Monthly Archives for August 2005
CISCO LEAP (lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) Weak?
Light weight EAP is Cisco's proprietary version of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP, used mainly for wireless LANs). Cisco graciously allowed vendors to support LEAP using Cisco Certified Extenstion (CCX). Cisco owns about 60% of the wireless market with 46% of those using … Continue reading
Securing Sensitive Data: Understanding FIPS
Every want to know more about the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)? ME NEITHER! Here it is. With technologies like wireless snowballing into a cultural phenomenon we suddenly can not live without, Federal Information Processing Standards are even more important. … Continue reading
Taking the CISSP: part 1
I took the CISSP. I really don’t know what to say about it aside from acknowledging that it was extremily difficult. Andrew Briney’s article is the most accurate description of the CISSP test. Briney says, “It’s a mystery wrapped in riddle inside … Continue reading
How To Create An Uncrackable Password
For maximum security, passwords should not be cohesive words or phrases and should not be too obviously related to something like your birthday or the birthday of someone close to you. Personal information is one of the first things used … Continue reading
Turn your Wok into a 2.4GHz parabolic dish WiFi repeater
Heres a site with some cool wifi enhancements read more | digg story
Tallarico talks smack about TechTV and Morgan Webb.
Tommy Tallarico, co-host of G4TechTV's “Judgment Day,” recently came to the defense of his parent channel, saying that the station is “on the way up,” and that its detractors should thank the channel, “for saving any bit of [TechTV] at … Continue reading
The del.icio.us for programs
“This site allows you to keep a social list of the programs you use. You can easily find new, interesting and popular software in various categories, track after specific categories…” Quite a useful site. Thing is, that free software has … Continue reading
Security Now! Episode 1
I've just posted the first episode of Security Now! with Steve Gibson. This shorty podcast (18 minutes) will be a weekly look at hot topics in security from the creator of ShieldsUP and Spinrite (and TWiT regular). We'll release it … Continue reading
Hacking tools and tutorials
This is a pretty good collection. Lots of the usual suspects plus a few I hadn't seen before. Worth checking out the link, whether you digg it or not. read more | digg story
'Ethical hackers' recruited
A NEW generation of “ethical hackers” are to be trained in Wales to test and protect the world's computer security systems. read more | digg story