Greetings, It finally happened. Surprisingly, I managed to get my spring cleaning -- both physically and virtually -- done on-time, ahead of schedule, and before the Memorial Day Weekend. This means that in 2004, unlike in previous years, I'm not going to be finishing my spring cleaning while at the same time laying out the food for guests at my annual July 4 fireworks-viewing shin-dig here in DC. Huzzah!
As part of my virtual spring cleaning this year, I'm happy to announce that my home in cyberspace, Infowarrior.Org, got its long-overdue and much-anticipated facelift. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out -- I'm debating about whether or not to add a security-technology-policy oriented blog to the site, but that might be a bit much given my current work and academic schedules for the remainder of the calendar year. It's been a somewhat busy past few weeks, having spent some time (among other things) looking at the URI vulnerability in Apple's Mac OSX that's making headlines these days. While the PC world is used to such critical security problems, Apple is still struggling to deal with the security vulnerability reporting and remediation process -- something that until OSX, the company (and its customers) rarely had to worry about. However, despite this current security problem and Apple's "growing pains" in this area, I still believe OSX is a much more reliable and secure operating environment than Windows, even if this current URI problem incites some PC users to snicker and say "welcome to our world." I'm confident that Apple will overcome this security wicket effectively and in a manner that continues to represent its commitment to product quality both now and in the future. I'll close with a quick reminder that there are two upcoming events that I will be participating at later this month. I'm already happy to be meeting several folks from this list at each one -- something that's always a fun experience for me. These events are: Event #1: 6:30-9:00PM 14 June 2004 (Washington, DC) Participating on a panel at the National Press Club: "Cybersecurity: Threats and Responses." Joining me on this panel is Bob Dix, Staff Director for the House Government Reform Committee and Hun Kim, Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Division. Wilson Dizard from Government Computer News (GCN) will moderate. (http://npc.press.org/programs/techevents.cfm) Event #2: 6:30-9:3PM 30 June 2004 (San Francisco, CA) Moderating the "Mac OS X Security" Birds-of-a-Feather session at Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference (WWDC). Event info: Security is one of the strongest features of Mac�OS�X and many of its security designs are unmatched by other operating systems. Join seasoned security experts to discuss and share ideas, tips, strategies, and experiences about the security features and capabilities of Mac�OS�X, including what it takes to implement security on the Mac�OS�X platform both for the enterprise and end-users. (http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/community.html#bofs) Until next time, thanks for reading. Rick -infowarrior.org -- You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners.
