This is an article I wrote a few years ago. It is still relevant today.
Category: Security
Security architecture and document reviews
Reviewing documents is a fine art
DefCon Wrap Up
The last day, and the flight home
DefCon Day 2 and a bit of Day 3
This may be the last time I get to post before getting on plane…
Day One of Defcon
More unwholesome goodness… in extreme heat
Day Two of BlackHat
More goodness
Review of 19 Deadly Sin of Software Security
I’ve just completed a review of Howard and LeBlanc’s new book: http://www.greebo.net/?page_id=325 I was expecting something else, and I’m a bit disappointed. But that’s okay, it’s still a great book for the PHP and Java programmers out there. I just think Writing Secure Code and OWASP Guide 2.0 is a better reference for significant projects….
Day One so far…
Mmmmm Tasty!
Black Hat – Travel
It’s 7.25 am on Wednesday in Las Vegas. The travel to Las Vegas was a monster. Not only did we stop for nearly three hours in Sydney, I had to go via LAX. Plus, United seems to have joined Qantas in using their oldest planes on the duopoly route. Our flight had the old style…
Advogato – On Basic Digest Authentication
21 Nov 2000 ยป gstein: basic digest authentication is evil and is first against the wall when the revolution comes As far as security people like me are concerned, basic digest is in the clear. It’s base64 encoded ASCII text. Therefore it’s in the clear, as the amount of transformation that is required is not…