January 26, 2011
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Far too many people still aren’t taking the Web security holes that Firefox exposed seriously. I can still sit in any coffee house and look over most users’ shoulders to see what they’re doing on the Web. Facebook to its … Continue reading
January 25, 2011
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Unlike the UK’s Royal family, I doubt anyone is listening in on my phone calls. But, if someone wanted to, they could. Many mobile phone calls in the U.S. and Europe are encrypted with a stream cipher called A5/1, which … Continue reading
January 18, 2011
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God knows I understand that going from one Web site to another with one login and password scheme after the other is a real pain-in-the-rump. After the Gawker password fiasco it’s become clearer than ever that using the same brain-dead … Continue reading
January 10, 2011
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The Internet’s IPv4 clock keeps ticking down. As Robert Cannon, the FCC’s senior counsel for Internet law, observed recently, “The original [Internet] address space, IPv4, is nearly exhausted.” He’s so right. Still, I’ll bet most of you are still scared … Continue reading
January 4, 2011
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When the popular Web site Gawker was hacked into recently, more than a million user IDs and passwords were released. If you were one of the people compromised that’s annoying — very annoying. Not that it’s a big deal that … Continue reading
January 3, 2011
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For the last few years, network administrators have, generally speaking, had it easy. All you had to do was maintain your network, albeit with less funding and fewer resources than ever. In 2011, though, you’re going to be asked to … Continue reading