Oops!

Nothing is more painful than making a technical presentation to a bunch of folks who don’t really get it or care about details like performance or security. The author of “A Big Case of …OOPS…” was suffering through just that situation when things took an interesting turn.

He was talking web site vulnerabilities when one of

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eWallet New Version – New Pricing Strategy

About two years ago I switched to eWallet for all my password tracking needs. Since then it has been like a second brain to me – I toss in all the usernames/passwords, links, combo locks and whatever other “security’ish” stuff I need to track in a secure fashion. I know it’ll be there when

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Quick Look at Kon-Boot

Ever find a utility that seems so useful you’re scared to actually use it? That’s Kon-Boot for me. It has some incredible tricks, but I just can’t decide if I should trust it – no code available, how do I know what else it is doing?

What do I know it does for sure? Boot from

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OpenDNS New Plans (and Initial Confusion)

Last month, the OpenDNS folks announced their upcoming Deluxe and Enterprise plans. I’ve been using their free service for quite some time now – I’ve even integrated into our small office as part of the security solution and have configured my home and several relatives’ home networks for it as well.

Lovely stuff. Based on their

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In Firewall Hell

I’m in firewall/router hell.

After a long time of pondering, shuffling and avoiding I had to bite the bullet and put a firewall in between our production web servers and database.

I started with a Linksys RVS4000 that I already had in the office. Seemed like a good option as it offers 1GB on both sides. The

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