Wow, summer went by quick! I remember the first day of my internship: nervous, excited and no idea what to expect. I've learned a lot these past couple months, an experience you just don't get from sitting in a classroom. I met a lot of cool people who [...]
Posted by Marcin on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in
Other.
Everytime I see Bigfoot's "Killer" NIC being mentioned on websites and forums, I just have to laugh. It's got interesting features like: bypassing the Windows TCP/IP stack and processing within the hardware, and running embedded Linux that's accessible [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 in
Tech.
I'm enthused to hear Ross Anderson has made his book, Security Engineering available online and FREE to download. He explains his reasoning at his website; to reach the widest possible audience, especially among poor students and being a supporter of [...]
Posted by Marcin on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in
Books and
Security.
I've enrolled in the following classes this coming Fall semester (summer just went by too quick), and would like to hear your input on them. I'm including the professor's names in addition, since one class with different instructors is never the same. [...]
Posted by Marcin on Monday, August 28, 2006 in
School.
I have trouble finishing books I start. For whatever reason, I struggle through it. I began reading InfoSec Career Hacking: Sell Your Skillz, Not Your Soul before I flew home for the summer, and read up until the last couple chapters and got bored with [...]
Posted by Marcin on Saturday, August 26, 2006 in
Books and
Links.
Here's a cool article [engadget], from the lockpicking event at DEFCON14 in Las Vegas. The author goes into some detail as to what the components of a lock are and how they work together. Also described is the history of "bumping" locks (as the 11 [...]
Posted by Marcin on Friday, August 25, 2006 in
Security.
No... not the International Space Station (for you Slashdotters...) ARMONK, NY & ATLANTA - 23 Aug 2006: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Internet Security Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSX) today announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM [...]
Posted by Marcin on Thursday, August 24, 2006 in
Links,
News and
Security.
`Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks <http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/silence.shtml>`_ By Michał Zalewski I am a student studying information security and I've read many books lately on the subject. Silence on the [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in
Books and
Security.
I decided to create a page dedicated to what I'm thinking about and the projects I'm currently working on. The page is still being worked on, so the default images are going to go and be more customized to my liking. So, if you want to see what I've been [...]
Posted by Marcin on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 in
News.
