This is a great idea. A member of the cryptography mailing list started a wiki to develop a list of Maxims for Cryptography. I often see security practitioners criticize others for not knowing about …

Ouch. Matasano Chargen » A Case Against DNSSEC, Count 2: Too Complicated To Deploy dnssec is the worst design-by-committee effort i’ve ever seen, both in terms of how late it is, how fuzzy the goals …

Something to keep in mind the next time you take a shortcut and add a new repository to get the latest & greatest software for your linux distro. Sometimes it is better to apt-get source and run …

This site does comparitive testing of a host of leading Antivirus software and publishes the results online. AVG did fairly poorly in the latest polymorphic tests from Feb 2007 compared to others and …

His original intent was specifically to discuss program management skills (at Microsoft), but I think this general framework is a good one for any effective IT person. I employ several of these in my …

If you’re sick and you go to a doctor, do you tell the doctor “you’d better come up with some very clear arguments if you want me to follow your advice”? Do you tell your …

Great list of quotes on another security blog to add to the periodic quotes I come across. Musings on Information Security :: Quotable security quotes

I’m sure the “liberal media” is not going to cry foul that the high court is engaging in “judicial activism”. Justice Ginsburg pretty much calls them on it though: People …

Crooks and Liars » Cheney Criticizes Geneva Convention in Commencement Address I’d say that’s perfectly emblematic of this administration: In the context of moral and ethical …

Ouch. Several of the signatories are from Seattle. Cheers for saying what needs to be said. Alberto’s Harvard Class (’82) Places Ad in Washington Post. As lawyers, and as a matter of principle, we can …