Online Security: Self-Signed Certificates

I've never been comfortable with the idea of Certificate Authorities (CAs). It's always felt like a system built on a single-point-of-failure. And single-points-of-failure are anathema to secure and reliable design of any system, computer or otherwise.

Paul Venezia, a system administrator columnist for InfoWorld that I've come to respect, presents a compelling case for a sea change in our approach to online security in his September 16, 2013 column "Restore the right to privacy with self-signed certificates."

Republican Xenophobia Will Kill Thousands

Republican xenophobia will kill thousands.

I will be one of them.

As October 1 2013 approaches, time is running out for the neo-Dixiecrats that have hijacked the Republican party to stop playing Russian-roulette-by-proxy with the lives of thousands of Americans.

NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure

Bruce Schneier at TheGuardian.com says...

• Hide
  
• Encrypt
  
• Be a needle in a haystack
  
• Be suspicious of commercial encryption software
  
• Use software based on public domain standards

Which means to me...

Use open source software!

Syria - There's a third option

How to stop Syria's use of chemical weapons?

Bombing Syria would be counterproductive. Given the alternatives for Assad, nothing we do will deter him. Any bombing that significantly degraded Syria's ability to deploy chemical weapons is likely to result in their release or falling into the hands of people just as dangerous.