Author Archives: D-Caf

About D-Caf

I'm a computer geek, what more is there to say?

Linux on Laptop working again

Posted on March 28, 2006 by D-Caf

Oh, it’s a good night, thanks to some hard work by others (with me cheering along, and lending what little help I could), some hardware changes, and a little fiddling on my part, I’ve got Fedora Core 5 running VERY … Continue reading →

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Security issue with IE

Posted on March 27, 2006 by D-Caf

There are a couple of new security threats out for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. The primary one of concern is this one: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/27/another_ie_security_flaw/ Basically, if you click on a malicious website, that website could run any software it wants … Continue reading →

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RFID tags can be infected with a computer virus

Posted on March 15, 2006 by D-Caf

Oh, this is a good one. If you’re not familiar with RFID tags, they are tiny chips (tiny as in they can be woven into fabric so that they are invisible to careful scrutiny) that can help provide information on … Continue reading →

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Security issue in GPG signed messages

Posted on March 10, 2006 by D-Caf

Looks like there is a bug in GPG that would allow someone to inject misc. data into a cyptographically signed or encrypted message without invalidating the signature of the message. Basically, it means that checking the signature status of a … Continue reading →

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Bad Ideas for Laws

Posted on March 6, 2006 by D-Caf

Oh this is a good one.  Apparently, someone in the New Jersey Legislature has decided that true anonymous posting should be illegal. To make it more fun, the forum owner is the one that can be taken to court. So, … Continue reading →

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Two cool new tools for SELinux

Posted on March 2, 2006 by D-Caf

Well SELinux has begun the long needed improvement in simplification this week. Tresys Technology (I used to work for them for about a year), has released two new tools to make SELinux Policy writing easier. They are both very early … Continue reading →

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Cell phone Trojan (Virus)

Posted on March 2, 2006 by D-Caf

Well, here’s an interesting one, a cell phone Java based trojan. It’s not a huge threat at the moment (requires a lot of user interaction), but good to know about anyway: Description of Trojan This just means that like your … Continue reading →

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Mac OSX Security Issues

Posted on February 24, 2006 by D-Caf

In case you missed it, some interesting things came out concerning Mac OSX security issues. Apparently, there is an issue where an web link or email attachment that may look like a file (say a jpeg image) can actually cause … Continue reading →

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Snowy Day at Home

Posted on February 16, 2006 by D-Caf

Ok, meant to put this up earlier, but I got a great picture of what our backyard looked like after the Blizzard of ’06 ( actually just a northeaster, but they REALY want to call it a blizzard…)

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ShmooCon

Posted on January 17, 2006 by D-Caf

I was attending ShmooCon this weekend and have to say it was one of the best conferences I’ve attended yet! Incredible show, LOTS of great info and great speakers. I learned a lot. A must do for next year. Oh, … Continue reading →

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