ben.hamilton.id.au » security http://ben.hamilton.id.au what I find interesting in tech and CRM Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stupid security http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/stupid-security?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stupid-security http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/stupid-security#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:58:02 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/?p=64 Continue reading →]]> This sort of thing REALLY annoys me. Security through obscurity is a FEATURE of this product, the Wyse V10L thin client. #

To quote: #

And, with an unpublished API, Wyse Thin OS is one of the most secure operating systems on the market. #

What rot. What that means translated is “not many people know how our stuff works, so therefore not many people can exploit it”. #

And, yes, this may truly mean that it isn’t often exploited. But at some point it will be. Far better to be secure by design than by lack of being a target. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/general/stupid-security/feed 0 Security tool for all Sysadmins http://ben.hamilton.id.au/security/security-tool-for-all-sysadmins?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=security-tool-for-all-sysadmins http://ben.hamilton.id.au/security/security-tool-for-all-sysadmins#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:55:34 +0000 Ben Hamilton http://ben.hamilton.id.au/security/security-tool-for-all-sysadmins Nmap is a tool for security conscious system administrators, version 4.50 has been released. #

This is one tool that gets a lot of use from me, it makes finding insecure machines on the network so so much easier. #]]> http://ben.hamilton.id.au/security/security-tool-for-all-sysadmins/feed 0