Category Archives: encryption
SSH public keys, or, how not to expose a password
As an independent Linux/Unix consultant, I am often asked to work on machines that I have never used before, and so I need a password to log in. While I can be given a password over the phone, that frequently … Continue reading
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Home Computer Security Tips for Corporate Professionals
Your IT department has probably locked down your computer at work with all sorts of security precautions, given you strict guidelines about how to choose passwords and how often to change them, and provided backups and fail-safes to make sure … Continue reading
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Fun way of finding the decryption speed of your CPU
I was recently setting up a new server that has a pair of the Intel Nehalem CPUs (similar to the Core i7) based Xeons (X5670, running at 2.93GHz). These new CPUs have instructions for AES encryption built into the hardware, … Continue reading
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