A new law is in the pipe in Belgium. Like snail mail or mobile numbers, the Federal authorities would like to implement the portability of e-mail addresses and homepages when the user changes of Internet Service Provider (for a period of six months). The goal of this law is to
Category: Belgium
The Great Belgian Firewall is Back?
During the month of April, the Belgian authorities decided to prevent a very controversial web-site to be accessed by Belgian citizens (read my previous post). According to ZDNet.be, the idea of a firewall is back on the table. The article states that host or domain names could be blocked via
Virtual Money with Real Risks?
The financial group ING announced a partnership with NetLog, the Belgian social network website. On a marketing point of view, this is a good action to attract young potential customers. ING (one of the top-3 bank in Belgium) will catch them on Netlog hoping that, later, they will switch to
CERT-in-a-Box
Computer Emergency Response Teams (or “CERTs”) are organizations that handle security incidents related to computers and networks. A CERT can be deployed to support private networks (example: in a multi-national company or an organization like NATO which operates its NCIRC) or organized by federal authorities in regions or countries. CERTs
0wn3d by A Google Car!
I was driving into Brussels this afternoon and saw two Google cars. The second one stopped just in front of me at a traffic light. The cameras were recording (I saw some activity on the LEDs on top of the cams). I wrote down the place and time. Let’s see
BruCON Volunteers Meeting
Back from the latest BruCON volunteers meeting! Meetings will be held every two weeks until the event. There is so much things to do but it’s so exciting. It promises to be a great event! Don’t forget to register (still six days of early birds ticket price) We are also
Where is Linux?
Today I participated in a survey organized by a major Belgian bank. The goal was to improve their web services (which is always a nice initiative). At the middle of the survey, came the following question: Of course, I answered “I don’t know“. How can they restrict the choice to
The Great Firewall of Belgium
Due to an official request from the federal authorities, Belgian Internet Service Providers are preventing their customers to access four very-controversial URLs (all of them pointing to the same website). When I say “controversial”, it means, regarding the Belgian law, “illegal”. This website publishes personal information about people who performed
Infosecurity.be 2009 is Over
A few words about infosecurity.be. This edition was held at Brussels Expo. It’s without doubt the only Belgian event where you can meet so much security consultants per square-meter! As said on the Belsec blog, this event is first of all a sales event. I’ll not be too critical about
Local Conference about Internet and Associated Risks
I’m back from a local event organized in my village: “Ce qu’il faut savoir pour surfer sans risque” what can be translated by “How to use the Internet in a safe way“. I heard about this conference via the local newspaper and found interesting to attend. Not to learn new