SSL Interception Interesting article regarding SSL interception deployments and associated risks. It would certainly be advisable to check your own deployments. http://www.cert.org/blogs/certcc/post.cfm?EntryID=221 SSL Troubleshooting While we are on the subject of SS, here’s a useful article regarding troubleshooting SSL connections using openssl. The article covers the following: 1. Check the Connection 2. Decoding a Base64 Certificate
I’ve owned 3 Thinkpads over the last decade. My first one was the original IBM Thinkpad, the last two were Lenovo branded. All three I’ve owned have been the X series aimed at the road warrior professional with demands for high performance computing in a small and lightweight device. I chose and have so far
HTTP 2.0 HTTP 2.0 is going to start picking up pace this year. Check out this packet pushers post which has an accompanying podcast: http://packetpushers.net/show-224-http2-its-the-biggest-network-thing-happening-on-the-internet-today/ Lenovo Man-In-The-middle for https traffic I’ve owned 3 Lenovo thinkpads for over 10 years and have to say I’m really disappointed with what’s been uncovered this week. The below link
Internet of Things – Wifi encryption key leaked to the internet Scary article about how an ‘Internet of things’ in this case a wireless enabled home weather station leaks your wireless encryption key out the internet in the clear! I’ll shortly be writing a blog about how to use a Palo Alto firewall to detect
Palo Alto Interesting article from Palo Alto regarding Cryptowall here Multigigabit Ethernet 2.5 / 5.0Gbps NBASE-T There will likely be adoption of these new Ethernet standards due to the limitation in copper cabling. This excellent blog post written by David Gee explains the requirement. The table below was taken from this document by Cisco You will
How do you stay current in the ever changing IT industry? Well, its time consuming. Working as a self employed consultant I need to stay current and skilled up. How as engineers can we design / implement complex network architectures using design best practices if you don’t keep your knowledge current? What do I do
