MetaFilter posts tagged with informationsecurity

Keepers of the Public Record

MLIS — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:31:21 -0800

Ten guiding principles for policy and practice in maintaining the public record as a public trust are: [+] [via]

Cisco Cover-up Concerns Cracker Conference

sohcahtoa — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 18:05:54 -0800

The Wapo first reported that a security researcher Michael Lynn of ISS had discovered a critical hole in Cisco routers, was ready to present his findings at Blackhat, and then suddenly bowed out. Some began to cry "cover-up", and Cisco denied the vulnerability. Then, dramatically, Lynn resigned from ISS and gave his presentation, saying "I'm probably about to be sued to oblivion. (But) the worst thing is to keep this stuff secret."

Nothing--you're screwed.

sohcahtoa — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:11:23 -0800

Safe Personal Computing. Bruce Schneier, cited frequently on Metafilter, has a new article on his blog in which he gives home users concrete actions they could take to improve security. As the holidays come and I make the rounds to disinfect and repair all my family's computers, I'll be printing this out and sticking copies to their monitors.