Steve Riley on Security : September 2005

September 2005 - Posts

The Internet routes around outages -- and censorship, too: Have you seen this yet? " Grokster ruling begins the good fight " If you haven't, it's worth your time to read -- it's a terrible shibboleth for a U.S. "national firewall." Coursey is promoting the idea that all U.S. Internet access should pass through Read More...
Posted 27 September 05 02:28 by Steve Riley | 3 Comments
Filed under false claims, public policy, security myths, security theater, things that make me angry
Some videos of me: Microsoft UK has posted videos of various European events of the past year. Various speakers are featured, including Andreas Luther, Dennis Karlinsky, Eileen Brown, Graham Calladine, Jesper Johansson, John Craddock, Justin Alderson, Kalpit Jain, Kimberly Read More...
Posted 23 September 05 08:13 by Steve Riley | 6 Comments
Filed under TechEd, conferences and seminars
Cluelessness abounds: So yesterday I received a rather interesting email. Subject: "INFOSEC Scholarships & Fellowships for PhD or MS + Free CISSP Exam Prep Events." Hm, I didn't know that "information security" suddenly became an all-caps acronym. How come no one asks Read More...
Posted 14 September 05 09:08 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under advertising, email, security theater, spam, things that make me laugh
Lousy security: Lousy security is all around us, and I'm not even thinking about airport security here (which, I admit, i love griping about). Here I have in mind lousy computer security. And lest you think I'm proceeding to engage in naval-gazing introspection, no -- Read More...
Posted 13 September 05 03:33 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under false claims, protection, RMS, security science, security theater