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Public Wifi Security Tips

February 7, 2011

Recently a plugin for FireFox was released that made it easy for every day internet users to perform session side-jacking attacks. While this is not a new vulnerability, the release of this tool highlighted the need for more knowledge and protection against this type of attack. Here are some quick tips for keeping yourself secure [...]

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Ditch the subdomain—stand out from the crowd

January 31, 2011

I have a bone to pick with you. Yes, you with the wordpress.com blog (or blogger.com or squarespace, take your pick). You see I have no problem with your personal blog being on one of those subdomains. In fact I have no problem with any those services or your personal blogs on them. The problem [...]

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7 Books I Read in 2010 (and you should too)

January 10, 2011

Amazon.com Widgets I read more than 7 books last year but most of the rest were programming or technical books. These were valuable for me of course but less generally accessible so the books that follow are books I think everyone should read given the chance. In no particular order: Outliers Linchpin The Power of [...]

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