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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45501709170265508402012-02-16T03:59:13.413-10:00Some_Net_BlogDonovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-17858364433259564112010-04-26T10:22:00.001-10:002010-04-26T10:22:46.847-10:00Test Your PassCard

After you create your PassCard, you can test your new passwords out here: https://www.microsoft.com/protect/fraud/passwords/checker.aspx?WT.mc_id=Site_Link

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-48487028192217686282010-04-25T02:22:00.002-10:002010-04-25T02:32:08.149-10:00Go ahead, write your password(s) down, with PasswordCard.

PasswordCard allows you to create a card with randomly generated strings of characters on an 8 X 29 grid with colors denoting the row and symbols denoting the column; Gmail: Diamond Green, Facebook: Spade Pink. It's up to you to set the passwords on your accounts, so you can use as many characters as you need. Make sure to check the box for "special characters" for use on sites that require it

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-43476852868689497822009-09-08T15:19:00.002-10:002009-09-08T15:23:16.031-10:00Lazy Workers May Be Deemed Hackers

In this article, Mark Rasch cites examples of how a few courts have expanded the definition of hacking to include previously innocuous forms of misuse. This gives system administrators and CIOs some real legal teeth to go after Acceptable Use Policy violators. (Facebooking at work)http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/504?ref=rss

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-83523284241525029362009-08-03T15:44:00.003-10:002009-08-03T16:32:36.494-10:00Simple, Remote *nix Backups

This adapted from an essay I wrote for an English class assignment on "process analysis:"The intended audience would be more towards university students with shell accounts and limited resources than Unix sysadmins. ...There are many complicated methods of backing up important system data on Unix systems, and entire software applications have been written to handle this task. What I will show

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-56287319667472315562009-07-12T16:48:00.004-10:002009-07-12T16:56:35.087-10:00Mac Forensics

The Macintosh platform has clear advantages over the Windows platform in performing computer forensics. A Mac can mount and read almost any file system while at the same time defeating any Windows based security or permission settings. Because Mac is a Unix system, it uses the Unix file and directory permission structure. This makes it easier to ensure that evidence is not written over.

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-88207488519496848672009-07-10T09:31:00.001-10:002009-07-10T09:37:57.994-10:00Network Attack Weapons Emerge

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/CYBER052109.xml"weaponizing cyberattack for the non-cyberspecialist, military user."The term "friendly fire" starts to come to mind...

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-31414460204488579392009-07-01T14:05:00.003-10:002009-07-01T14:13:46.538-10:00Pentagon signs off on Cyber Command

Technically, this should be a National Guard Functionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/brief/978?ref=rssTITLE 32 > CHAPTER 9 > § 902The Secretary of Defense may provide funds to a Governor to employ National Guard units or members to conduct homeland defense activities that the Secretary,[1] determines to be necessary and appropriate for participation by the National Guard units or members, as the

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-14625161973790816492007-05-23T14:04:00.001-10:002007-05-26T14:48:50.106-10:00The "Bigger Target" Myth:

During my education process, I have heard the following myth uttered by a few students, and even a professor or two: "Linux isn't really more secure than Windows, it's just that Windows is a bigger target, and attracts more attention from the hackers."This is absolutely false. In the web-server market, Apache is the dominant force. If I want a big target, apache is the way to go. And of

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-23195827062819352392007-05-21T14:48:00.000-10:002007-05-21T14:51:15.588-10:00Google Apps Partner-Edition

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-apps-partner-edition.htmlIe: dump that aging sendmail server and port your users over to gmail (with 10 GB boxes) I definitely want to check that out. Darkside: Google gets all your users' info. Answer: who cares?

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-3731764867277280102007-05-09T12:44:00.000-10:002007-05-09T12:49:59.711-10:00Reiser Murder Plot thickens

The investigation of the murder of Nina Reiser took an interesting twist this week that may shift suspicion off of Hans Reiser. A former lover of Nina Reiser's; Sean Sturgeon has confessed to 8 other murders not related to the case. This may present a challenge to the prosecution.Posted on LinuxToday: Nina Reiser Couldn't Win

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-57029588874502074582007-05-07T14:22:00.000-10:002007-05-07T14:27:43.441-10:00MySql Migration

Saving this one for later, I'm mostly concerned with going from mysql to MS sql, but this could come in handy. LINK

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-5207787703275283832007-05-07T13:06:00.000-10:002007-05-07T14:01:03.930-10:00Virtual Strength

Virtual StrengthHere's a neat article I found. It's actually a little old, but it's new to me. I always wondered what life will be like when we all have super human strength, be it through genetic alterations or artificial limbs. If we could all be like Michael Jordan, what would be the point of being Michael Jordan? What would this mean for Olympic competition?

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-83650659229771980822006-11-13T17:24:00.000-10:002006-11-13T17:25:16.750-10:00Social Engineering

Social Engineering Donovan Anderson July 24, 2006 Many firms believe that they are security conscious. Large portions of IT budgets are spent on adaptive firewalls, distributed virus scan software, intrusion detection systems, and other security related products. What all of these products fail to address is the human element, which is the weakest link in the security chain. In his observation

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-59836306326271228722006-11-13T17:19:00.000-10:002007-05-07T13:00:21.232-10:00Unified Threat Management

Unified Threat Management Donovan Anderson July 29, 2006 UTM, or Unified Threat Management is one of the hot buzzwords in the IT security field today. Working at the application level, UTM combines traditional security elements, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, junk mail filtering, spyware filtering, and content filtering into one appliance (Probert, 2005.) In a

Donovanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437046578252359479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4550170917026550840.post-5771578374608597822006-11-13T17:16:00.001-10:002006-11-13T17:17:47.510-10:00Securing VoIP

Donovan AndersonAugust 6, 2006Securing VoIP Few would doubt that Voice Over IP (VoIP), has become a viable alternative to the traditional PTSN (Public Telephone Switched Network) phone system. Many companies have already switched over at least a portion of their voice network to VoIP solutions. Though attacks have not yet become widespread, there is a need to be concerned with security when it

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