Category Archives: Technology

Covering all my technical interests. Things like gadgets, computers, software, etc..

Sad times for security research

Posted on April 28, 2006 by D-Caf

Here is a very good article about Security researchers going to jail for doing the right thing. They find a flaw in some instituition/company website, one that exposes valuable or personal information, and they do the good deed and tell … Continue reading →

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Big security holes in Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey

Posted on April 17, 2006 by D-Caf

Time to run the update cycle. Some fairly significant security holes were found in most all of the Mozilla Foundations products. These security holes could allow someone to run any program they want on your computer as the user you … Continue reading →

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I HATE spammers!!@!!@!

Posted on April 17, 2006 by D-Caf

It seems that some spammers have decided to forge emails that appear to be coming from my domain (cafaro.net), i.e., people are getting emails from hoiud@cafaro-189588.ingress-bonde.easywp.com and dell34@cafaro-189588.ingress-bonde.easywp.com (and others), which are fake email address. These emails are NOT coming … Continue reading →

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Cool new light technology

Posted on April 13, 2006 by D-Caf

Well OLEDs keep getting cooler, I can’t wait to get my replacement lamps which will look like window shades and create light that feels like it’s coming in the window from the sun outside.  And not generate heat, and use … Continue reading →

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LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld Last week

Posted on April 13, 2006 by D-Caf

Well, it was a pretty good show, it wasn’t glitzy and glamorous, but there was some good info to be had, and good people to meet. Oh, and had a lot of fun at after show parties! :-). Anyway, here … Continue reading →

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LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld next week

Posted on March 31, 2006 by D-Caf

Well, I’m getting ready for LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld next week. Not to much to do, most things I’m responsible for, I’ve taken care of. Looking forward to it. I hope people enjoy the Security Track I’ve put together. Guess I’ll know soon. … Continue reading →

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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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