Die, WP, Die!

 dinosaur, tech  Comments Off on Die, WP, Die!
Jan 302012
 

Really?   This little line solves so much.   Sometimes I wonder what devs are thinking, if anything.  Tnx to KG for figuring this one out. <pre>define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’);</pre> <span style="text-align: left;">   They’re not alone.  Don’t get me started on Centos.

 Posted by at 9:33 pm on January 30, 2012

Your most important systems are your least secure

 philosophy, security  Comments Off on Your most important systems are your least secure
Jan 302012
 

I’ve a larger writing project afoot… putting it down to see how it looked in a different format. zen@trouble.org/2012/Draft Your most important systems are your least secure Here’s an easy one.  Do you think that your most critical computers – the ones that are most important to your company’s health, wealth, and well-being – are among your most secure?  If you answered yes you’re not alone in thinking so, […]

 Posted by at 6:14 pm on January 30, 2012

DARPA Redux

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Jan 272012
 
DARPA Redux

As previously said it looks like I know what I’ll be doing the next few months: working on a DARPA funded project that I submitted to the Cyber Fast Track (CFT) program.   I had paused because I wanted to confirm some stuff before writing more about it… here’s a brain dump of the process.  I’ll write up what I’m doing in a later bit. I’m still struck – […]

Faster than the bear & dodging the moose

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Jan 262012
 
Faster than the bear & dodging the moose

I was talking to mike lloyd tonight, a truly wonderful human being and one of the most viciously smart folks I know (he’s currently the CTO of Red Seal Networks); the kind who, if in the days of the musketeers, would put a blade through your chest and apologize profusely for inadvertently wounding you. We talked of the bear… you know, the old canard about the 2 campers and […]

DARPA CFT

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Jan 222012
 
DARPA CFT

I was just awarded a small DARPA contract through the Cyber Fast Track program which Mudge has been evangelizing for awhile now.  I’m still not sure how much I can say about it, but I will say more as time goes on… it was a remarkably painless process, I’ll say that – hard to believe that our big government can move so fast.