<![CDATA[[SecurityRatty] tag: glitches]]> http://securityratty.com/tag/glitches Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:47:13 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Reporter's notebook: Excitement, fear on the e-vote trail]]> http://securityratty.com/article/17c90acc9167c12f726acbad9d1c690b http://securityratty.com/article/17c90acc9167c12f726acbad9d1c690b Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:00:00 +0000 electoral process massive turnout presidential election officials democratic lines voters outcome glitches Reporter's notebook: Excitement, fear on the e-vote trail <![CDATA[Thalys Hits Glitch in Impressive Train Launch]]> http://securityratty.com/article/017e06ae2b23fbae6f8c43e35598b70e http://securityratty.com/article/017e06ae2b23fbae6f8c43e35598b70e Thalys has launched Internet service on high-speed train routes between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Cologne: The service hit glitches in its big press rollout, but glitches shouldn't be mistaken for actual performance. The satellite-backed service pulls down 2 Mbps of ruinously expensive backhaul, compressed to provide speeds that feel like 4 Mbps. (Read: faster for email, TIFF images, certain PowerPoint presentations, and Web pages with gzip disabled; normal rate for JPEGs, GIFs, compressed Web pages, and PDFs.)

The service will cost first-class passengers not a thing, but coach will pay €6.50 (US$10) per hour or €13 (US$20) for an entire trip. The train operator is initially equipping 7 trains, but will complete work on all 26 trains by October. Trip durations run from 1 hour 20 minutes to 3 hours.

Most impressively, the consortium that built the system is using a pretty modest antenna that moves automatically to stay in contact with the satellite. It's 80 by 72 cm (31.5 by 28.3 inches), and plans are to shrink that to something 2/3rds the height when a new dish is certified. Ultimately, IDG News Service reports, the group plans to use 3 cm (1 in) high phased-array antennas that would cover the train's roof. Very, very clever, as it jettisons any moving parts.

Three companies worked on the technology: Telenet, handling the billing and authentication, is a Belgian ISP that also runs hotspots; Nokia Siemens is a well-known systems integrator, and is providing some gear and handling installation and integration; 21Net, perhaps the least-well known partner, has the satellite technology.

This project dates back to at least 25-April-2005, a point at which 21Net and Nokia Siemens announced a successful test on the Thalys run from Brussels to Paris.

]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 11:50:22 +0000 train service hit glitches glitches service service pulls train operator satellite satellite technology nokia siemens Thalys Hits Glitch in Impressive Train Launch <![CDATA[Art of Info Sec 001: Quick Business Case]]> http://securityratty.com/article/d173c19106ccc773f2dbaed815d5b424 http://securityratty.com/article/d173c19106ccc773f2dbaed815d5b424 Art of Info Sec 001: Quick Business Case

Here it is !

This is the first podcast in the series I have planned. This is a slidecast of the Quick Business Case presentation which I recently delivered at RSA Europe (and similar to the presentation I delivered at RSA USA back in February).

As this is my first foray into this media - combining audio podcasting with presentation slides - please accept a few production glitches and provide feedback.

Cheers,

Erik Heidt

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Art of Info Sec 001: Quick Business Case

]]> Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:56:59 +0000 quick business info sec art presentation slides presentation feedback provide feedback production glitches rsa usa Art of Info Sec 001: Quick Business Case <![CDATA[Show 001 - An Interview with Avi Rubin]]> http://securityratty.com/article/3a159305ae758e1753a912438070ec5d http://securityratty.com/article/3a159305ae758e1753a912438070ec5d Avi Rubin

In the debut episode of the Silver Bullet Security Podcast, Gary talks with Avi Rubin, professor of computer science and technical director of the information security institute at Johns Hopkins University. Avi made headlines in 2003 when he revealed glitches in Diebold electronic voting machines.

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