Saturday, October 31, 2009

Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

Moserware: A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Only funny to those who know... still... funny.

Friday, October 16, 2009

White Hat World WebEx Addresses Data Leakage

While not being a huge fan of Rich Mogull and I have long since stopped listening to his podcast for various reasons, however, it is good to get different views on data leakage. Also, Rich is great about muddling through the media garbage.

White Hat World WebEx Enterprise Site

Program:
Thought Leadership Roundtable Webcast
Panelist(s) Info:
http://www.whitehatworld.com/staff.html
Duration: 1 hour
Description:
Data leakage is one of the most pressing security issues faced by nearly every organization. From stolen credit card numbers, to lost health care records, to leaks of intellectual property and trade secrets, data leaks dominate the security headlines on nearly a daily basis. And although there are a variety of approaches and tools available to limit leaks, the marketplace is confusing with conflicting messages, overlapping product feature sets, and no shortage of hype and fear-based marketing.

In this Thought Leadership Roundtable our panel of experts will cut through the hyperbole and present practical strategies for reducing data leaks. From securing content repositories, databases and discovering stored sensitive data, to preventing network leaks and tracking user activity, we will cover the range of tools and processes available to reduce losses.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

SC World Congress 24/7

SC World Congress 24/7

Why Is My Fedora RedHat System Out of Date?

Having noticed that the usual "yum update" that I perform on my system did little more than call home I finally did some research and found that I am sorely out of date.

The Yum Upgrade FAQ spells out the steps necessary to get your system back on the cutting edge and performing regular updates again. Within an hour or so I am now back up to speed with the latest and greatest Fedora packages.

See The Fedora Yum Upgrade FAQ for more information and the exact steps.

Following these steps from a Fedora 9 system I had to do it twice to get to 11.