A New Way In: The Cloudflare IPFS Gambit
Dependent - of course - on your point-of-view - i.e, whether you are on the IPFS Hypermedia File System construct, or not. Intrigued? I was, hence the designation of Lawrence Abrams' superlative reportage as Today's Must Read!
Stearing Clear Of SSO
While it may be a foregone conclusion - as most conclusions are, simply by a calculus of time - Slate's Will Oremus has published food-for-thought on the true utility (or Lack Thereof) of logging into a useful site utilizing a Single Sign-On tokenized function foisted on unwary and the great unwashed by the Social-Media-Site-That-Has-Deeply-Flawed-Ideas-About-User-And-Data-Security. Just Saying...
PRC Stealing Intellectual Property, Despite Agreements?
The International Cyber Policy Centre, as evidenced within it's latest report 'Is China Still Stealing Western IP?' authored by Dr. Adam Segal, Director: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Dr. Samantha Hoffman, Non-resident Fellow - ICPC, Fergus Hanson, Head of International Cyber Policy Centre and Tom Uren, Visiting Fellow - Cybersecurity arrives at the only truly possible conclusion. Read the Report's results, targeting the three countries under scrutiny.
'"Despite initial hopes that China had accepted a distinction between (legitimate) traditional political–military espionage and (illegal) espionage to advantage commercial companies, assessments from the three countries suggest that this might be wishful thinking. China appears to have come to the conclusion that the combination of improved techniques and more focused efforts have reduced Western frustration to levels that will be tolerated. Unless the targeted states ramp up pressure and potential costs, China is likely to continue its current approach." - via Is China Still Stealing Western IP
The Fix Is In: Clodflare's eSNI
Another fix is in the works for one of the more hidden aggravations of internetworking security, the so-called Server Name Indication (SNI) extension debacle. The fix - an Encrypted Server Name Indication has been crafted by Clouflare and evidenced by the service itself - eSNI - is an indication of a Company-Doing-The-Right-Thing and enrypting-all-the-things. Additional work is currently underway targeting a IETF Draft RFC. Simply Outstanding Work, Cloudflare.
XKCD, Incoming Calls
Done With Chrome
via Matthew Green, PhD's blog entry Why I’m done with Chrome Dr. Green regales us with why, in fact, he has quit Chrome. Most Certainly Today's Must Read.
Robert M. Lee and Jeff Hass' Little Bobby Comics 'Polling' →
via the Security Mindset of Robert M. Lee & Illustration Talents of Jeff Hass at Little Bobby Comics.