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more-on-sun-free-advice-for-jonathon

Posted by: admin 15 years, 3 months ago

I read the NY Times article on Jonathon Schwartz take-over at Sun. My concern is that Sun is going to the consumer market for an iPod-esque homerun product.

Mr. Schwartz contends that Java is the No. 1 driver of growth at Sun, ahead of Solaris, its operating system for corporate computers. "More teenagers recognize Java than they do Microsoft, because that is what they have in their pocket on their cellphone," he said in an interview on Tuesday. "Shame on me if I can't find a way to monetize that."

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logins-for-ftp-sites-offered-for-sale

Posted by: admin 15 years, 3 months ago

According to Techworld, Finjan has discovered that logins for 8,700 FTP servers are for sale.

Using the Alexa.com domain ranking, Finjan found 10 of the top 100 domains in the database, 100 of the top 500 domains, and 50 of those between 500 and 1,000.
My reaction: FTP? Really? You've got to at least hope that it's SFTP.
The hacked servers could be used to distribute crimeware by injecting iframe tags into any webpage stored on the compromised FTP servers. Indeed the server accounts were themselves being traded by a web application able to rank and price them according to their Google page rank for re-sale to other criminals.
Fancy.

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more-on-the-nsa-wiretaps-fro-m-the-national

Posted by: admin 15 years, 3 months ago
The National Journal has an interesting update on the technology used in the NSA wiretaps.

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incentive-plan-for-an-information-security-team

Posted by: admin 15 years, 3 months ago

It has occurred to me that you could develop an interesting incentive program for an information security team, assuming that you believe a couple of data points (or can come up with your own) and your primary concern is a data breach. In my opinion, security people are all too often incented only to maintain security - not to optimize the investment in security. Interests need to be aligned.

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creative-triangulation-for-mobile-payment-systems

Posted by: admin 15 years, 3 months ago
Now, this is interesting. A mobile payment system that supports an existing paper-based system. (more from Daniel today, he's on fire ;). Most ticketing systems now support UPC code reading for tickets purchased and printed at home. Now you can buy your tickets on your cell phone and have the UPC scanned from your phone.

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