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SGgrc

  1. THE AMAZON TABLET: To be announced Wednesday, 9/28 @ 10am EDT. TWiT will be covering LIVE. 7" Android Color LCD Touch.
  2. SCI-FI PREMIERE ALERT: "Terra Nova" tonight 9/26 on FOX (8pm) - Check it out, plenty of clips: fox.com/terranova/
  3. How Bitcasa Does It: I'll explain it all on Security Now! next week! Can't wait!! :)
  4. So user's know the key, since it's just the hash of the unencrypted file, but Bitcasa never sees it. They just see the encryption! Elegant!
  5. OMG! Bitcasa's encryption concept is SO OBVIOUS in retrospect! Each user hashes the file to get the key, then encrypts with that key!
  6. Anyone who's curious about last evening's KABC-TV Password Haystacks interview, here's a link: bit.ly/riXkjI
  7. KABC-TV (Southern Calif) Interview with Ric Romero about GRC's Password Haystacks, **TONIGHT** between 5 - 6pm. Probably in 2nd half. :)
  8. Rick did say that it'll definitely be up on his area of abc7.com, so I'll also tweet the link once it's present.
  9. I don't yet know when the piece will air, but I'll tweet the time & date once I know (for anyone who cares. :)
  10. Just had KABC-TV reporter, Rick Romero, and cameraman here for an interview about our "Password Haystacks" page. Went really well! :)
  11. Regarding the DigiNotar link: Make sure the REASON is not the child's cert expiration, but as UNTRUSTED parent (root) CA certificate.
  12. DigiNotar Revocation Test: bit.ly/pO1Q3h redirects to a DigiNotar HTTPS page. Read the failure reason carefully to verify.
  13. APPLE Security Update: CONFIRMED that it (finally!) removes ALL TRUST of DigiNotar and the wayward certificates that were signed.
  14. FYI, LPCTools' $30 ARM Cortex-M3 development board is back in stock... for the moment: lpctools.com/lpc1768.lpcxpr…
  15. TWiT Scheduling Update: Security Now! podcast swapped with Windows Weekly again this week. So I'll be live Thurs, w/podcast delayed.
  16. AMAZON's ROBOT provides secured-delivery access to goodies you have purchased and wish to pickup: bit.ly/pQoa3k Neat idea.
  17. DIGINOTAR DEBACLE: 531 fraudulent SSL certs & counting. Listed here: blog.torproject.org/files/rogue-ce…
  18. The AMAZON KINDLE (ANDROID) TABLET: techcrunch.com/2011/09/02/ama…
  19. BACK IN STOCK: For anyone interested in the uber-cool $30 ARM Cortex-M3 development board: lpctools.com/lpc1768.lpcxpr…
  20. Leo's here and I'll be doing this week's Security Now! Podcast with him in about 30 minutes: Introducing the "Off The Grid" cipher system.