The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Microsoft Pluton is a security processor that is built directly into future CPUs and will replace the existing Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a chip that’s currently used to secure hardware and cryptographic keys. That means features like BitLocker encryption or Windows Hello authentication will transition over to using Pluton in the future.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Engineers in academia, industry and government have designed approaches to address these challenges, including mechanisms like Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to safeguard and manage security keys for authentication and conduct encryption and decryption. Besides expense, today’s defense in depth faces several technological challenges.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Servers/Hardware Menno Finlay-Smits shares information on reducing fan noise on Intel NUCs. This would be why I hate it when companies force me to use SMS for two-factor authentication—at least let me use a one-time passcode or something. Rory McCune explains Kubernetes authentication. Falco has graduated within the CNCF.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

“We automate five sets of critical processes and extend authentication and other network services into the cloud, making the cloud a seamless extension of the data center. CloudVelocity detects an existing environment, discovering the constituent hosts and blueprinting system components and configuration. Featured Cloud Articles.

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Phil Windley

MARCH 27, 2023

Summary: Passkeys, the popular name for FIDO, are not only easy, they offer better protection against phishing than other forms of multi-factor authentication. She's a security expert and focused many of her remarks on the relative security of different multi-factor authentication (MFA) techniques, a topic I cover in my book as well.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Modern smartphone operating systems now do a good job of telling you when an app is accessing your camera or microphone while you’re using the device, but it’s not clear how they’d be able to inform you of a rogue app tapping into the always-on camera. The OnePlus 7 Pro hid its entire camera system in a motorized pop-up module.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This figure shows the relationship between an agent, a wallet, and the underlying operating system. Key management is performed in cooperation with the operating system and underlying hardware. Identity-related activities like authentication and credential exchange are built on top of these basic functions.

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2017

Smartkeys are automatically generated, shared, and synchronized between authenticated devices without changing or interrupting user workflows. An end-to-end encryption application available for every enterprise operation system. Takes advantage of IBM and Intel hardware encryption accelerators. Hardware: KMIP HSM.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Servers/Hardware. Troy Hunt has a good article on security measures other than just passwords , explaining some of the differences between multi-factor authentication and multi-step authentication (for example). Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Highly recommended reading.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Phil Windley

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The strength of such an identity system based security overlay is derived from the security supporting these bindings. Figure 2: Binding of controller, authentication factors, and identifiers in identity systems. Substitutable —The DIDComm protocol defines how systems that use it must behave to achieve interoperability.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Along those lines, one of their latest articles discusses how to achieve identity-based mutual authentication leveraging eBPF. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. The state of virtualization on Apple Silicon hardware has seen a few developments in recent days and weeks. network virtualization).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Chris Wahl touches on the topic of using GitHub personal tokens to authenticate to HashiCorp Vault. Operating Systems/Applications. Kornelis Sietsma looks at the options for working with multiple git identities on a single system. Nothing this time around. which brings support for v1alpha3).

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Bruce Schneier writes about how some Chinese hackers are bypassing RSA software token authentication (the title is a bit more broad, implying other forms of two-factor authentication are affected, but the article focuses on attacks against the use of RSA software tokens). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The exchange of DIDs to form a connection with another party gives both parties a relationship that is self-certifying and mutually authenticated. Alice's agent uses Bob's public key to encrypt the JSON message to ensure only Bob's agent can read it and adds authentication using the private key Alice uses in the Alice:Bob relationship.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Servers/Hardware. The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Operating Systems/Applications. Thinking of buying an M1-powered Mac?

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Sonia Cuff provides a set of links for detailed instructions on setting up VPN access from macOS to Microsoft Azure with Azure Active Directory authentication. Servers/Hardware.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Enable two-factor authentication Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your accounts. Ensure that the antivirus software is compatible with your operating system and its specific version. Keeping your operating system up to date is critical.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Servers/Hardware. I came across this post on CloudFoundry’s User Account and Authentication Service (the UAA). Operating Systems/Applications. There’s a lot to digest there (for me, anyway, there is a lot to digest). If you’re seeking more information on UAA, this looks like a good place to start.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Instead of investing in expensive hardware, cloud platforms offer affordable subscription plans, making them a budget-friendly solution for individuals and businesses. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Seamless multi-platform access, which basically means even better synchronization across devices and operating systems.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 24, 2023

Keeping software and operating systems up to date, using security software, and being careful when opening email attachments or clicking links can help avoid malware. Ensuring the crypto algorithm is compatible with the systems and applications that will utilize it is also vital. Deploying video surveillance can also help here.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful in this collection!

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Dataconomy

MAY 19, 2023

It provides a complete desktop experience, including the operating system, applications, and data, all hosted and managed in the cloud. This eliminates the need for organizations to manage and maintain their own physical desktop hardware and infrastructure. What is the purpose of DaaS?

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Cloud Disaster Recovery Virtualization Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Mike Foley recently published a two-part series on two factor authentication (2FA) for vSphere ( part 1 is here ; part 2 is here ). Operating Systems/Applications. This one isn’t quite virtualization, but isn’t quite hardware either, so we’ll throw it in here. Nothing this time around.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff Juan!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2023

Servers/Hardware. This could be bad—a wormable vulnerability that could allow attackers to remotely execute code by exploiting potentially any Windows application protocol that provides authentication, including (potentially) SMTP or HTTP. Operating Systems/Applications. Get more details in this article.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Servers/Hardware. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Colleague and teammate Eric Shanks takes readers through what’s necessary to do Active Directory authentication for Kubernetes clusters.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 11, 2019

Modern-day defense in depth strategies revolve around this same concept of making an attacker go through multiple layers of defense, with one key difference: we’re applying that to our computer systems. Identity is the process of assigning each individual user and system their own unique name. Domain 7: Physical Security.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Trusted computing stands as a pivotal milestone in the ever-evolving landscape of digital security, strategically weaving hardware and software mechanisms into the very fabric of computing systems. This technology employs a distinct and inaccessible encryption key to achieve its objectives.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. William Lam shares news about higher-capacity SODIMMs available for small or ultra small form factor systems. Both are great reads. But then when is one of Ivan’s posts not a great read?

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff Juan!

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I take exception to the use of “application security” in David’s title, which I (personally) take to mean something more than mutual TLS (which is more about application identity and authentication/authorization). spec , expected in to land in 2021.

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Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. This article by Bob Killen provides a good foundation of information on understanding Kubernetes authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ; implemented via RBAC). Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

External vulnerability scans are performed by scanning the public internet for systems and networks that are publicly exposed. Authenticated Scans. Organizations can perform authenticated vulnerability scans to identify vulnerabilities in systems or networks that are not publicly exposed. Network vulnerability scan.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). Servers/Hardware. Marc Boorshtein has a write-up on authentication in Kubernetes identity management. Operating Systems/Applications. You’re welcome. (I

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