Live from Koksijde where I spend the weekend. But not off line, there is a open Wifi access point lying around 🙂
New category: BelgacomTV
I created a new category in this blog: BelgacomTV. BelgacomTV is the digital television package provided by Belgacom, the national phone operator and ISP. More to come…
Safe chat flop
In 2005, Belgian authorities started a new project: a Safe chat platform for all children between 12 and 15. Authenticated with their eID card, the goal was to keep all potential “predators” away from our children. Nice try but today some statistics were released: February 2007: 75 visitors (average: 3
WIC = grsecurity made in Vista?
Microsoft tried to increase security within its latest OS Vista but on the other side, they continue to leave open flaws due to design errors! With Vista, Microsoft provides a new security mechanism called WIC (Windows Integrity Control). The purpose of WIC is to protect objects (files, directories, printers, devices)
dns2tcp: How to bypass firewalls or captive portals?
Imagine, you are in your hotel room in a foreign country, your laptop detects a wireless access. You open your browser and get a nice login screen asking you a credit card number (a captive portal). What’s next? Make your choice: fill the form with the magic numbers or try
Phising attack against a Belgian bank!
Today, I received the following mail: Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:30:04 +0100 (CET) From: “notice@citibank.be” To: xxxxxxx Subject: Important Notice for Citibank Customers This mail has been sent from Germany and the page is hosted in Dallas,Texas (still available @ 13:15 CET). I mailed the admins over there to
New security thread
The best firewall ever will never stop terrorists! 🙁 SCOTLAND YARD has uncovered evidence that Al-Qaeda has been plotting to bring down the internet in Britain, causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange. The suspects, who were arrested, had targeted the headquarters of Telehouse Europe, which houses Europe’s
OpenSSH 4.6 is out
OpenSSH 4.6 is out! What’s new? I like the new feature which allow to [dis|en]able authentication method(s) on a per user, group, host or network basic… Ex: your local users may use .rhost authentication while remote users need a valid key pair.
4.1 released on May 1st
The new OpenBSD release 4.1 will be released on May the 1st! Here is a list of changes.
Wassup! This Is Liz!
A colleague of mine showed me the following story on Sky News: Wassup! This Is Liz! (BTW, he comes from UK and was LOL)