TTL Caging: How to Fight Malware Using Reduced TTL Values
My buddy and co-worker Steve Crapo (pronounced CRAY-poe) recently told me about an idea he had a while back about how to keep malware on…
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What MTA Do The Big Universities Use?
Ever wonder what mail servers people run? I found myself wondering what the top universities used, so I wrote a lame little script to go…
New Einstein Letter Found About Judaism
The religious love to claim Einstein as their own. They do so because the misinterpret his remarks referring to nature as God, in a Spinoza-esque…
Secrets of Google’s Information Security Team
At RSA this year I caught a talk by a Google executive that discussed what makes Google’s Information Security team so unique. I found the…
The Trust-Reward Game | Daniel Miessler
I enjoy doing a little trick whenever I can with strangers. Whenever the opportunity arises, I like to ask complete strangers to put their faith…
ROWE: Results-Only Work Environment | Daniel Miessler
ROWE is a simple concept: let people do what they want at work — as long as they’re getting work done. Evidently Best Buy has…
Verisign PIP OpenID Delegation Code
So I just started using the PIP service from Verisign to handle my OpenID. It’s a pretty solid OpenID implementation from what I’ve seen and…
8 Powerful Features of Safari That Few People Know About
Safari is an excellent browser for many reasons; its speed, clean aesthetics and ease of use are attractive from the outset. In addition to these…
An Infosec Prediction: More Human-Based Attacks
As those performing attacks against corporate IT assets become more professional we’re going to start seeing more of the following types of attacks: Bribery Extortion…
New Anti-Spam Tactics | Daniel Miessler
So I’m trying out a new anti-spam combination: Re-captcha Akismet If you have any problems with the CAPTCHA software, just reload the image or try…
Our Government Isn’t Failing Us. Our People Are.
Excerpts from an article about Obama. This is what happens when you interview “average” Americans. I’m too angry to write right now. These fucking mouthbreathers…
Splunk | Daniel Miessler
A few things are interesting to me here at RSA 2008. Most of them I’ve known about for a long time, but it’s great to…