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SANS ISC

[SANS ISC] My Little DoH Setup

November 25, 2019 SANS Internet Storm Center, Security Leave a comment

I published the following diary on isc.sans.edu: “My Little DoH Setup“: “DoH”, this 3-letters acronym is a buzzword on the Internet in 2019! It has been implemented in Firefox, Microsoft announced that Windows will support it soon. They are pro & con about encrypting DNS requests in  HTTPS but it’s not the

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$HOME Sweet $HOME – SANSFIRE Edition

June 16, 2016 SANS Internet Storm Center, Security Leave a comment

I’m in Washington DC at the SANSFIRE event. I’m following a training and meeting fellow SANS ISC Handlers. I also gave a talk tonight about the risks of the Internet of Things and quick tips to protect your home network against their invasion. Here is a copy of the slides: Link: http://www.slideshare.net/xme/home-sweet-home-sansfire-edition.

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Playing with IP Reputation with Dshield & OSSEC

June 2, 2015 Logs Management / SIEM, OSSEC, Security 5 comments

[This blogpost has also been published as a guest diary on isc.sans.org] When investigating incidents or searching for malicious activity in your logs, IP reputation is a nice way to increase the reliability of generated alerts. It can help to prioritize incidents. Let’s take an example with a WordPress blog. It will,

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SANS London 2012 Quick Wrap Up

December 3, 2012 Event, Security One comment

  I wrote a quick wrap-up of the SANS London 2012 edition while waiting for my train back to Belgium on Saturday evening but I published it only today… Tomorrow was an off-line day! This was my first edition and, honestly, I hope not the last one! This event was

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