NIST Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:54:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Solving the Windows 0x13d error, aka the 317 error, and watch for the scams https://dfarq.homeip.net/solving-the-windows-0x13d-error-aka-the-317-error-and-watch-for-the-scams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=solving-the-windows-0x13d-error-aka-the-317-error-and-watch-for-the-scams Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:00:06 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7360 Yesterday when performing a routine server inventory, I received a Windows 317 error, aka a Windows 0x13d error, when I tried to view some directories remotely from a batch file. The exact text of the error message: The system cannot find message text

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]]> 7360 Don’t run unknown executables for a dollar. And PLEASE don’t for a penny! https://dfarq.homeip.net/dont-run-unknown-executables-for-a-dollar-and-please-dont-for-a-penny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-run-unknown-executables-for-a-dollar-and-please-dont-for-a-penny Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:00:32 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7236 I can’t bribe my preschooler with a penny anymore, but, sadly, a consortium of Carnegie Mellon University, NIST and Penn State University found that 22% of respondents through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk were willing to run a dodgy unknown executable in

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]]> 7236 Looking to hire IT talent? Write a good job description https://dfarq.homeip.net/looking-to-hire-it-talent-write-a-good-job-description/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=looking-to-hire-it-talent-write-a-good-job-description Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:00:12 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6683 I had lunch on Friday with the recruiter who placed me at my current gig. We talked about a lot of things, including our families, but we talked a lot about the tech labor market. It’s growing, finally, and going

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]]> 6683 Firefox 19 is a big security improvement https://dfarq.homeip.net/firefox-19-is-a-big-security-improvement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=firefox-19-is-a-big-security-improvement https://dfarq.homeip.net/firefox-19-is-a-big-security-improvement/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:13:29 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6379 Mozilla quietly released Firefox 19 this week. Its biggest selling point is a built-in PDF viewer (like Google Chrome does), which makes me more comfortable than having Acrobat Reader installed–Mozilla is generally faster at fixing security holes than Adobe. Besides

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