Nov30
I might adopt this as my theme song. Do I have to pay royalties? [ev type="google" data="1384277706451157121"][/ev]
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Nov30
Custom Christmas light displays
by Michael Farnum on November 30th, 2006 at 11:23 amPosted In: Cool
Remember the crazy video last year of the house with the Christmas lights timed to music? Well, they have now opened a business doing custom light shows. Crazy. Vet
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Nov30
Mitchell Ashely wrote a piece on conflict of interest yesterday. It was specifically concerning analysts because of the firestorm of posts about some analysts recently jumping ship and going to manufacturers. Mitchell’s post got me to thinking about some things specific to me (because I am my number one fan, and because the analyst sopa […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Nov29
Going to be on ComputerWorld more often
by Michael Farnum on November 29th, 2006 at 7:37 pmPosted In: Blogging, Blogging Buddies
If you don’t follow my ComputerWorld blog, well…. you should! Presently I am a once-a-week blogger over there (though I don’t always get to it that often), but I will soon be a regular three-posts-a-week blogger. They have lost a couple of bloggers due to burn out, so the editor over there offered me a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Nov29
Flaw-a-day for Oracle project cancelled
by Michael Farnum on November 29th, 2006 at 6:15 pmPosted In: Security
Looks like Cesar Cerrudo cancelled the “Week of Oracle Database Bugs” project. That’s a shame. Ellison is about as hypocritical as they come when talking about MSFT’s security problems. Here’s the article. Vet
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Nov28
So the presentation went over very well. Let me break down a bit why I went to talk to Alert Logic and some specific points on the talk. Sam Van Ryder is a friend of mine who is a sales guy at Alert Logic. He wanted me to come in and present to the sales […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov27
Speaking for the AlertLogic sales people
by Michael Farnum on November 27th, 2006 at 9:26 amPosted In: Security
I have a speaking gig for the Houston office of Alert Logic today. I will be talking to the sales team to let them know about the job of a security admin / manager and how they can help him / her in the job. I will try to discuss the points of the talk […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov21
Rothman rants about vendors – I say Amen Brother!
by Michael Farnum on November 21st, 2006 at 1:42 pmPosted In: Security
Mike posted some rants about his vendor pet peeves this morning. I like these two alot: Don’t spend time on your background – In 90% of the cases, I’ve trolled your website before our briefing. So I’ve read the executive bios. You don’t have to tell me you did this or did that. I pretty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov20
I just came across a new security blog this morning. Andy, IT Guy has been writing since August, and he has some good insights into security. He commented about my Generalist vs. Expert post, which also shows that he has excellent taste in security blogs . Welcome Andy. Happy blogging and good luck. Vet
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Nov18
I have been thinking about the idea of generalists vs. experts in security (which probably translates into any field). I tend to look at the generalist as a jack-of-all-trades (joat), where the individual knows a wide range of subjects. Some people would say a mile wide and an inch thick, but I think generalists are […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov13
Live Writerfox | Firefox Add-ons | Mozilla Corporation
by Michael Farnum on November 13th, 2006 at 5:02 pmPosted In: Security
I just upgraded to Firefox 2.0, and I found a cool little extension while searching around. It is called Live Writerfox. Basically, it uses Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer to blog a page or selected text. Pretty sweet if you use Windows Live Writer. Vet
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Nov13
 Before you read this post, go take a look at my “Rules” for my blog.  OK, now that you are back, let me piss off some people. During this election season, I have to say that most of the security bloggers out there stayed out of the fray by sticking to what their […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov08
Spending the next two days in Juniper training in Dallas
by Michael Farnum on November 8th, 2006 at 4:33 pmWorking on NSM today. Pretty sweet util that integrates the configuration of Juniper’s NetScreen security products into a single console. They have most of their security products on it now. SSL VPN is still not there, but it is coming. Very cool stuff. Vet
Nov07
Wikipedia used for spreading malware
by Michael Farnum on November 7th, 2006 at 11:00 pmPosted In: Security
This article just kills me. Wikipedia is about as reputable and reliable as a submarine with screen doors, yet people continue to go there for info. It amazes me. Another thing that is funny is that Wikipedia was mentioned in a play at my church this weekend. Our church has a big Sunday School group that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Nov06
Some points: Whether or not you are worried about all the problems with electronic voting machines, you need to go vote. Whether you are Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Libertarian, or Independent, you need to go vote. Whether or not you are fed up with Washington, you need to go vote. Too many people have paid […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nov04
Want to help Texas watch our border with Mexico without travelling? Sign up here! Vet
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Nov01
A while back, when I was in the operations side of security, I wrote a series about how to be a good security admin / manager. It was fairly successful and got some good play out there in the blogosphere, so I figured that I would write something akin to those posts in a blatant attempt […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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