I’ve been in the consulting business more than a decade. I’ve designed some really cool applications. I’ve designed the infrastructure for some big applications. What amazes me the most is how infrequently people design systems. Case in point, I...

First, please accept my apology for not posting in a while. I won't go into the details, but it will suffice to say I've been on the road and very busy. Second, I'd like to wish everyone a happy New Year. May 2005 be better than 2004. My new customer...

Another week on the road is over. It feels nice to be home, and the cats seem quite happy to see me, too. One topic that keeps popping up at my current customer is administration of Code Access Security polices. It seems there is an abundance of information...

It seems the more nefarious elements of our digital world I mentioned in my last post took up residence in my hotel last night. I'm still not convinced they are evil, they may merely be clueless. Whatever they are, they are running a non-authorized DHCP...

Well, that certainly didn't take long. It took hackers only one week from patch to exploit for the ASN.1 vulnerability . It seems the more nefarious elements of our digital world are getting more proficient at reverse-engineering security patches. This...