Exploring The Dell N1108T-ON Ethernet Switch

In an era where everything seems to be getting “smarter” every year, it will probably come as no surprise to find that even relatively middling networking hardware is now packing advanced features and considerable computational power. A case in point is the Dell N1108T-ON Ethernet switch. Despite only costing around …read more

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Do I need to worry about vulnerabilities that require administrative privileges to exploit?

I am currently evaluating the impact that the recent NUC Firmware Advisory has on our machines.

What confuses me is that fact that those vulerabilities are scored with

a high risk score, but
require(!) administrative privi… Continue reading Do I need to worry about vulnerabilities that require administrative privileges to exploit?

Ease Me Into Cryptography Part 4: TLS – Applied Cryptographic Foundations

You made it to part 4! Here’s a quick overview of what we have broken down so far. We started with some basic vocabulary for cryptographic building blocks and talked about hash functions in Part 1, were introduced to symmetric ciphers, keys, and … Continue reading Ease Me Into Cryptography Part 4: TLS – Applied Cryptographic Foundations