But am I here? It’s kind of hard to tell I do a good impression of myself But what’s normal now anyhow? from “Normal” by Porcupine Tree Since the great weirdness last month things are getting pretty much back to normal in Colorado. The Balloon Boy’s parents have fessed up, but not before the Larimer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘open source’
Back to normal in Colorado
Posted: November 16, 2009 in general, securityTags: Balloon Boy, FDCC, Federal Desktop Core Configuration, GPL v2, insurance, marijuana dispensaries, Microsoft, open source, pre-existing condition, reality TV, Westword, Windows 7
1
Open source and patents
Posted: December 7, 2008 in professional, securityTags: open source, patent
Matt Asay over at The 0pen R0ad has this intriguing article wherein the following is asserted. Patents are short-term monopolies (20 years) designed to give inventors sufficient time in which to recoup their R&D costs and turn a profit. Open source turns the 20-year patent term into two years, if that. As a relentless, ever-growing [...]
DRM is a security threat
Posted: September 27, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Alone in the Dark, antipiracy, Atari, Ben Yahtzee, bittorrent, computer games, Digital Rights Management, DRM, EA, Electronic Arts, malware, MediaDefender, Nick Webster, open source, p2p, Revision3, security threat, SecuROM, software, software cracks, software piracy, Spore, warez
For my entire career I’ve designed, developed, maintained and secured commercial software products. So it is definitely not lost on me that the revenue generated by sales of those software products is what pays my bills. If customers don’t pony up then my employers quit paying me. So believe me, I’m certainly not advocating that [...]
Keys to the kingdom
Posted: September 9, 2008 in general, securityTags: Bruce Schneier, encryption, multi-factor authentication, open source, password generator, Password Safe, passwords, PCI, SecurePuter, strong passwords
You think we’d have gotten past this by now. After all the research, mathematical and technological advancement almost all of our most valuable digital – and ultimately real – assets are protected by one little word. Usually something lame like our dog’s name or favorite team mascot. That’s right, I’m talking about passwords. In spite [...]
