retina Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:21:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 The difference between a vulnerability scanner and a SIEM https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-difference-between-a-vulnerability-scanner-and-a-siem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-difference-between-a-vulnerability-scanner-and-a-siem Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:15:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7868 I heard an interesting question the other day: What’s the difference between a vulnerability scanner and a SIEM? Qualys and Nessus are examples of vulnerability scanners. Arcsight and Splunk are examples of SIEMs. To a security practitioner, the tools couldn’t

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]]> 7868 How to get started in regulatory compliance https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-get-started-in-regulatory-compliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-started-in-regulatory-compliance Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:00:53 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6933 I had a search query about getting started in regulatory compliance, which I’ve written about before, but more from an organizational perspective. That won’t help you much from a career perspective. I think most any CISSP will answer that question

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]]> 6933 Here’s a nice Linux tool: checkrestart https://dfarq.homeip.net/heres-a-nice-linux-tool-checkrestart/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-a-nice-linux-tool-checkrestart Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:00:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6431 Tom Gatermann told me about a nice tool for Debian (and presumably Ubuntu) called checkrestart. Sometimes, even though you did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade to bring your system up to date, you can still be running the out-of-date

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]]> 6431 Linus Torvalds is right about “reasonable resolution” https://dfarq.homeip.net/linus-torvalds-is-right-about-reasonable-resolution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=linus-torvalds-is-right-about-reasonable-resolution Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:39:21 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6152 Linus Torvalds is sick of the gimmicks, and he’s really sick of laptops sporting cheap 720p displays. He wants high-resolution (2560×1600, or even 2048×1536) displays to become standard. Having seen an Ipad with a 2048×1536 display in person recently, I

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