Some applications are not allowed…

One of the company policies is that you are not allowed to install certain applications… because of the stability of your system *blah*blah*…So it is time for some reverse engineering… But I want to install some applications… which are not…

eBook Security Engineering

During one of my many surf sessions on the web, I found the eBook ‘Security Engineering’ from Bruce Schneier.You can download the PDF-files per chapter at:http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.htmlMy goal in making the book freely available is twofo…

Crash course networkbasics

At the department where I work, my collegues don’t really know the network basics.I discovered it when I had a discussion like (note there are no routers involved in the network we discussed!):Coll: That was weird… the computers couldn’t communi…

Do you know something about the environment

One of my colleagues asked me, if I could find some stuff out about the environment and legislation around this subject, especially about rubbish dump.So I start using my good friend Google and ended on a website of the dutch ministry of VROM. On …

SHA-1 hash function under pressure

After cracking the MD5 function, the SHA-1 function is also under pressure… It is imho just a matter of time…You can read more at:Heis Security.

The NASA hacker Gary McKinnon speaks up

Found on the website of OUT-LAW Radio:Quote:24/08/2006: Gary McKinnon, a hacker who faces imminent extradition to the US, shares his views on his treatment by the legal system and reveals what he found on NASA’s computers. Plus: news round-up.Down…

Bigbrother streams

On the dutch television is Bigbrother back…Although the televisionstation would like to register you on their website if you want to see the live streams…But… you can see them using the next urls:http://www.garnierstreamingmedia.com/asx/bb1….

What type of License

For the company I work for I have developed some tools. Although my company is not a softwarecompany I want to release these tools with an open-source license.I personal think that the ‘BSD License’ or a ‘Apache License’-look-a-like would be the b…

Fighting with bBlog

On the server I implemented bBlog. But there are some things I still have to find out… like the Links stuff…