In 2007, I realized I am not particularly good at prioritizing what time I have available. In true geek style, over the Christmas break I looked at all the recent time management fads to ensure I picked the laziest/easiest/geekiest (pick two), and found 43 Folders, which is based upon a slightly older – and dead…
Sayonara 2007, Konnichiwa 2008
It’s that time of the year again. In my previous list, it turned out I did some of the things I said I would, and a lot more besides. In 2008, my desires are: Be a good dad to Mackenzie my gorgeous daughter, and a wonderful (hopefully less chubby) hubby to Tanya, my beautiful wife…
Video of Mackenzie
Enjoy!
Reaching for the high hanging fruit
My current research is mainframe security as it applies to web applications. This is where the high hanging fruit (the golden apples) lie. If you can a) fake or bypass authentication b) fake or bypass authorization c) spoof logging or otherwise destroy accountability d) interact directly or indirectly with a deeply nested service of value e)…
What a week!
After the emergency caesarian, Tanya needed me quite a bit, so I ended up staying in the hospital with her until Friday. The rooms in the MCU are nice, but the fold out arm chairs which become a bed for the odd stay here and there are not so good for my back. Things were…
We’re fully baked! Welcome to Mackenzie Lynne van der Stock
What a week! Today, we came in for a nice ultrasound with the in-laws so they can see, and maybe beg our obgyn for an earlier inducement. We sort of got what we wanted, and then some! We never made it to the obgyn appointment as things had moved on! In a whirlwind, it turned…
Another year draws to a close
Well, I’ve been extraordinarily busy this year. Far too busy to do much beyond scratch myself. I feel bad as I: Didn’t end up writing a book, much to my wife’s relief Failed to blog as much as I wanted to, particularly on the layer 7, 8 and 9 issues such as business logic flaws…
Australia has a new government! Yay for democracy!
The old guard has been thrown out. In true Australian style, if you stick it to the battler, attacking and destroying the very fundament of Australian society – “a fair go”, you’re out. And the Australian people have spoken, and it looks like soon to be ex-PM John Howard may even lose his seat. It…
Two new OWASP Board members
As it’s nearly time for Tanya and I to welcome our first (and probably only) child into this world, it’s time to simplify my life. To that end, I am no longer on the OWASP Board, and OWASP has selected two new board members: Tom Brennan and Sebastian Deleersnyder. This takes effect pretty much immediately. …
Let’s talk mainframes for a bit. Part 1: Background and AuthC
In larger organizations, the back end of a web application is a mainframe. The mainframe is the final frontier of application security: Uses a platform few if any in the application security industry know about Those who do know mainframe security rarely interact with the outside IBM trains young devs in how to program COBOL,…