by wwarren | Nov 23, 2014 | Hardware, Ubiquiti, Vendors, WIFI
Am currently working on a WIFI deployment. The client has a split-level home along with about 1/2 acre of surrounding land. 3 access points cover the large home inside and one long range mounted on his radio mast 40 feet is the air to cover the property. Might have...
by wwarren | Nov 21, 2014 | Cloud Computing, General, Internet, Security, Security Alerts
I am not trying to spread the “stranger danger” fear-mongering here. If you are a parent, grandparent or any other kind of close relative please read the linked article at the bottom of this post. I have been following this since it began. More details...
by wwarren | Nov 13, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Security
Folks just need to compromise these massive ad server farms now even legit sites are now attack points for your computer. It also helps load webpages faster. If you are blocking the ads you don’t have to wait for the ad servers to load their ads because...
by wwarren | Nov 12, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Internet, Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Windows
Microsoft has disclosed a potentially catastrophic vulnerability in virtually all versions of Windows. People operating Windows systems, particularly those who run websites, should immediately install a patch Microsoft released Tuesday morning. The vulnerability...
by wwarren | Nov 11, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Net Neutrality
Forbes posted this which breaks down the costs to consumers that net neutrality would impose. One set of proposals considered by the FCC would classify Internet services, or at least Internet access services, as “interstate telecommunications services” bringing...
by wwarren | Nov 11, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Government Regulations, Net Neutrality
Karl Denninger really explains succinctly about the way this regulation would work using examples of the past. This post really does a good job of succinctly exposing exactly what would happen in an Internet regulated inside of a Title II environment. It quickly boils...
by wwarren | Nov 11, 2014 | Cloud Computing, General, Government Regulations, Net Neutrality
It is too bad this sentence was at the end of the article and not the beginning. You really should read the entire article..multiple times if needed to fully gras the insidious nature of Net Neutrality and why it must be stopped. Net Neutrality is just left-wing...
by wwarren | Oct 25, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
I don’t always agree with Steve Gibson. On this particular attack the one thing that makes this a non-issue is that you have to have active malicious code running in the browser. Once your machine is compromised in any way you aren’t secure, it is really...
by wwarren | Oct 21, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Security, Security Alerts
Really this is only a problem is you are surfing on a public wifi point then somebody can intercept your traffic..cause an error in your secure communications and then insert themselves into your data stream. Keep in mind ssl v3 is nearly 15 years old and has been...
by wwarren | Oct 15, 2014 | Cloud Computing
This is one reason i am not a fan of putting ANYTHING critical on the cloud. It takes one bug..or hack..or mistake and your data is gone. I posted long ago about what the cloud is. It isn’t anything revolutionary but de-evolutionary and worse on security....
