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chad perrin
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About Chad Perrin
Chad Perrin is an IT consultant, developer, and freelance professional writer. He holds both Microsoft and CompTIA certifications and is a graduate of two IT industry trade schools.
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Vim offers strong file encryption with Blowfish
December 22, 2010 6:00am PST
Support for stronger encryption was added to Vim in 2010, making it actually useful for file encryption.
2 Latest comment by justinmk
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Introducing Io, a prototype-based language
December 21, 2010 12:34pm PST
Chad Perrin has learned a thing or two about programming from an interesting language called Io. He thinks you might have something to learn from it, too.
34 Latest comment by apotheon
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A simple user primer for init
December 21, 2010 6:00am PST
When working with Unix-like systems at the command line, understanding the basics of the init command and why it works can help.
7 Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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Simple filters in Perl, Ruby, and Bourne shell
December 17, 2010 8:54pm PST
A filter is a type of program that takes data input, operates on it, and produces modified output, and it's one of the most useful types of admin scripts. Filters are also easy to write,...
8 Latest comment by apotheon
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What can the OpenBSD IPsec backdoor allegations teach us?
December 16, 2010 7:10am PST
Recent allegations that the FBI slipped some backdoors into OpenBSD encryption software raise an important question about government involvement in security.
81 Latest comment by apotheon
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The meaning of cryptographic trust
December 15, 2010 7:12am PST
The word "trust" has many meanings. The cryptographic meaning of the term is very specific, and should be handled with care.
3 Latest comment by Sterling "chip" Camden
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Use firewall software like PF to protect your desktop systems
December 13, 2010 6:00am PST
PF is the default firewall software for OpenBSD, and is an excellent example of a powerful, flexible firewall system. Something like it should be used to protect your desktop computer, and a...
20 Latest comment by rjkirk@...
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Shadow DNS is in the works: Do we need a second Internet?
December 9, 2010 1:04pm PST
In the wake of WikiLeaks troubles and battles over net neutrality, one of the founders of The Pirate Bay proposes a parallel Internet. Do you think we need one?
358 Latest comment by eric_harris_76@...
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OpenPGP encryption tools benefit from new developments
December 2, 2010 6:00am PST
Some things are changing in the world of OpenPGP public key encryption protocol implementations. Chad Perrin looks at up-and-coming netpgp for basic encryption and decryption capabilities.
2 Latest comment by apotheon
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Apache vs. Oracle: A new front in the Java war
November 30, 2010 9:00am PST
Oracle has already picked a fight with Google over Java implementations, and it seems to have its sights set on Apache now. Both seem ready and willing to fight back. What is Oracle's endgame?
25 Latest comment by Neon Samurai
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Don't be fooled by the argument against unique passwords
November 29, 2010 6:00am PST
The "security is not secure" argument seems to be getting quite popular these days, and it makes security sound awfully easy. Chad Perrin warns that when something sounds too good to be true, it...
197 Latest comment by johnm7
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Are bad guys using honeypots to catch security researchers?
November 24, 2010 6:00am PST
A common tool of security researchers when dealing directly with malicious security crackers has itself been hijacked by malicious security crackers. The specific intent of their use of the tool...
9 Latest comment by pgit
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Create a simple, simulated network with the honeyd tool
November 22, 2010 6:00am PST
A honeynet management tool called honeyd can be a useful security tool like any other honeypot, but it can be a great low-level instructional tool as well.
3 Latest comment by Altotus
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A skeptic's history of C++
November 19, 2010 9:51am PST
Was C++ originally meant as a joke? Why did it beat Objective-C? Will anything replace it now?
108 Latest comment by apotheon
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The many eyes that matter for security are the friendly eyes
November 18, 2010 1:00pm PST
Security through obscurity is an illusion, and formal principles of information security have codified this fact in modern terms for almost a century and a half.
318 Latest comment by AnsuGisalas
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Check out these third-party tools to help safeguard Facebook privacy
November 16, 2010 6:00am PST
If you are not already aware of them, you might be interested in a trio of third-party tools that can help you protect your privacy on Facebook.
5 Latest comment by mshrader@...
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Try the uzbl browser if you're tired of feature bloat
November 15, 2010 1:09pm PST
Is there a browser for users who dislike the monolithic bloat of the most popular Web browsers, but want more than the console-based minimalism of Lynx and W3m?
25 Latest comment by pgit
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Why you should never trust Facebook
November 12, 2010 7:04am PST
Millions of people trust Facebook with their privacy. Find out why they shouldn't -- and why you shouldn't, either.
162 Latest comment by NickNielsen
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Contribute your expertise to an open source textbook
November 4, 2010 6:00am PDT
The Teaching Open Source project is soliciting contributions for the next edition of its textbook. Maybe you can help -- and get a publication credit on your resume.
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Seven ideas for learning how to program
November 4, 2010 4:16am PDT
When you want to learn to program, taking classes and reading texts are useful exercises, but Chad Perrin says it's not enough. To really learn programming, you need to start writing programs.
127 Latest comment by Justin James
