Proposed Final Implementation Plan: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process

By Internationalized Domain Names on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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30 September 2009

Case of the Tenacious Timelord: Part III

George read the expression on my face well. He prompted Maria for a manilla folder that she had been carrying. George opened the folder carefully and slid several sheets of paper across the table. I immediately noticed that the pages were face down, …

PSA: What Does The Internet Know About You?

Longtime reader BlueKnight recently peaked my interest with an e-mail regarding personal privacy on the Internet (is there such a thing?). To lay a foundation for this post, here’s his e-mail:

Chief,

I hope all is going well with you, things a…

PSA: What Does The Internet Know About You?

Longtime reader BlueKnight recently peaked my interest with an e-mail regarding personal privacy on the Internet (is there such a thing?). To lay a foundation for this post, here’s his e-mail:

Chief,

I hope all is going well with you, things a…

Case of the Tenacious Timelord: Part II

By A Day in the Life of an Information Security Investigator on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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“Hold on a second, you really do have me confused with someone else!” I said as I raised my hands in front of me, constructing a nice two foot gap between myself and the growing threat of physical violence against me and my phone.
“Yeah, well I saw y…

Case of the Tenacious Timelord: Part I

“I’d love to know what he’s staring at.” I thought to myself as I glanced up from the screen of my powerbook and met the gaze of a gruff looking man, complete with trucker cap and overhauls. He quickly looked back down at his cafe menu and took anoth…

Are You An Unemployed Security Architect? Send Me Your Resume.

Greetings minions!

I’m helping a friend find a security architect position in Arizona.

Here are the details:

Security Architect / Lead in Phoenix. The engagement is for 8+ months and the project is a major enterprise initiative. Here are some of the details:

Must be familiar concepts of Federated Single Sign On, and must be able to effectively communicate security strategy both verbally and by writing solutions architecture specifications.

Must ha

Status Update: IDN ccTLD Fast Track Process Implementation

By Internationalized Domain Names on Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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9 September 2009

Full Write Access to Webserver Filesystem? No Problem!

I’m sure there are some details from the following story that are missing, but this was such a big bag of “WTF?” that I had to share it with you all.
From Reddit.com:

I found a bug in some upload logic that gives anyone read/write access to the fi…