by wwarren | Dec 28, 2011 | Hardware, Security, Security Alerts
I figured it was a matter of time before this was exposed. The pins are usually 8 digits which it has been known for quite some time that you need at least 12 sufficiently random characters for any kind of protection against brute force attacks. Of course the lack...
by wwarren | Dec 18, 2011 | Hardware, Storage
Not too long after the market punished the Hard Disk industry for dropping warranties before the industry is now moving to cratering hard disk warranties again. I bet they are going to be introducing a new technology for manufacturing hard disks and they are dropping...
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
This link aggregates all of techcrunchs coverage with decent linking to outside sites about this too. Carrier IQ | TechCrunch.
by wwarren | Dec 1, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Smartphone
Crapware on a pc or mac is easy to combat….format the machine and use your own, known good image. Phones however are a new frontier of badness for the enterprise and anyone with need for data security. Folks wonder why I’ve advocated...
by wwarren | Nov 23, 2011 | Cloud Computing, Hardware, Intel, Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security, Server 2008, Sophos, Vendors, Windows
I got Hyper-v working finally here at my office. I now have one box hosting 3 virtual mahcines. VM 1 is my Astaro firewall. VM 2 is my main AD file/print/authentication server. VM 3 is my Astaro Command Center which aggregates status and updates from my astaro and...
by wwarren | Oct 31, 2011 | Apple, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Internet, Smartphone
The design geniuses at Apple, who are yet to come up with an iPhone 4 which did not have some serious design flaws, are scratching their heads about the latest problem which has hit the cargo cults latest toy.Apple recently released the iPhone 4S which was an iPhone 4...
