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24/Dec/2006 10:03

Laptop Security: Partition Encryption by Elliot

Yesterday I took advantage of some holiday free time to reinstall Linux on my laptop. I added some extra security features this time around, mostly inspired by Nick DePetrillo's excellent "How not to get hacked at the MIT Network Security Camp" presentation last August. I discuss the one of the most interesting features below, software-based partition encryption.

01/Oct/2005 05:45

Hijacking AIM ads by Elliot

In the last two weeks or so, I've disconnected more than 100 computers from the network that were infected with various malware they'd picked up on AIM. The problem is really one of user education: how to get people to stop running untrusted programs when traditional avenues of communication are notoriously unreliable?

19/Sep/2005 16:33

SSH keys and port forwarding by Elliot

SSH provides easy, powerful remote access for UNIX-like systems and is a vital tool for administration. With the recent rise of SSH brute force attacks and the protocol's history of security problems, however, it's not a great idea to allow connections from the whole world to sensitive machines.

10/Jan/2005 08:29

Hacking the Raritan IP Reach by Elliot

"IP-Reach (formerly TeleReach) is the fastest, most secure way for one or more users to remotely access and manage multiple servers and other IT devices from any PC that is running a standard web browser."

So says the Raritan website. Any PC running a standard browser? In other words, any Windows machine running a browser capable of running ActiveX controls. This is ironic, of course, considering that the IP Reach itself is just a Linux box, albeit a very locked-down one.