March 5th, 2008
Podcast Episode 8
For your listening pleasure, the 3 way handshake episode 8. Myself, Jason and Paul discuss a breaker trip from last week, OpenID in SliceManager, Linux kernel vulnerabilities, new Macbook Pros and iPhones. Intro music is Motivational Speaker by Cut Chemist and exit music is Mercy Me by What Made Milwaukee Famous.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:01 PM David Hall
On your openid comments, I’ve found the best system is providing for yourself and delegating to whatever sources you trust. You can list multiple sites to delegate to, similar to having multiple MX records, in the case one of them goes down. I trust my openid providers for properly storing my password and information more than I trust random web developers, so I’d much rather use my openid than give a random website the same username and password I may use at other sites online.
If you’re concerned about your provider, there’s plenty like verisign that use certificates for authentication, or some other secure providers rely on things like RSA tokens, which Fortune 500 companies rely on for VPN access and are very well vetted for security.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:01 PM JJ
Very very interesting. I am downloading/ listening to the podcast as we speak.
March 17th, 2008 at 10:01 PM Stuart
Enjoying the podcasts! My only feedback is the volume needs to be normalized or raised.
March 26th, 2008 at 01:55 PM EpochWolf
I’m with Stuart. I have enjoyed the podcasts. I listened to 1 through 6 while on my way to Florida for spring break. It would help if you could normalize the volume. :)
March 31st, 2008 at 01:48 AM Joey Hess
On the subject of kernel exploits, local root exploits are still a huge problem, because all the web stuff that all your users are running on their slices tends to be MUCH more prone to exploit than the kernel. Especially if it’s PHP with a SQL backend. ;-)
Remove web application exploit gives a local user account, and then local kernel exploit gives root. This is security 101, and I was sad that you got it wrong in the podcast.
April 24th, 2008 at 10:56 PM stubblechin
I just listened to this podcast, and I’m dying to know what software PickledOnion is using to sync his iMac to his MacBook Pro!