http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 07 May 2008 15:15:38 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Kenneth Van Wyk revisits the question of how relatively secure he feels on each platform and comes up with the same, if qualified, answer. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/reprise-leopard.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/reprise-leopard.html security leopard mac security vista windows Wed, 07 May 2008 15:15:38 -0500 A tutorial on a simple wireless security distro reminds me of the paranoiac I used to be ... and probably ought to start being again. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/zeroshell-and-m.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/zeroshell-and-m.html security linux wireless security zeroshell Tue, 06 May 2008 16:16:42 -0500 Maybe John the Ripper could provide some relief to strong password madness, or maybe we should all just stop being crybabies and learn to live with really obnoxious password policies. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/ripping-passwor.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/05/ripping-passwor.html security john the ripper passwd Fri, 02 May 2008 17:22:24 -0500 Another day, another inadequate excuse to stock up on canned food and flee for the hills. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/mass-disappoint.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/mass-disappoint.html backdoor microsoft paranoia Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:21:01 -0500 What's in a name? Don't ask your iPhone. Also: Quick notes from my first day on the Interop floor. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/your-chatty-tre.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/your-chatty-tre.html privacy security interop iphone nac wireless Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:00:18 -0500 Citing an internal records retention policy, Jobs.com tells an unhappy user it won't remove his profile. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/jobscom-says-pr.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/jobscom-says-pr.html privacy userprofiles Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:52:05 -0500 DNSSEC continues its fitful progress. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/arpa-org-and-uk.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/arpa-org-and-uk.html security dnssec infrastructure standards Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:40:23 -0500 A hacker found an exploit in the Obama campaign's Web site and used it to send visitors to Hillary Clinton's. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/xss-watch-pa-pr.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/xss-watch-pa-pr.html security politics xss Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:50:50 -0500 ISPs eager to monetize their users' mistyped URLs are setting them up for trouble as the servers that handle the typo correction prove vulnerable to assorted attacks. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/url-typo-correc.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/url-typo-correc.html security dns isp security man-in-the-middle xss Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:29:51 -0500 PayPal's "get tough on insecure browsers" stance sounds good, but a SANS blogger argues that a browser's support of EV SSL certificates is hardly the criterium by which PayPal should be judging browser security. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/the-problem-wit.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/the-problem-wit.html links and followups security ev ssl paypal phishing Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:53:01 -0500 PayPal says a lack of EV SSL support puts Safari in the same boat as "very old and vulnerable browsers." http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/safari-in-paypa.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/safari-in-paypa.html links and followups security browsers ev ssl paypal security Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:17:55 -0500 marketing gambit study says we're all reusing our passwords too much because we're not aware of the risks. ]]> http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/do-we-need-more.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/do-we-need-more.html security passwords Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:55:51 -0500 A pair of consumer groups want the FTC to create a "do not track" list. Being on that list should imply membership on a "do not provide services" list, too. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/ftc-asked-for-d.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/ftc-asked-for-d.html privacy advertising privacy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:52:58 -0500 Microsoft is arguing in favor of privacy controls that would give customers a little more control over how their information is used. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/microsoft-argue.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/microsoft-argue.html privacy microsoft privacy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:36:26 -0500 Librarians can end up out front on lots of civil liberties issues. http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/if-you-heart-yo.html http://www.opennetworkstoday.com/2008/04/if-you-heart-yo.html privacy librarians Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:46:47 -0500