June 10, 2010
I received a comment from a reader who plays an important role in the network protection industry which reads:
“I was a bit surprised by you going on about Google getting the MAC addresses of devices in people’s home. I asked a few other security folks, and none of us could figure out why you thought that Google had these addresses.
“Of course, we could all be wrong about the way that 802.11 works, but I would have thought that the...
June 1, 2010
When you read through Kit, one of the themes that keeps cropping up is the concept of specific relevance. How do you know when it is a good idea to include a given variable, permission, or other component in your Feature?
The answer boils down to this: Keep your Feature lean and mean. Include only what’s necessary for a good, mission-complete piece of functionality. The primary reason for this rule strikes me as the...
May 20, 2010
20 May 2010 James Shore/Blog Last year, I founded a start-up with Arlo Belshee and Kim Wallmark. It didn't go anywhere, but one legacy of that project was some interesting...
I just posted a blog entry on my personal site entitled Distributed Social Networking requires Secure Online Identity that discusses, among other things, the new "anti-Facebook" Diaspora* and the need for a solid foundation built upon secure, distributed, user-centric digital identity. There's another, less...
January 4, 2010
If you are new to drupal, then this list is for you. These are some of the best of the best drupal modules. Everything from standard framework modules, to location and mapping is covered. Note that if you've been emersed in drupal for some time, than this will be "old news".
The Big Three
"The big three" are important enough that they deserve a category of their own. Most drupal modules worth using have integrated with one of these three...
Critics of the Democratic and Obama administration health care reforms, including Arizona senators John McCain and Jon Kyl, have strongly opposed shifting ...
- If you haven't downloaded the December 2009 version of the Cloud Security Alliance's publication, Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing V2.1, I encourage you to do so. It is a worthwhile read and more importantly a good reference as you are called upon to provide security advice for your organization's cloud explorations. The report is broken up...
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November 10, 2009
and we like it!
OAuth is an open protocol to allow secure API authorization in a simple and standard method from desktop and web applications, as stated on the OAuth web site.
Why do we like OAuth?
- It is simple. Most of the bad security implementations are...
November 9, 2009
I recently authored a white paper entitled, “Identity and Access Management – Enabling HIPAA/HITECH Compliance.” The paper is now in the final editing and formatting process. As we awaiting the final publishing date, let me share an excerpt from the paper, focused on the key ways IAM enables HIPAA/HITECH...With the D7UC Initiative gaining steam and excepting brainstorming ideas, I figured it was a good time to map out my idea for Ubercart and CiviCRM integration. I realize that may cringe and the mention of uniting these two applications, for all their complexities, yet I see it as critically important for many non profit organizations...