<![CDATA[[SecurityRatty] tag: xkcd]]> http://securityratty.com/tag/xkcd Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:52:00 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Relax, the Net Backbone Has Space for Your Lolcats]]> http://securityratty.com/article/b00a463d2bb0a5e64116bda67d599849 http://securityratty.com/article/b00a463d2bb0a5e64116bda67d599849 Many people have feared that lolcats and other traffic are going to block the ‘tubes, but Ars says today that the net backbone bandwidth is in fact growing and plenty prepared to swallow those cats. Actually they use a prettier analogy–

Given recent media coverage, it’s easy to believe that P2P and streaming video traffic is a rising hurricane battering upon ISP levees, that ISPs are frantically sandbagging their systems against disaster, that throttling, bandwidth caps, and traffic management are urgent and absolute necessities to keep the storm surge at bay. But new research from Telegeography only confirms what we’ve been saying for some time: the Internet backbone isn’t drowning beneath any kind of exaflood. In fact, backbone capacity has grown faster than Internet traffic in the last year—for the second year in a row.

Check out the full article, it even has some shiny graphs. It also reminds me of XKCD the other day… header: “I get in trouble for showing up contented to protests,” and the stick figure’s holding signs: “Things are pretty OK!” and “Anyone for Scrabble later?”

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:21:16 +0000 traffic internet traffic video traffic traffic management net backbone bandwidth recent media coverage isp levees lolcats grown faster Relax, the Net Backbone Has Space for Your Lolcats <![CDATA[XKCD 463 - Security of Voting machines]]> http://securityratty.com/article/97907328bba6052989a326160217fbbe http://securityratty.com/article/97907328bba6052989a326160217fbbe Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:46:15 +0000 web application firewall xkcd priceless replace com463 chuckle machine XKCD 463 - Security of Voting machines <![CDATA[XKCD on Voting Machine Security]]> http://securityratty.com/article/a503faf5a35f1f69621bf8084f732d8c http://securityratty.com/article/a503faf5a35f1f69621bf8084f732d8c This comment is absolutely correct.

]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:55:03 +0000 absolutely correct comment XKCD on Voting Machine Security <![CDATA[Security Briefing: May 29th]]> http://securityratty.com/article/3eb1a13b0f5d0dfff58029f30c0d6347 http://securityratty.com/article/3eb1a13b0f5d0dfff58029f30c0d6347
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  1. MacOS X 10.5.3 - Big Updates, Update Now! or else the bad guys will pwn your iCal.
  2. Defacement or Failure in Containment? Play some Russian Roulette with me! don’t believe what you see… sometimes.
  3. Securiosis tells us when Whole Disk Encryption isn’t enough
  4. Canadian government ACTAs to shoot itself in the foot… again. How do you say “Chilling Effect” when you’re up to your ass in melting ice-caps and pissed off polar bears?
  5. Let a million Hackerchildren bloom - OLPC style baby
  6. Ask /. all about security theatre HA… I didn’t get Frist Psot!!!!11!!!!
  7. Totally wicked xkcd all about security holes xkcd is the userfriendly for the post-dot-bomb world

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]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 10:19:54 +0000 security news security holes xkcd xkcd news bad guys olpc style baby bad canadian government actas disk encryption Security Briefing: May 29th <![CDATA[SQL Injection Attacks Against Automatic License Plate Scanners]]> http://securityratty.com/article/e46fcc9a2ff3242aba31a701feb1bd4a http://securityratty.com/article/e46fcc9a2ff3242aba31a701feb1bd4a This picture is almost certainly Photoshopped, and a joke, but it's certainly a clever idea. As automatic license plate scanners become more common, why not get a SQL injection attack as a plate?

Reminds me of this xkcd cartoon.

]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:21:34 +0000 automatic license sql injection attack xkcd cartoon scanners clever idea common joke reminds picture SQL Injection Attacks Against Automatic License Plate Scanners <![CDATA[Wee-Fi: Whither Miami Beach-Fi? Overzealous Wi-Fi Config; Microwave Oven Leakage]]> http://securityratty.com/article/cf032688c94635ced03f14a17acd64d9 http://securityratty.com/article/cf032688c94635ced03f14a17acd64d9 A Miami Beach reader noted my Florida links yesterday, and wondered why that city's $5m IBM network isn't live: The network contracted was awarded in 2006, completed 6 months ago, and the reader can get great signal strength. But no Internet feed. Anyone in Miami Beach know?

The brilliant xkcd comic takes it to the next step: Wireless zero config? Try overzealous wireless config. xkcd_zealous.jpg

Microwave oven may have disrupted reader's Wi-Fi: Rob Pegoraro over at the Washington Post notes that a friend of his discovered through the process of elimination that his microwave oven was acting as a big interferer with his Wi-Fi network. The oven in question eventually started smoking and burned itself out, and its removal resulted in the network working fine. All microwave ovens produce low-intensity 2.4 GHz radio waves when in use; they don't leak the high-intensity signals that are reflected to agitate water molecules and heat food. But Wi-Fi uses such low signal strength to encode data that microwave ovens can be enough of an interferer to slow networks down. They won't cook you though, unless you crawl inside and close the door.

]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:02:01 +0000 wi-fi config wi-fi network microwave network low signal strength signal strength overzealous wireless config ibm network Wee-Fi: Whither Miami Beach-Fi? Overzealous Wi-Fi Config; Microwave Oven Leakage <![CDATA["Responsible Behavior"]]> http://securityratty.com/article/cd5a2189649189561f3d9db3f70d380f http://securityratty.com/article/cd5a2189649189561f3d9db3f70d380f xkcd.

This one is pretty funny, too.

]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:42:28 +0000 pretty funny xkcd "Responsible Behavior" <![CDATA[SQL Injection Humor?]]> http://securityratty.com/article/a6838ca0333f189a6929c74593e6f720 http://securityratty.com/article/a6838ca0333f189a6929c74593e6f720 today's xkcd.

I've always said there aren't enough SQL Injection jokes...]]> Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:52:00 +0000 sql injection jokes application security geek xkcd SQL Injection Humor?