Author Archives: Patrick Botz
A popular password cracking tool was recently updated to handle passwords up to 55 characters in length. The tool, ocl-HashCat-Plus, was previously limited to passwords up to 15 characters long.
Thanks everyone that provided feedback on the whitepaper! An updated version of the whitepaper is now available on the website under “Downloads”. If you find/found it useful or interesting please send a link to your friends and colleagues! Thanks again.
Over the summer I’ve helped a number of our customers to implement SSO who, not surprisingly, had a number of users running Windows 7. I ran into problems with Netserver authentication apparently failing. But the problems were very perplexing.
Posted in Botz Blog, IBM i Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged Netserver, single sign on, Single Signon, SMB drive mapping, SMB problem, sso, Windows 7
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The ongoing NSA snooping saga illustrates an important concept in security; regardless of whether or not the behavior by our government concerns you. Everyone has probably heard the adage that there is no such thing as perfect security. And you … Continue reading
Posted in Botz Blog, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security
Tagged NSA, NSA snooping
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I have a relatively final draft of a whitepaper, A Practical Approach to SSO, for which I am looking for feedback on before officially publishing it. If you’re interested, you can find it here: http://botzandassociates.com/practical-sso-guide. Thanks for your help!
I’m psyched that one of my own security idols, Carol Woodbury, has asked me to squash some common Single Sign-On FUD* for once and for all as guest host onher popular “Coffee with Carol” webcast series next week. Gladly! The … Continue reading
“Former Hostgator employee arrested, charged with rooting 2,700 servers” was the headline of an April 19, 2013 article published by Ars Technica website. Rooting refers to providing the attacker a way to gain superuser access on a computer system. Doing … Continue reading
This from a LinkedIn group post published on SecurityInfoWatch.com: “In the ever evolving threat landscape that is IT security, some security executives have become so focused on taking an approach that meets compliance requirements that their attention has become diverted … Continue reading
How many times have you heard someone say “Nobody would want to attack my computer.”? I’ve heard it too many times to count. I even hear it from some of the businesses I work with. Well Brian Krebs, author of … Continue reading
Recently I did a Google search for Kerberos-related problems on V7R1 for IBM i. The results should be useful for lots of IBM i customers using SSO. The first one, SI43918, is in a CUM package. However, some of the … Continue reading
Posted in IBM i Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged IBM i v7r1, kerberos, single sign on
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