The saga continues with my whole disk encryption test! I faced the problem described here: Soft errors on my drive which prevented TrueCrypt to perform its job correctly. In the forum, somebody used UCDB4WIN and successfully encrypted its disk. I used the same toolbox. It scanned my disk, found a
TrueCrypt Whole Disk Encryption Test
In my previous post, I spoke about the new feature introduced in TrueCrypt 5.0: the whole disk encryption. This is a killer feature for all of us who carry lot of sensitive data on our notebook hard drives. The data mobility became a hot topic in IT security for the
TrueCrypt 5.0 Released
A new release of TrueCrypt is out! For those who still do not know this product, its a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista, Windows XP , Mac OS X, or Linux. Full partitions or storage devices (USB sticks) can be encrypted or virtual disk can be created
New Unit of Reviewed Code Quality
http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=77
Amiga forever!
Quite a long time ago (who said that I’m old?), when I decided to buy my first computer, there was three big players on the market: The “IBM PC”, The Amiga from Commodore, The Atari ST It was a constant war between the Amiga and Atari ST addicts. My choice
Follow the cable…
Recorded this morning… Of course, this SDSL line is business critical!
Debian apt-get upgrade exception
Quick tip to help you to manage packages on a Debian distribution: How to perform an upgrade (apt-get upgrade) without upgrading one or more critical packages? I’m running a Debian server with a Groundwork monitoring tool. Groundwork requires specific MySQL packages that cannot be upgraded. # cat <<END | dpkg
CISSP!
In November 2007, I passed my CISSP exam. End of December, the good news arrived: I passed! After the second step (more administrative but not more important), I received a few days ago the welcome mail telling my that I’m now officially CISSP. Let’s start CPE hunting now!
Birthday cakes
This weekend, it was the birthday party of my daughters (7 & 5 years old). It was a good opportunity to test something new. Very easy to do and always appreciated by the children: the pirate cake! 😉
3D GPS Demo
A new generation of GPS devices is on the way. They integrate now three dimensional maps. The next one should be linked to Google Maps!