Archive for August, 2008
Spam Policy
Spam Policy Listing of email address on this website or elsewhere should not be considered an invitation to add those addresses to any bulk mailing list. Action Will Be Taken Against Spammers Spam, also known as Unsolicited Bulk Mail (UBM) will not be tolerated to addresses at this domain. Thanks to roblimo.com for this text… [...]
Protect yourself: DNS flaws
In case you haven’t heard yet, there is a critical vulnerability in the DNS system. If left unpatched (and a recent probe found that about half of the ISPs in the world haven’t bothered yet), it can result in your browser being quite happy that (for example) the banking page you’re on is genuine when [...]
Hamachi gets greedy
I’m very sad to report that one of my favourite security tools, Hamachi, has basically taken itself out of the market for me. In case you didn’t know, Hamachi is a great little VPN product that is SO easy to configure I could even talk a marketing director through it over the phone. Unfortunately they’ve [...]
Bad Phorm!
Phorm is a terrifying new technology being implemented by UK ISPs (and probably right around the world, but I’ll focus on my little corner of it if that’s OK with you), which tracks and analyses your web traffic for the purpose of “targeted advertising”. Read all about it at BadPhorm – When good ISPs go [...]
A star extinguished
The world is a sadder place without you, Sue. Rest in peace. My thoughts and prayers are with your friends and family.
