Monthly Archives: March 2015

Anyone got a thought to spare for a sick pooch? #TeamMeriwether

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YAAASSSS

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There is nothing about his that I don’t love. Peeps as Martyrs. Paging Jessica !

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Well, that sums it up nicely.

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I deal with system security regularly both at the day job and by moonlight. The single largest target for attack is *still* users with crappy passwords. The more users you have on a system, the more users will have the crappiest passwords that the system will allow. Ageist though it may be, older people tend to suck at technology generally, and also to whine the loudest about requirements for complex passwords. If I had to pick a group as second place, I’d go with middle and upper executives without hard IT backgrounds. Combine this with the the fact that we’re talking about power brokers and egomaniacs, and what do you think the chances are that the Congressional mail servers have strong password policies and related protections against password level attacks? How many members of congress respond to spearphishing messages? Or share their passwords and access with their staff? or change their passwords regularly? This stuff happens all the time in corporate environments, and I doubt that Congress is any different. So, in my experience, a private mail server with very few accounts and a competent administrator that can meet the needs of those few users with the least amount of exposure will run a less vulnerable system from the outset — it’s a small, uninteresting target for most black hats, who are seeking high volume targets with bigger payday potential.

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Me at work yesterday…

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I’m pretty sure that Tank Girl is the best movie ever made.

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Paddy’s Lamentation -Traditional Well it’s by the hush, me boys, and sure that’s to hold your noise And listen to poor Paddy’s sad narration I was by hunger pressed, and in poverty distressed So I took a thought I’d leave the Irish nation Here’s to you boys, now take my advice To America I’ll have ye’s not be going There is nothing here but war, where the murderin’ cannons roar And I wish I was at home in dear old Dublin Well I sold me ass and cow, my little pigs and sow My little plot of land I soon did part with And me sweetheart Bid McGee, I’m afraid I’ll never see For I left her there that morning broken-hearted Well meself and a hundred more, to America sailed o’er Our fortunes to be made we were thinkin’ When we got to Yankee land, they shoved a gun into our hands Saying “Paddy, you must go and fight for Lincoln” General Meagher to us he said, if you get shot or lose your head Every murdered soul of youse will get a pension Well meself I lost me leg, they gave me a wooden peg, And by God this is the truth to you I mention Well I think meself in luck, if I get fed on Indian buck And old Ireland is the country I delight in With the devil, I do say, it’s curse Americay For I think I’ve had enough of your hard fightin’

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There was half a million people there Of all denominations The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, the Presbyterian Yet there was no animosity No matter what persuasion But failte hospitality Inducing fresh acquaintance –Galway Races, Trad

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