January 2008 - Posts

MSDN Ignite Security Conference - My "Thinking like a Hacker" slidedeck
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:15 PM
So it's been fun today. I have been a speaker at the Ignite MSDN Virtual Security Conference presenting to a few hundred developers interested in secure software development. I presented on how to "Think like a Hacker", where I discuss the...
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Stop it! Can we stop with everyone being OpenID providers, and start being more consumers?
Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:16 AM
So everyone is a buzz that Yahoo announced that it is now joining the OpenID craze. At the end of the month you will be able to visit openid.yahoo.com and set your Yahoo account to sign into other sites that support OpenID. Sounds great. Anyone tried...
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Know of an inexpensive ASP.NET module that can collect SCORM results from Camtasia?
Monday, January 14, 2008 6:09 PM
Hey guys, If any of you out there know of a really inexpensive ASP.NET module that will collect quiz results via SCORM, can you please drop me a line at dana@vulscan.com ? I want to be able to collect the quiz results from Camtasia Studio output for use...
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Find your bandwidth in Vista really slow? Here is a simple hack for you.
Monday, January 14, 2008 1:56 PM
So, since the beginning of beta testing on Vista I have always found the new TCP stack to be overly hyped, and rarely with the performance you would expect. Charlie and I have always hacked the registry to turn off autotuning, TCP Chimney and Receive...
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The Lone Server Story
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:47 PM
I got a chuckle off of the Lone Windows Server 2003 story. Check it out . More info here . Read More...
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RSA restructuring within EMC causes layoffs. Are you one of the employees affected? Then read this!
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:01 AM
Recently EWeek pointed out that RSA reported that they would be laying off up to 1,250 people globally in their research and sales teams as part of the EMC restructuring. I don't normally talk about business on my personal blog, but this seemed like...
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Awarded with the Windows Security MVP designation for another year!
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:18 AM
Happy New Years everyone! For a third year in a row I have been given the MVP Award from Microsoft. I am in good company . Looking back in the last year it's been really fun. I have spoken in the community from Microsoft's campus in Redmond all...
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