A monumental work… what a great line as well. From the immortal Goya. Always stay vigilant…. (Image from the truly marvelous Met Museum of Art web pages, they have wonderful hi-def scans of so much… thanks!!! What a tremendous way to bring art to the people – this bit isn’t even being physically shown right now, but I can get a real idea of what it’s about by […]
I went to the 2011 USENIX security conference… admittedly not expecting much, but wietse was going to be there, and I must say a really, really fine show. Yes, this is ancient history now… but so am I! Most of us spend a fair bit of time encased in two tons of steel, glass, rubber and more, zipping along at high speeds without a care in the world. In […]
I should be singing hymns or something to DARPA – the fast track program is truly amazing, or at least it has been to me. I submitted a 2nd proposal (details upcoming) and it got accepted in less than 48 hours. Startups don’t even move that fast! Another 6 months of livelihood. If they only gave out insurance….
This line did it: $ENV{‘PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME’} = 0; Net::Nessus::XMLRPC, which calls LWP::UserAgent, didn’t emit any hints why something that had been working for many months suddenly doesn’t when I am forced to port to a new system… same OS, how could it go wrong? Turns out LWP changed the default behavior that had been around forever – now it dies if a cert isn’t kompletely kosher. Since virtually every Nessus install […]
Hmm; Facebook is really, really important in WA. The AP reported that “Wash. to unveil voter registration on Facebook.” On the face of it, sure, why not? Then you see some of the details. Once it’s live, Facebook users can click on the application within the secretary of state’s Facebook page. They’ll need to agree to let Facebook access their information, which will be used to prefill their name and date […]