The five basic goals of system configuration

December 20th, 2006

In an article by Bruce Byfield, Configuration: the forgotten side of security, I was one of several people interviewed about proactive security. In response to one question about best practices for configuring UNIX systems, I provided five goals that I use in building systems. I did not think that it would be included in the […]

To Skype or Not to Skype…

November 30th, 2006

So I’m a happy Skype user. I can answer my “phone” anywhere in the Internet-connected world. I can get a phone number in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or a foreign country. There is call forwarding, video calls, voicemail, instant messaging, SMS messaging, file transfers, conference calls, and for a limited time I can […]

 
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