Every once in a while you come across something you thought was common knowledge and discover someone who hasn’t seen it. Here is my example. There are a few fields that were added back in Domino 7 that people may not be aware of… $$HTMLFrontMatter allows you to add a custom doctype declaration to a [...]
Read more →Here is a synopsis of a recent project over the last month. — Asked vendor about specific feature. Vendor said feature was available. Brought unit in. Tested unit. Feature not available. Sent unit back. Asked vendor about lack of feature. Vendor replied that it would be available in future release. Stopped using vendor.
Read more →And there you have it. Encryption is not necessarily going to protect you or your company. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/judge-orders-laptop-decryption/
Read more →It’s here again. It’s not guaranteed to be more fun than Ground Hog Day, but it is important none the less. Data Privacy Day 2012 is on January 28th. There are numerous events being hosted across Canada and the US to make people more aware of data privacy issues. You can find a list of events [...]
Read more →A vulnerability assessment turned up a potential issue with my Domino servers. CVE-2009-3555, or a security concern with SSL renegotiation. There is an easy work around for Domino, add the following parameter in your notes.ini file. SSL_DISABLE_RENEGOTIATE=1 Reference: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3555 http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21430331
Read more →The latest edition of SANS Ouch! is out. Every month they publish a newsletter directed at the typical web user. Not those of us with a heightened awareness of security, but people like your office manger, mail room clerk or your parents. This month’s newletter deals with how to securely set up a wireless network. [...]
Read more →According to the activist group, The Pirate Party of Canada, House of Commons employees are downloading illegal content before Canada’s bill C-11, the strict copyright protection legislation comes into effect. The party used youhavedownloaded.com a site that scrapes torrent sites for IP addresses to find addresses owned by the House of Commons. When you work in such [...]
Read more →I’m starting 2012 optimistically. I have a few goals for the year: Achieve my CISSP certification. Finish the renovations to the basement. Find time to start running again. As a ways to an end, I have joined a CISSP study group, loaded some study resources on my iPod and ebook reader, and will take the bus [...]
Read more →I was listening to the radio this morning and heard this story about how the local children’s hospital is reducing waste. One of the things they are removing from the emergency rooms is the paper that lays across the examination tables. An emergency room doctor explained that the paper doesn’t really contribute to the infection [...]
Read more →Just a quick note to wish all of my American friends a happy thanksgiving. (Even though they didn’t wish me one on my thanksgiving.)
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