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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Dispatch 1 Is an Electrical Accessory Miracle — bolty.net

Finally a method of controlling all of those electric/electronic farkles any self respecting geek biker is sure to have.

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Monday, February 21, 2011

Ubuntu in your dashboard!

Oh my! Double DIN, 250gb, Celeron M with 2GB of RAM and a 1024X768 touch screen. The only thing this needs is a CDMA/LTE version.

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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Oh the poor, poor FBI...

All I can say to this is "tough shit!"  There is nothing wrong with the fourth amendment and nothing wrong with getting a warrant.  Go pound sand! 

Even if our so called representation bends over in the end we all know that Americans and especially American hackers and programmers will provide means around whatever they come up with. 

I think the best thing I've heard on this topic is a comment from Slashdot by "Man on Pink Corner"

"If police work is easy, it means you're living in a police state.
They're here to serve us, not the other way around. History shows that when you give the FBI increased investigative powers, those powers are used not to prevent the next 9/11 or OKC bombing, but to spy on dangerous subversives as Martin Luther King and John Lennon. [nytimes.com]
With power should come responsibility, or at least accountability. The FBI has shown neither."
Amen!

If you need any further convincing go read what the EFF has found about the FBI.

Corporate Security Certification?

This article in Network World is highly intriguing.  The panel proposing that corporate officers certify that they have followed established security minimums similar to requirements like those in Sarbanes Oxley and recent health care regulations.

I'm particularly fond of this quote by Bruce Schneier:

 "Regulate results, not technology.” Schneier said. “If you regulate technology, you stifle innovation. If you regulate results, you incent innovation.”

Definitely food for thought.

Friday, February 18, 2011

TLS for everyone

I've been under the blogger radar for a few weeks now.  Mostly due to stress at my job.  Can't go into it other than to say I'm basically the NSA for my employer.

I just want to make a call to the IT industry.  If you are a sys-admin, mail-admin, IT admin, CIO, software vendor, or have any influence with someone that is...
Implement TLS on your mail server!

A whole lot of head and heartache could be alleviated if everyone just would. 

For the un-initiated TLS is the same protocol you are using whenever you go to a secure website.  The problem is that no one takes the time to turn it on.  Much less implement it fully.  From a sys-admin point of view it's pretty much the same as putting a cert on your website.  Generate a CSR send it in to your signer of choice - get the signed cert back and install.  Done.

If everyone would just do this the benefits to mankind are huge.  Couple this with adding SPF data in your DNS and Bob's your uncle.  90% less spam and no more worries about emailing - well - anything.

Currently sending an email is pretty much akin to sending postcards.  You wouldn't put your credit card number (or anything else private) on a postcard would you?  Would you?

Of course there are methods of sending email securely but they take some doing and know-how (hint PGP or GPG/GnuPG are the best).  If everyone did TLS no more worries.  Come on folks, get with the program!

In the meantime here is my PGP/gpg/GnuPG key.  Send me some secure mail...

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