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Comment on just how strong are your passwords? by password strength take 2

password strength take 2 — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:20:04 +0000

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Comment on the end of antibiotics? by justin_foster

justin_foster — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:01:34 +0000

Interesting post. There is a project going on that could provide an alternative to antibiotics by preventing bacterial communication. Many bacteria have to know they have reached critical mass before launching an attack. This is performed through “Quorum Sensing” which may be disrupted.

Great ted talk on the concept here:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate.html

I explored the idea of a quorum sensing botnet here: http://www.developingsecurity.com/weblog/2009/04/quorum-sensing-botnets.html

Comment on new windows 0-day targets SCADA, threatens us all by alberg

alberg — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:19:59 +0000

For those of you who would like to mitigate the LNK risk by keeping people from executing software from drives other than C:\, here is a link to instructions:

http://blog.didierstevens.com/2010/07/20/mitigating-lnk-exploitation-with-srp/

Comment on giving away the plans to the fort? by kevin

kevin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:31:09 +0000

This is the height of hypocrisy. For years and years, Microsoft used to force developers to agree to a EULA that indicated that the source code they built using the Microsoft compilers (Visual Studio included) would NOT be sent to countries like Russia or China.

Comment on NerdCation 1 – Titan Missile Silo Museum by PHOTOS: missile silos Home Sweet Home? | digguk

PHOTOS: missile silos Home Sweet Home? | digguk — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:49:16 +0000

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Comment on NerdCation 1 – Titan Missile Silo Museum by alberg

alberg — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:54:09 +0000

Sure, Wall Street Journal, make my cool trip to the missile silo look lame…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575224221235656504.html

Showoffs.

Comment on NerdCation 1 – Titan Missile Silo Museum by tonyc

tonyc — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:41:58 +0000

great post Al, this is fascinating stuff.

ps- i like saying Tipsie too