I’m catching up after all of last week’s travel and saw a good post by Dave over at Matasano on Safety vs. Security. Dave basically states that although one operating system might have better security than another, it doesn’t really matter if it’s more of a target. Vista might be more inherently secure than OS X, but it doesn’t matter if you are less likely to be attacked on your Mac. At least until someone decides it’s time to change targets.
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I went to the Broncos vs. Cardinals game yesterday here in Phoenix (Broncos won, in case you were wondering). On the way in we were subject to a pat down of the type I discussed here.
I wasn’t planning on writing about this, but with the release of a third unpatched MS Word vulnerability it’s time to be extra careful.
I’m on yet another airplane, this time up to Seattle for another client meeting. I felt really bad for the non-English-speaker being berated by security at the airport for daring to bring 4.2 full ounces of liquid in his bag, as opposed to the 3 ounce limit.
I’m out in Colorado with the wife to catch up with friends (I used to live here) and test the snow for proper friction (snowboarding up at Copper, where I used to patrol).
Adam at Emergent Chaos has a quick post on the lawsuit against the Seattle Seahawks over physical searches at the stadium.
I travel a lot, and on occasion I’ll run Nmap or some other scanner from my hotel room to get an idea of what’s out there, and how dangerous these hotel networks really are. To be honest it’s not something I do all that much anymore since even scanning an open network is running the risk of being considered over the line.
Reported over at Internetnews.com.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is recommending that the 2007 version of the Voluntary Voting Systems Guidelines (VVSG) decertify direct record electronic (DRE) machines
Electronic voting seems to be popping up again thanks to our favorite digital ostrich, Diebold. Martin Mckeay’s also writing on this a bit, and it’s well worth reading.