Symantec has just reported a new 0day security vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could allow someone to take over your computer.
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.
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.
I’m out on the road this week, right now spending two days at a strategic planning session with a large energy company. This is the kind of trip I actually enjoy- working with an end-user on strategic issues at the executive level where they really want to solve the problem.
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A few months ago I picked up a Western Digital external hard drive at Costco since my MacBook’s internal drive was a bit stuffed with digital photos. The WD drive is a pretty nice USB drive and really portable.
I’m sitting in the Martini Monkey in San Jose airport, by far the best airport bar in history and possibly my favorite bar anywhere in the US. This place is a seriously funky oasis for those of us banished to the purgatory of airport terminals and solitary $10 crap beers in our hotel rooms.
It’s been a while since Richard Stiennon and I worked together, and I’m learning one of the more enjoyable aspects of blogging is the opportunity to pick on him again.
Really amusing considering our current discussions:
How to Handle Security Problems in Your Products
This is from Thomas H. Ptacek who’s blogging at matasano.com. I’m not sure how old it is.
Last Friday I was packing up for a weekend trip with my wife to Tuscon when my faithful RSS reader chased me down with the latest post on Daring Fireball. I ignored it over the weekend, but think it’s time for a response.