Long Strange Trip

  • Mickey Mouse Arrests DDoS Criminal. 10 years hard time!

    Mickey Mouse Arrests DDoS Criminal. 10 years hard time!

    Now this is getting somewhere. Earlier I wrote about getting no real punishment for big bad deeds online. Seems the powers that be read the blog with the most 🙂 We’ve got two big sentences here. Mr Daniel Kaye got 3 years for taking down an African mobile carrier (at the behest of their competitor.…

  • $$$ if you are interested in building a better online Canada?

    $$$ if you are interested in building a better online Canada?

    If you are a charity, not-for-profit, or academic institution, and you have an idea for a project build a better online Canada through infrastructure/access/digital literacy/engagement/services, you should consider applying for funding through CIRA’s Community Investment Program. Grants are usually up to $100K, but this year one grant of up to $250K will be available. Think…

  • Button down your 2-factor-auth and dnssec lest ye be hijacked

    Button down your 2-factor-auth and dnssec lest ye be hijacked

    DNSSEC. It helps prevent someone from poisoning a DNS cache or creating a lying recursive. Its simple to enable.

  • work versus toil, TLS, government shutdowns

    work versus toil, TLS, government shutdowns

    There has been some minor news of late of a government shutdown in the USA. tl;dr something about a wall. Now, you would think that fully automated systems would generally keep running (well, until the hydro bill comes due I guess). But interestingly we can see some certificates have expired. Lets check out e.g. the…

  • Doorbell licker: are your smart appliances giving you too much information?

    Doorbell licker: are your smart appliances giving you too much information?

    There was a time we were blissfully unaware of what occurred on our front porch when we were not around. No more! Now you can see what secret fetishes your neighbours have. In this case, this chap came and licked their doorbell for 3 hours. Yup. You read all of those words correctly, in the…