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Taking back your mobile phone

Posted on March 8, 2011 by samurai

Remember 10 years ago when you were happy if your phone had the Snake game[0] or a color screen?  Now we’ve got all sorts of smart phones loaded with applications, media and functionality.  Recent news has shown these apps aren’t … Continue reading →

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Odd bugs and the case of an aging database

Posted on August 29, 2010 by samurai

I was doing some troubleshooting recently trying to fix some issues reported in the Captcha of a registration system. The Captcha wasn’t always properly displaying and wouldn’t recognize valid code entries intermittently. After tracing some of the PHP to find … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on IPv6 Firewalling

Posted on August 9, 2010 by CarbonLifeForm

It is the on-coming storm. We’ve all heard about it; it’s big, scary, and new. Public IP addresses for all and tearing down those NAT-PT barriers excites and worries many. IPv6 is coming but it’s not as frightening as it’s … Continue reading →

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Defcon 18 – photos and followup

Posted on August 2, 2010 by samurai

Another year, another Defcon has passed. This year I went with CarbonLifeForm (who helped out with this post) and we attended talks, mingled with fellow enthusiasts, spread the psych0tik word, and enjoyed general debauchery. I was asked to take some … Continue reading →

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CSI releases first in a new series of whitepapers

Posted on February 3, 2010 by samurai

The Cyber Secure Institute (CSI), a group looking to raise awareness about cyber security, has released it’s first whitepaper in a new series about cyberwar. This whitepaper, written by retired USAF General Eugene Habiger, addresses the need for a new … Continue reading →

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