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Web Of Trust: RIP
It's official. I just received an e-mail from Thawte notifying me that, as of November 16, 2009, the most innovative and useful idea in PKI since its inception, the Web of Trust , will die. Thawte was founded 14 years ago by Mark Shuttleworth. The...
Posted Tue, Oct 13 2009 by jesper | 3 comment(s)
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Microsoft Poland Empowers White People
In an absolutely astonishing move Microsoft's Polish subsidiary decided to do some photoshopping on its Business Productivity Infrastructure page to tailor it to the Polish market. Here you can see the U.S. original . In one of the least sensitive...
Posted Tue, Aug 25 2009 by jesper | 3 comment(s)
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Warning: The software you are installing does not match your mental model
This morning I talked to my dad. After a few minutes of polite small talk, I heard the 10 little words I have come to dread: “I had some problems with my computer the other day.” The video card on his laptop had died. The screen was just black...
Posted Mon, Jul 20 2009 by jesper | 14 comment(s)
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Is MS08-067 Wormable?
A couple of weeks ago Microsoft released an out-of-band security update in bulletin MS08-067 . Looking at the type of vulnerability and the fact that the issue was already being exploited in the wild at the time, this was a good decision. If you have...
Posted Tue, Nov 4 2008 by jesper | 5 comment(s)
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Anatomy of a Hack 2008
A few years ago I delivered a very popular presentation I called "Anatomy of a Hack." Well, actually, I called it "How to Get Your Network Hacked in 10 Easy Steps" but the marketing department at my previous employer thought that title...
Posted Fri, Aug 22 2008 by jesper | 8 comment(s)
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How Not To Build a Highly Available Web Site
Here's what I just got when I went to http://www.technetmagazine.com : Here's the kicker: it's not TechNet Magazine that is down, nor even TechNet. It is Microsoft Live Sign-in, nee Passport. To get to TechNet it attempts to sign you in to...
Posted Tue, Jul 22 2008 by jesper | 3 comment(s)
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Thoughts on Security by Obscurity
This has not really been that normal a week for me, but at least another article made it into print. The June 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is headlined by an article I wrote with my friend Roger Grimes, Security Adviser for Infoworld , on Security by...
Posted Tue, May 13 2008 by jesper | 3 comment(s)
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Quantum Security
The May 2008 issue of TechNet Magazine is out. It has an article in it that I have been wanting to write for a long time, called Quantum Security . In it I posit the argument that there are some fundamental laws of security, similar to the laws of physics...
Posted Tue, Apr 22 2008 by jesper | 2 comment(s)
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Help us Neelie! Please, help us!
Apple clearly has a de-facto monopoly in the portable music player market, with upward of 70% of that market. It is busily working on monopolies in the music software and downloads markets and is behaving monopolistically in the PC market as well. Some...
Posted Fri, Mar 21 2008 by jesper | 11 comment(s)
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Theft-proof biometrics
At last, there is a biometric authentication technique that cannot be stolen. Or, well, it can, but at least it won't work any longer. Drs. Philip M. Rodwell and Steven M. Furnell recently published "A non-intrusive biometric authentication mechanism...
Posted Mon, Feb 4 2008 by jesper | 3 comment(s)
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