#InfoSec attack on Lockheed used cloned #SecurID tokens http://on.wsj.com/kXa4MK Tokens for 90k employees are being replaced
May 2011
23 posts
RT @vkhosla: #Twitter 1.0 as a platform has matured and needs to up the game for 2.0 http://bit.ly/kwwYz3
#Netflix accounts for ~25% of peak internet traffic in the US http://bit.ly/mHJtBI more than #bittorrent
Cost of #playstation breach to @sony starts at $171M; are we secure, yet? http://bit.ly/iS1qzm
Pros and cons of using #fpga and #gpugpu architectures for heavy analysis http://bit.ly/moIQWo #analytics
Great article on Silicon Valley - ” SV mantra is “fail fast” and that of the rest of the world is “don’t fail.” http://buswk.co/k7mZBR
#Orange & #barclaycard launch #nfc enabled mobile wallet in UK http://bbc.in/iGBVie works at #McD select #Boots & Pret-a-Manager locations
No more excuses not have SSL-only web presence →
blog.chromium.org
The good folks at Google are it again - this time by optimizing the establishment of SSL sessions by tweaking the client side implementation. This is yet another step towards supporting SSL-only web traffic and is another step forward.
I remember back in 2004 / 2005 only a handful financial institutions supported SSL only traffic for their entire web presence. The only one that I am personally aware of at the time was USAA which was probably cost a bit in terms of additional cpu cycles at the their end.
Now as awareness of security and privacy amongst the general public has heightened, the expectation of SSL only has expanded to include email and social sites as well. In fact, for a new site to come on line, SSL only is de jour when there is any personal information being transmitted.
Given, infrastructure support for SSL has come a long ways in the last 5 years - with all the major load balancers and routers now providing embedded accelerators easing administration while relieving the application servers of the additional workload.
Having said that, as The Register points out, SSL is not without its flaws. Though for now, it is much better than good ‘ld plain html and cookies being transmitted down the wire.
#SAP announces plans to offer #ondemand services using #amazon #EC2 IaaS layer http://bit.ly/l6GSBf Given up on its own ondemand offerings?
if #html5 on #mobile devices takes off, big impact to #app stores: Is #apple to transition to a subscription model? http://bit.ly/jASzbc
#Microsoft finding exchange email hosting has #reliability challenges http://bit.ly/jvx0qP #saas
Use of #ec2 to hack #sony may force #Cloud Providers to have #KYC processes for their customers? http://bloom.bg/mU4t2f
Pressure is on for Justice Department to charge #goldman http://bit.ly/j8kcbi #bigshort
Galleon #Insider trading verdict sets tone for use of wiretaps to aid securities investigations http://on.wsj.com/miWtPY
How does #Skype fit in #Microsoft’s overall strategy? embedded in Win family? redux of UM? http://bit.ly/miaVp6
Adoption of #ipv6 will accelerate relevance of browser-2-browser communication http://bit.ly/kjME5x http://rww.to/m8Hngk #collaboration
“All technology ultimately becomes a fashion item. It was true for timekeeping, and it’s definitely true of computing and telecommunications.”
—Greg Papadopoulos (ex-CTO of SUN, now part of Oracle)
#DHS is seeking prototypes to detect #cash on people and in vehicles. Thoughts on accomplishing that? http://reut.rs/ijAnc4
dangers of updating linkedin #profile with current role - divulging competitive info http://bit.ly/ljA0uy #hp
