did you compile them with? - (malraux) - (13) - Nov. 5, 2015, 11:40:14 PM EST

Oooh. Nice. Thanks muchly. (Interesting comments too.) -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 5, 2015, 11:53:13 PM EST

assembler, required for a cs degree in 1992 - (boxley) - (11) - Nov. 6, 2015, 12:32:32 AM EST

Who wrote the assembler? - (pwhysall) - (10) - Nov. 6, 2015, 02:00:28 AM EST

Beat me to it. - (malraux) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2015, 09:18:50 AM EST

FTW! - (Another Scott) - Nov. 6, 2015, 10:05:46 AM EST

I wrote the assembler for the machine code but ya got me using a hex editor -NT - (boxley) - (7) - Nov. 6, 2015, 12:10:59 PM EST

Did you poke the holes out of the paper tape with a pin? No? Pussy -NT - (drook) - (6) - Nov. 6, 2015, 12:48:10 PM EST

that was before my time sorry -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 6, 2015, 12:49:46 PM EST

Where does using a Flexowriter fit? - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Nov. 6, 2015, 01:59:33 PM EST

You ... win? - (drook) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2015, 02:02:11 PM EST

Alex and Skip win all those argies hands down -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 6, 2015, 02:39:54 PM EST

:-) - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2015, 04:32:57 PM EST

Well, it was the TX-0 computer, and a historical machine. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 6, 2015, 06:50:35 PM EST

Just the compiler? - (scoenye) - Nov. 6, 2015, 08:31:00 PM EST

Not quite nonsensical - (scoenye) - (4) - Nov. 5, 2015, 11:29:19 PM EST

O_o - (malraux) - Nov. 5, 2015, 11:41:34 PM EST

Sure, but... - (Another Scott) - Nov. 5, 2015, 11:59:04 PM EST

Why even bother hacking the kernel? - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 6, 2015, 02:01:54 AM EST

Indeed -NT - (scoenye) - Nov. 6, 2015, 08:19:22 PM EST

new (to me) email scam - (boxley) - Nov. 4, 2015, 09:52:19 PM EST

Diceware passwords for fun and profit - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 26, 2015, 08:13:52 AM EDT

And probably no relation to India's PM Modi. :) - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 27, 2015, 02:38:27 PM EDT

Anyone still using AVG Free? - (scoenye) - (6) - Oct. 14, 2015, 06:40:17 PM EDT

what other free anti-virus programs are out there? -NT - (lincoln) - (2) - Oct. 15, 2015, 11:14:44 AM EDT

clamav? -NT - (boxley) - Oct. 15, 2015, 12:06:05 PM EDT

There's a few - (scoenye) - Oct. 15, 2015, 08:07:09 PM EDT

Nope - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 16, 2015, 01:36:32 AM EDT

I thought they dropped their own AV stuff... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 16, 2015, 07:24:03 AM EDT

You thought wrong :) - (pwhysall) - Oct. 16, 2015, 09:29:49 AM EDT

Dataslurp coming to a Windows near you - (scoenye) - (1) - Sept. 2, 2015, 09:15:12 PM EDT

Joy. :-( -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 2, 2015, 09:40:30 PM EDT

Ah, for the good old days - (malraux) - (23) - Aug. 22, 2015, 04:04:23 PM EDT

Get your head examined -NT - (drook) - (1) - Aug. 22, 2015, 06:42:52 PM EDT

Re: Get your head examined - (malraux) - Aug. 22, 2015, 07:39:11 PM EDT

..and even the MicroSoftie who infamously stated, - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 22, 2015, 08:59:04 PM EDT

Dale Ross. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Aug. 22, 2015, 09:18:39 PM EDT

Amusingly... - (malraux) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2015, 12:48:36 PM EDT

rofl. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 23, 2015, 12:54:18 PM EDT

Yup, carried in jelloware until the last expulsion-try, of useless stuff -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 25, 2015, 04:00:13 PM EDT

security on phones is simple - (boxley) - (10) - Aug. 22, 2015, 09:07:03 PM EDT

... and wrap it in aluminum foil. -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 22, 2015, 09:19:47 PM EDT

Copper mesh. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2015, 09:01:57 AM EDT

Mr. Faraday doesn't much care, I don't think. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 24, 2015, 10:31:20 AM EDT

Security on anything is simple. - (malraux) - (6) - Aug. 23, 2015, 12:41:48 PM EDT

That's a good quite. An LRPDism, even. -NT - (static) - (5) - Aug. 23, 2015, 10:47:41 PM EDT

Known as "AviD's Rule Of Usability" - (malraux) - (4) - Aug. 24, 2015, 09:13:43 AM EDT

!Muchas gracias, Señor! A keeper all around - (Ashton) - Aug. 24, 2015, 08:03:20 PM EDT

Reminds me of what 3 Words - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2015, 08:17:55 PM EDT

“The best navigation idea since the tube map” - (Ashton) - Aug. 25, 2015, 03:49:04 PM EDT

Cool link. - (static) - Aug. 25, 2015, 02:08:33 AM EDT

I don't miss the invective. - (static) - (4) - Aug. 23, 2015, 03:40:54 AM EDT

This one started out that way. - (malraux) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2015, 12:40:25 PM EDT

eh, I got intel apple running on a dell lapper a few years back - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2015, 05:48:38 PM EDT

Or want to. </me ducks> -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 24, 2015, 09:03:08 AM EDT

I applaud your persistence. -NT - (static) - Aug. 23, 2015, 10:46:54 PM EDT

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