Computers work in unexpected ways
Published at 5:45 pm on December 20th, 2021
Filed under: Geekery, Technology, Linkery.
Following on from yesterday’s post about log4j: another security article fascinated me in the last week, too. You might have already seen it, because it was widely shared on Twitter and computer people everywhere were amazed and aghast at its engineering and its possibilities. The log4j vulnerability is a relatively pedestrian one by comparison, using something that is an entirely documented and public feature of the library. This, on the other hand, is a completely different animal.
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Keyword noise: programming, software, security, hackers.
In which we discuss a topical flaw
Published at 8:34 am on December 19th, 2021
Filed under: Geekery, Technology.
In many ways I lead a charmed life and hold a wide range of privileges in my hand. Not least, this week just gone, the fact that I’m a software developer who generally works with the .NET software stack. More specifically, I am not a software developer who works with Java. Java developers have not, generally speaking, been having a good week.
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Keyword noise: programming, software, security, hackers, E Shrdlu.
In which we get annoyed at The Guardian’s technology coverage
Published at 7:52 pm on October 6th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict.
I’ve already written about the new design of The Guardian, and came across as pretty positive about it. Indeed, I am pretty positive about its design, as a whole. There is, though, one thing that’s a bit rubbish. The Thursday Technology section.
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Keyword noise: Bad Science, Ben Goldacre, hackers, newpapers, redesign, The Guardian, New Scientist.
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