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• Rfid Passport Security Proposal Defeating The Purpose

  16 May 2005 • 2 min read • Privacy post

  Schneier on Security: RFID Passport Security “The solution would require an RFID reader to provide a key or password before it could read data embedded on an RFID passport’s chip. It would …

• Penguins Not On Terrorist Watch List

  16 May 2005 • 1 min read • security post

  TheDenverChannel.com - Slideshow The American public can rest easy now that these penguins have been rigorously vetted by the TSA. Someone managing the Terrorist Watch List must have recently seen one …

• Ipsec Esp Protocol Flaw Discovered

  13 May 2005 • 1 min read • security post

  NISCC Vulnerability Advisory IPSEC - 004033 From what I have read on this, the flaw in ESP only will affect you if you are using ESP for confidentiality protection only (no integrity check in ESP) and …

• Intel Hypterthreading Leads To Security Bug

  13 May 2005 • 1 min read • security post

  y-bug Hyper-Threading considered harmful This is an interesting case where a hardware flaw can be used to subvert software security. I find it fun to ask vendors who create their own OS and processors …

• Spam blocking update

  3 May 2005 • 2 min read • technology post

  So, like everyone, I get a LOT of spam. Over the past year (May 15 2004 - May 3 2005), I have received and processed a total of 120878 emails. Here is how the mail I received breaks down: notspam …

• Another Governmental Pdf Quot Redaction Quot Blunder

  3 May 2005 • 1 min read • security post

  The Washington Monthly here’s a question: do you think the Italian computer whizzes will be any more competent than their American counterparts when they release their report? The U.S. report is …

• The curious Will of God

  3 May 2005 • 1 min read • religion post

  Pat Robertson’s contradictory theology: God won … [Media Matters for America] So, God doesn’t control the natural world around us–that just works on its own volition, …

• Car Crunch History

  1 May 2005 • 2 min read • NoneOfTheAbove post

  So, within the past week, my brand new car got crunched in a parking lot while I was attending a security conference. Here are some photos: I really did park straight… In the distance, you can …

• Funniest Error Message

  1 May 2005 • 1 min read • Humor post

  rtfm.6o4.ca - Read The F***ing Manual Reference Library If you go directly to this link, you will be presented with a hilarious error message, complete with apropos image. I got a kick out of this. …

• Appropriate Yet Unfortunate Commentary On The Times We Live In

  20 Apr 2005 • 1 min read • Commentary post

  Daily Howler: Coulter makes ‘’errors’’ like other scribes breathe. But store-bought John Cloud couldn’t find them ERNSTEIN WATCHES THINGS FALL APART: Congratulations to …