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Economics of Information Security. Alex has an interesting post pointing to a collection of links Ross Anderson has on Economics and Security. I've read most of the information there before, and the real gem within that entire page is the link to a paper Ross wrote on Why Information Security is Hard – An Economic… Continue reading Economics of Information Security

qotd may 31 2004. Lord Chesterfield: “Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.”  [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]

creating a network on a Mac. Something else I wanted to mention about our trip back from Vegas. We didn't have time to share all of our pictures together and no one had blank cd's on the plane, so I decided to try out the 'Create Network…” feature on my Powerbook. Unbelievable! My 'windows' companions… Continue reading creating a network on a Mac

Security-Free Wireless Networks. Wi-fi is hot, but security is not. Most home users don't enable basic encryption or other protections against connection theft, eavesdropping and network invasion. Why? Set-up is easy, but activate security and the headaches begin. [Wired News]

Selling Books, DVDs and CDs on eBay is ridiculously easy.  This weekend my wife and I posted a bunch of stuff on eBay. We discovered, as Rick Klau noted back in April, that it is very easy to sell DVDs and CDs on eBay. All you have to do is enter the UPC code and… Continue reading Selling Books, DVDs and CDs on eBay is ridiculously easy

ADT MobileSafety GPS/Cellular/Mapping Hybrid. ADT Security Services new MobileSafety combines GPS, cell phone, and mapping service features into a least-common denominator device that strips most of the functionality of its inspiration in a trade-off for ease-of-use. One push of the single button on the device puts the user in touch with ADT's monitoring center via… Continue reading ADT MobileSafety GPS/Cellular/Mapping Hybrid

Vendors Don't Take Simple Security Setup Seriously. Almost superb AP story on the lack of simple setup in Wi-Fi home gateways: The reporter neatly details the difficulties in all of the current Wi-Fi gateways in turning security on, especially in gateways and adapters designed by different companies. The only point the writer misses is that… Continue reading Vendors Don't Take Simple Security Setup Seriously

Gnome Outliner, an “outline editor for Gnome.” [Scripting News]

Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide.  Microsoft has released the Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide. This guide explains how to back up and restore the critical data in your Exchange organization. It covers how to use the backup utility in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Backup), how to back up Microsoft Exchange Server… Continue reading Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide

MySQL Conference Roundup.  This past week was the MySQL conference in case you missed it. Here's some of the stuff I found pretty interesting. First, Jeremy Zawodny's new book High Performance MySQL has been published and is on Safari (if you have a subscription). Right off the bat it's very informative: Many binary distributors of MySQL… Continue reading MySQL Conference Roundup