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  • (Yet an other) Javascript random password generator

    Here is YARPG (Yet Another Random Password Generator). Why on earth would I do yet an other random password generator? Because I can :). Seriously: there are at least two random password generators out there that I’ve used, and I have some problems with them: The one that Steve Gibson created can not be customized…

  • Steve Gibson responds!

    Steve Gibson responded to my blog postings. It’s a very nice response and I must say that maybe I’ve misjudged him. This doesn’t mean that I’m getting soft, but every side should get a chance to display his opinions. Here is the letter I’ve received (republished with the permission of the sender): I’m sorry that…

  • Hack the Gibson – for Episode #50

    Read the reason for these posts. The issue of different ports: as you can read on Wikipedia, there are three categories of ports: Common ports: from 0 to 1023 (not 1024, but the first 1024! – we computer guys are sometimes a little weird with our numbers) – these are special in the sense for…

  • Hack the Gibson – for Episode #58

    Read the reason for these posts. This episode was actually quite good and as far as I can tell there were no errors in it. But I just wanted to get the word out: unregister vgx.dll (instructions here – towards the middle of the page where it says “Suggested Actions”) and / or use a…

  • Hack the Gibson!

    Hack the Gibson! First a piece of advice: don’t hack the Gibson if you don’t have written permission to do so :-). First go watch the movie. This series of posts wants to be an unofficial errata for the Security Now! podcast by Steve Gibson (this is the first and only time I’ll post this…