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May 10 2012

11:21

I'm sick and tired of IPv4. Can we please abandon it now? Or tomorrow by noon?

May 09 2012

14:33

libclucene-dev stores clucene-config.h into /usr/lib/CLucene instead of /usr/include/CLucene. WTF?

May 07 2012

22:37

RT @frank_rieger: Was allerdings ein wenig nervt ist, daß sich offenbar kaum jemand vorstellen will, daß User für coolen Content zahlen ...

22:36

#Java is not Free Software, it seems: "…broke copyright laws when it used Java APIs to design [Android]" http://t.co/EmPMgkmT

06:17

BYOD Madness

When it comes to computing we all like convenience, just like in other areas of personal or business life. It’s nice to use familiar tools. Provisioning is much easier for your IT department if your users bring their own hardware. So, let’s sprinkle this idyllic setting with some security in terms of malware protection, data [...]

00:41

Full moon helps to debug mysteries of proprietary network drivers. Avoid them.

00:21

Ubuntu 12.04 breaks BCM4312 WLAN support. https://t.co/Hxe7sVtK #whyiusedebian

May 06 2012

21:01

Come on, use TextSecure on your Android. OTR is never a bad idea.

18:53

Good article on RAID implementations and Btrfs: "Reliability of RAID" http://t.co/sB2HXBCq

18:48

Btrfs does not scale for n>2 drives as a 'pure' RAID1: Btrfs's RAID-1 implementation is *precisely two* copies. http://t.co/whpcc3WF

07:23

Unlearn to Hack?

Security is heavily influenced by the inner workings of the (human) mind. We all know about social engineering and tricks used by con men. The game of smoke and mirrors now hits the „uncontrolled spread of hacking tools“. We have already pointed out that the European Union is preparing a proposal for „banning“ „hacking tools“. [...]

Tags: Discussion High Entropy Security Hacking Information Media Mindset Research

May 05 2012

13:49

Security in the Light of Emergency Situations

Let’s assume you have put proper security measures into place and you have spiced them up with proper policies so that everyone always knows what to do in certain situations. So far, so good. Now let’s combine this solid security framework with something out of the ordinary. Catastrophic storage failures are a very good example. [...]

Tags: High Entropy Security Defence Infrastructure Observation