Cisco ASA License Woes

I have been engaged to deploy a Cisco ASA 5505 device this week. It came with the basic license package. The client wanted the classic deployment, one vlan for the external interface, one vlan for the inside interface and a third vlan for DMZ (Demilitarize zone). Id like to share with you that this cant […]

Balancing Work Efficiency with Data Security

Id like to invite you to comment on finding new ways to improve employee efficiency (thru access to corporate data) with balancing it against the risk of losing confidential corporate data due to employee theft. More than one third of employees would steal sensitive company information if they thought they could earn a decent price […]

DefconPH beertalk Notes

Alvin and I were able to catch the second Beer talk organized by hacking forum Defconph.org. While the speakers were easily half my age, I was impressed with their presentation and depth of knowledge. In that regard, I was glad to have attended the hard-to-find Beer Talk II at the Grilla in Paseo de Roxas. […]

Google Malware Warnings…boon or bane?

Google puts in advisories in search results to warn visitors that some sites may have been infected with malware. Search results will put in an advisory :”This site may harm your computer…” This has the effect of reducing traffic to offending sites down to zero. Users faced with such warnings will surf over to the […]

Mozcom Phishing Alert

The following email message that was sent out to mozcom subscribers was verified by Dick Chiang. Mozcom COO/CTO to be a phising email. So please ignore the phishing email: > On Wed Jan 28 20:43:19 CST 2009, “Mozcom Inc.” > wrote: > >> ATTENTION, >> >> Mozcom has notice that your webmail account has been […]