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February 2007 - Posts

January 2007 - Vuln Scorecard

I just posted my January 2007 - Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard over on CSOOnline, which includes charts comparing the vulnerabilities in Windows, Red Hat Linux, Ubuntu, Sun, and Mac OS X, broken down by server and workstation. I do include the Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:13 PM by jrjones | 3 Comments

Fallout in Linux Land

Yesterday, Eric S. Raymond (ESR) publicly dumped Red Hat Fedora and made the switch to Ubuntu: Eric S. Raymond Gives Up on Fedora , burning bridges left and right behind him. In Eric's words: Over the last five years, I've watched Red Hat/Fedora throw Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:07 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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Check out my CSO Magazine Online Blog

For my avid readers (ha!), I've just launched another blog - Security by Numbers - which will be hosted on CSOOnline , the CSO Magazine web site. The link is: http://blogs.csoonline.com/blog/jeff_jones . I will still do my technical, in-depth (and long) Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:47 AM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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Huh? Is that a "Yes" or a "No", Mr. Symantec CEO?

With such an eye-catching headline of Symantec CEO says no Vista for me , how could I not read it? My hat is off to you Joris, for having the most popular security story of the day! WARNING: This post is chock-full of exaggerated incredulity and hyperbole! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 14, 2007 7:08 PM by jrjones | 1 Comments

Profiles in Security - David B. Cross

I met David for the first time a couple of years ago when I was excited about Certificate Auto-Enrollment and tracked him down as someone who could give me for of the nitty-gritty details. We've had many conversations since then and I continue to enjoy Read More...
Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 11:26 PM by jrjones | 5 Comments
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The Value of UAC in Windows Vista

Last week at the RSA conference, I had the excellent opportunity to talk to a lot of people about security (in general) as well as about security enhancements in Windows Vista. One of the interesting discussions I had centered around UAC and it's security Read More...
Posted Monday, February 12, 2007 7:17 PM by jrjones | 3 Comments

RSA Conference 2007, Day 3 (Thursday) Noon Update

UPDATE: Brian Seitz posted an audio cast of a short interview with Mike Howard and myself after our session this morning. Here is the link on the Microsoft RSA site: Interview at RSA, Mike Howard & Jeff Jones Mike Howard and I got together this morning Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:13 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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RSA Conference 2007, Day 3 (Thursday) Morning

I went to some really good sessions yesterday, among them "the Buzz on Fuzzing" by Hugh Thompson, who had a great definition for what fuzz testing is, which I caught on video and will be posting as an update whenever I have some free time. I did not catch Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:03 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
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RSA Conference 2007, Day 2 (Wednesday), Morning

Yesterday was a typical first RSA day for me, in that I think I saw and talked with about 100 people I've worked with over the course of my career. On the show floor, I personally did not see much evidence of a "a lot of the big boys" as has been reported Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 6:11 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments

RSA Conference 2007, Day 1, Morning (Bill Gates & Craig Mundie Keynote Video)

Greeting from the RSA Conference 2007 in San Francisco! I went over to see the keynotes this morning and I must say that I really enjoyed the kick-off number, "Under Pressure", that they put on. Unfortunately, I don't have that on video or I'd run it Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:19 PM by jrjones | 0 Comments
 
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