Archive for September, 2008
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Why I Care and Why You Should, Too
Why I care and why you should care, too
At the 2007 InformationWeek conference, the CEO of McAfee announced that the value of cybercrime reached $104B USD annually. This surpassed the value of global wholesale illicit drug trade.
I have reservations about both of these numbers. However, even if we believe that these numbers are only correct [...]
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Installing and Using PGP or HOW TO DO THE STUFF I TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST POST
Installing and Using PGP or
HOW TO DO THE STUFF I TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST POST
This should be no more than a 15-minute process but as the disembodied voice says, your experience may vary. It looks long but it’s not really that bad.
Part 1) Install PGP
1) The basic functionality of PGP (encryption/decryption/signing…) is available for [...]
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
My PGP Key
As a followup to my post from a few days ago, I posted my PGP public key block on the Contacts page.
Now you can send me secure email!
I will write a brief tutorial on how to install and use PGP shortly…
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Notes on Physical Security
As the saying goes, “a secure system that an attacker can physically access is not a secure system.”
I keep an eye on the police blogs in my area just to get a feel for what kinds of incidents occur. Many of them relate to purses and laptops walking out of unsecured rooms. This kind of [...]
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
No Encryption Jones
I noticed something very strange that really should not be: official emails from UT are signed with PGP.
This is very strange because I have rarely come across anyone who used PGP, or any form of public key encryption, on a daily basis.
This shouldn’t be because it’s one of the easiest encryption methods to use. In [...]