8/26 Poll: how many of you pub/priv key users: 1) use private keys that
are not password protected 2) password protect your private keys
but don't use ssh-agent 3) use ssh-agent:
1) .
2) ..
3) ...
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8/6 Amazon and Apple have lame security policies:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all
"First you call Amazon and tell them you are the account holder, and
want to add a credit card number to the account. All you need is the
name on the account, an associated e-mail address, and the billing
address. "
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7/18 "Largest penis record holder arouses security suspicions at airport"
http://www.csua.org/u/x2f (in.news.yahoo.com)
\_ I often have that same problem.
\_ I think the headline writer had some fun with that one.
\_ One time when I glanced over a Yahoo News headline "U.S. busts
largest-ever identity theft ring" all I saw was "U.S. busts
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4/19 My Firefox 3.6.28 pops up a Software Update box that reads "Your
version of Firefox will soon be vulnerable to online attacks." Are
they planning to turn off some security feature in my version of
Firefox?
\_ Not as such, no, but they're no longer developing this version,
so if a 3.6.x-targeted hack shows up, you're not going to get
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11/8 ObM$Sucks
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-083
\_ How is this different from the hundreds of other M$ security
vulnerabilities that people have been finding?
\_ "The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an
attacker sends a continuous flow of specially crafted UDP
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