Biography
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The New Threats Are on the Server
When I think of the prototypical botnet, I think of cable modem users with teenagers downloading programs that they assume to be other things. There…
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Taking Least Privilege to the Max
Symantec is arguing that Windows Vista’s User Access Control features are too intrusive, and perhaps they have a point. There’s no reason to assume Microsoft…
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What Scares Me About Security in 2007
I’m always annoyed when it comes to the end-of-year retrospectives and predictions, especially the predictions. “More of the same” is never an acceptable answer, even…
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Who Are You Surfin? New Ways to Be Cert’in
It seems like every time people get together to do something about a security problem, other people get together to whine about it. Now they’re…
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Be Thankful: You Can Be Safe
Just a few years ago Windows users, even responsible Windows users, had good reason to be fearful of the attack that would slip past their…
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Microsoft Caves on Vista Security
Security is security, but business is business I guess. It wasn’t worth it to Microsoft to stick to its positions on PatchGuard and the Windows…
