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Active Directory Domain Controller Hacked Through Remote DNS Management?
Published on 2010-04-07 05:31:00
This is my initial reaction to Microsoft's Security Advisory 935964, and should be correct to the extent the advisory is complete and correct.Through a buffer overflow attack on the RPC port of a Windows server an anonymous user can execute code in t > read more
Appalacian Identity Management at Myspace
Published on 2010-04-03 05:34:00
What do you think about when you hear the word Appalachia? Beautiful mountains and trails? Poor, inbred communities? Its all there. And weirdly, it all relates to this blog entry. Sort of.This post is actually about poor (shall we say, inbred?) ident > read more
Haiti, Urns, and Non-Quantifiable Risks
Published on 2010-04-02 05:36:00
I've been too busy to post lately because I went on a mission trip with our church to Haiti. They was a fantastic experience, so I started another blog about it at http://global-mission-trips.blogspot.com. Please check it out and let me know what you > read more
Honey, can I have your SSN?
Published on 2010-03-17 05:36:00
Interesting article today in the Washington Post by Sara Kehaulani Goo called "Dinner, Movie -- and a Background Check -- for Online Daters."I'm one of the 31% of Americans that the article says personally know someone who is using online dating ser > read more
Published on 2010-03-07 05:37:00
During International Information Integrity Institute (I4’s) most recent meeting last year, Donn Parker gave his perspective on the organization’s history and why it was founded. Donn B. Parker is a retired (1997) senior management consul > read more
Security 2.0? No, Symantec 2.0? Maybe
Published on 2010-03-02 05:37:00
Vendors will try anything to get attention, so I suppose one shouldn't be surprised that Symantec keeps pressing forward with a strange term like Security 2.0. According to CIO Magazine, http://www.cio-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=1230048NUQOC&a > read more
Is KBA a Solution or a Problem?
Published on 2010-02-27 05:38:00
Is KBA (Knowledge based authentication) a solution or a problem?Depending on how it is implemented, KBA can be either.There follows a slightly edited transcript about knowledge based authentication (KBA) that you may find illuminating. I'll bottom li > read more