Collaborate Disseminate
In the beginning, things were simple: you had two strings (a username and a password) and if someone knew both of them, they could log in. Easy.
But the ecosystem in which they were used was simple too, for example in MIT’s Time-Sharing Computer, considered to be the first computer
Continue reading Passwords Evolved: Authentication Guidance for the Modern Era
This was one of those weeks where time disappeared on totally unplanned things, namely due to the debate that raged on over days about certs (get popcorn then read upwards and downwards from there). I stayed well and truly clear of that once it got heated, but I then spent
This was one of those weeks where time disappeared on totally unplanned things, namely due to the debate that raged on over days about certs (get popcorn then read upwards and downwards from there). I stayed well and truly clear of that once it got heated, but I then spent
Last week I wrote about how Life Is About to Get a Whole Lot Harder for Websites Without HTTPS. Somewhere in the comments there, the discussion went off on a tangent about commercial CAs, the threat Let’s Encrypt poses to them and subsequently, the value (or lack thereof) posed by
Continue reading On The (Perceived) Value of EV Certs, Commercial CAs, Phishing and Let’s Encrypt
Last week I wrote about how Life Is About to Get a Whole Lot Harder for Websites Without HTTPS. Somewhere in the comments there, the discussion went off on a tangent about commercial CAs, the threat Let’s Encrypt poses to them and subsequently, the value (or lack thereof) posed by
Continue reading On The (Perceived) Value of EV Certs, Commercial CAs, Phishing and Let’s Encrypt
I’m home! After that crazy travel schedule (6 weeks and 1 day in all, thank you very much) I’m back in my own bed with some peace and quiet and… jet lag. It’s always worse coming home from Europe, a combination of flying east (I travel over two short nights)
I’m home! After that crazy travel schedule (6 weeks and 1 day in all, thank you very much) I’m back in my own bed with some peace and quiet and… jet lag. It’s always worse coming home from Europe, a combination of flying east (I travel over two short nights)
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on a rapid march towards a “secure by default” web when it comes to protecting traffic. For example, back in Feb this year, 20% of the Alexa Top 1 Million sites were forcing the secure scheme:
These figures are from Scott Helme’s
Continue reading Life Is About to Get a Whole Lot Harder for Websites Without HTTPS
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on a rapid march towards a “secure by default” web when it comes to protecting traffic. For example, back in Feb this year, 20% of the Alexa Top 1 Million sites were forcing the secure scheme:
These figures are from Scott Helme’s biannual report
Continue reading Life Is About to Get a Whole Lot Harder for Websites Without HTTPS
Well this trip is certainly ending with a bang: 3 blog posts this week (not including this one) plus two massive user group talks in the Netherlands and two workshops of two days each. But that’s it – I’m done! It’s Friday morning here in Nieuwegein at the time of