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Fun Reading on Security - 2

2008-05-09 12:20:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun Reading on Security ." Here is an issue #2, dated May 8, 2008 So my next iteration of fun reading on security, logging and other topics 0x000000 blog has a neat post on security , word definition and all. It reminds us that "security is forever" since it is about people, not broken technologies. A quote: "And so we will never able to...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Security - 4

2008-06-17 11:36:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun Reading on Security ." Here is an issue #4, dated June 17, 2008 So my next iteration of fun reading on security, logging and other topics Security-as-control" vs "security-as-assurance" - a very useful idea (more here ), which is often confused with bad results (e.g. "secure" software = has password authentication OR has has no overflow...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Security - 1

2008-04-18 17:10:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun Reading on Security ." Here is an issue #1, dated April 18, 2008 Gunnar Peterson has a "must-read" post on security innovation (and lack thereof), where he attributes said "lack" to lack of accountability. Read it and think! If you are tired of people mentioning "RSA", beware, his post does it too... Fun quote: "What is genuinely...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Security Reading - 3

2008-05-15 14:11:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun Reading on Security " or "FRoS." Here is an issue #3, dated May 15, 2008 First, watch Dave Aitel beats the dead horse of academic security "research." Quote: "people who write papers in LaTeX two-column format end up saying the sky has a high negative trajectory." ( other examples I work for a vendor , but I am not "vendor scum." What is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Two Fun and Thought-provokinng Pieces

2008-03-06 12:58:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...fun and insightful read from Gunnar Peterson: " When Will We See Market Forces in Infosec? " Example fun quote: " ... Wait - they listen to customers, innovate new things, control costs, and deliver safety mechanisms to market while growing their business? When will Silicon Valley answer the bell on this model? " Read on On an unrelated...
 
 
 
 
 
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Anton Security Tip of the Day #14: More accesslog Fun: What Are You Not GETting?

2008-03-12 13:35:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun: What Are You Not GETting In this tip, we will look at some bizarre artifacts that show up in web server access logs today. Here we have a production log from an Apache web server that is full of interesting (and sometimes ominous!) little mysteries that we will investigate in order to determine their impact on security and operational...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Reading on Security - 3

2008-05-23 17:23:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Fun Reading on Security ." Here is an issue #3, dated May 22, 2008 So my next iteration of fun reading on security, logging and other topics Security and fraud: different worlds, same people ? To me this story was pretty shocking; now I guess I should accept that for some people security business is just another scam ROI Again? The paper goes...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Read: "Busting the 10 Myths About Data Protection"

2008-01-15 22:49:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...fun since I will talk about "worst practices" again) and - yes! you guessed right! - a blogging frenzy descended upon me First, a fun Read: " Busting the 10 Myths About Data Protection For example: " Myth No. 4 I should be most concerned about protecting my data from data theft and malicious internal leaks." or About me:...
 
 
 
 
 
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Fun Read "How Many Burning Homes"

2008-03-18 14:50:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
Richard has a fun post called " How Many Burning Homes " which talks about firefighting. He talks about "How many burning houses can you stand in your town?" and other fun metrics "Number of burning homes at any sampled time", "Average length of time any home is burning","Average time from detection to response", etc About me:...