There's a Nintendo Wii-U Sized Hole In My Firewall [phoneboy.org]
In order to allow your Nintendo Wii-U to participate in multiplayer online games, you have to configure your router/firewall/whatever in one of three ways per Nintendo: Edited to add on 10 Aug 2015:
Why SSL Decryption Is Important [phoneboy.org]
From Exclusive: The OPM breach details you haven’t seen: OPM then notified DHS’ U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, and a forensic investigation began. SSL/TLS traffic is pretty common.
Bringing Order To The Chaos Of Information Security [phoneboy.org]
It’s very easy to get discouraged in the information security business. When these threats are exploited–it’s no longer a question of if–data and reputation loss are likely results. Where are they?
Marketing Hype and Security Technology That Actually Works [phoneboy.org]
There have been a few videos produced that show various ways to bypass Palo Alto Networks firewalls. Disclaimer: The views herein are my own.
Shouldn't a Security Gateway Be Secure By Default? [phoneboy.org]
From Palo Alto Networks: Best Practices for Securing Your Network from Layer 4 and Layer 7 Evasions: Block all unknown applications/traffic using security policy. My guess: probably not. Disclaimer:
Now on Github Pages, New RSS Feed Location [phoneboy.org]
For various reasons I decided to move the hosting of this blog to Github Pages. I now have a nice, spiffy new site theme as well. Not that too many people care about that stuff.
The Start of my Information Security Career 20 Years Ago [phoneboy.org]
Update: For those who like to listen to audio instead of read, I recorded a version of this story in podcast form. Back then there was just the guys who ran the servers. Qualix Group. The bottom lin…
Palo Alto Networks Is Evading The Truth [phoneboy.org]
Here’s a summary from A Letter to Palo Alto Networks Employees and Customers: The issue is a little more nuanced than this of course, so I recommend reading the piece by Moti Sagey on LinkedIn.
The Security Impediment [phoneboy.org]
From Chip Cards Take So Long, Some Retailers Disabled Them For The Holidays: It could be that, among other things, retailers are reacting to shoppers’ sentiments. This can happen because:
Bridging The Information Security Gap [phoneboy.org]
You may have noticed a marked increase in the amount of posts I’ve done to this blog lately. Whether you read these ports or not, all these new posts aren’t necessarily an accident. What is it?