How to handle a security incident
Saturday, March 5th, 2011 Posted in security, technology, work | No Comments »Warning: Undefined variable $excerpt in /var/www/vhosts/strelitzia.net/httpdocs/wp/wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 1717
Or: Coping with the Human Bug If you work in IT, just like me, every now and then you stumble into something, you shouldn't have. Most of the times this happens because someone has given you temporary access with too many ...
A secure blanket
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 Posted in security, technology, work | 1 Comment »Warning: Undefined variable $excerpt in /var/www/vhosts/strelitzia.net/httpdocs/wp/wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 1717
You shouldn't trust the Internet. It is dangerous and because most people do not fully comprehend the technology and inner workings, it is hard to understand how and when you are in danger. And yet, as we become more and ...
unstash in Java
Sunday, March 8th, 2009 Posted in security, technology, websphere, work | 45 Comments »Warning: Undefined variable $excerpt in /var/www/vhosts/strelitzia.net/httpdocs/wp/wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 1717
It has been ten years ago - 1999 - since the (in)famous unstash-script came out. It was a cryptic PERL script, which could read IBM's stash files and deliver you the 'encrypted' password. I was in need of the script, as ...
Passwords are not safe
Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in security, technology, work | No Comments »Warning: Undefined variable $excerpt in /var/www/vhosts/strelitzia.net/httpdocs/wp/wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 1717
I was recently confronted with a new password policy: my password needed to be a combination of 8 to 12 characters with only numbers and letters. And the numbers were not allowed to be at the beginning or end. My ...
