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Wacky Airplane Security Idea

2008-03-20 14:21:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Force everyone to wear a bracelet that, when remotely activated, gives the person a debilitating shock No, really. A company is trying to commercialize this idea The mind boggles
 
 
 
 
 
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Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn't Enough

2008-07-23 19:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...idea were too smart not to speculate on the details. I'm kind of amazed the details remained secret for this long; undoubtedly it had leaked into the underground community before the public leak two days ago. So now everyone who back-burnered the problem is rushing to patch, while the hacker community is racing to produce working exploits...
 
 
 
 
 
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Notes from IEEE Web 2.0 Security and Privacy Workshop (W2SP2008)

2008-05-27 22:45:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...idea on how to move password authentication into the browser chrome to improve our defenses against javascript malware such as javascript keyloggers, etc While the work Daniel did was quite cool in that it doesn't require any protocol modifications, to be truly useful in implementing authentication inside browser chrome you probably need...
 
 
 
 
 
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Its about convergence, stupid

2008-04-18 08:19:01 by HASH0x8af3298 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...idea since Network Access Control" , which talks about what a dumb idea it is for Cisco to allow Linux apps to run on their ISR routers. Besides the fact that the title of the article alone is enough to make me want to tear this one apart, the underlying logic of the authors argument is just weak On one hand he talks about why would someone...
 
 
 
 
 
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Its about convergence, stupid

2008-04-18 09:19:00 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...idea since Network Access Control" , which talks about what a dumb idea it is for Cisco to allow Linux apps to run on their ISR routers. Besides the fact that the title of the article alone is enough to make me want to tear this one apart, the underlying logic of the authors argument is just weak On one hand he talks about why would someone...
 
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...idea: Milan Vojnovic and colleagues from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, want to make useful pieces of information such as software updates behave more like computer worms: spreading between computers instead of being downloaded from central servers The research may also help defend against malicious types of worm, the researchers say...
 
 
 
 
 
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Audit/Monitor Controls or Audit/Monitor BEFORE Control?

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2008-02-28 11:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
...idea of putting audit first in some cases is the way we'd need to progress. "Wow, what a blasphemy!", some might say ... After all, if you have not defined controls, what are you going to audit? But remember that audit is meant broadly in this context and thus the opposite question is very relevant: what are you going to control if you have...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Security Mindset

2008-03-25 05:27:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...idea is for me to paint this stuff on my valuables as proof of ownership," I wrote when I first learned about the idea. "I think a better idea would be for me to paint it on your valuables, and then call the police Really, we can't help it This kind of thinking is not natural for most people. It's not natural for engineers. Good engineering...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Security Mindset

2008-03-25 05:27:19 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...idea is for me to paint this stuff on my valuables as proof of ownership," I wrote when I first learned about the idea. "I think a better idea would be for me to paint it on your valuables, and then call the police Really, we can't help it This kind of thinking is not natural for most people. It's not natural for engineers. Good engineering...
 
 
 
 
 
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