I have to admit that Chapter 1 didn't hold a lot of new information for me; after years of listening to Security Now and a couple of other security classes at MCC, this was more of a review or a refresher than anything new. That said; I think it was actually a very nicely-organized and well thought-out refresher, and I think the chapter touched on a couple of topics that deserve to be touched one, such as the tension between security and convenience, and the different types of attackers out there. (Anonymous, Al Qaeda, and the guys who wrote Cryptolocker are all RADICALLY different in their approaches and goals; it's good to see that called out.) Since I don't think most, if any of what we turn in for our assignments has much visibility to the rest of the class, here are some favorite security things of mine:
Some XKCD comics on passwords:
http://xkcd.com/936/
https://xkcd.com/792/
http://xkcd.com/1286/
My favorite security podcast:
https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm
And some other miscellaneous stuff:
Securing a wireless router (PC Mag article)
Shields Up!
Password Haystacks
LastPass
NoScript
Looking forward to the rest of the class!
-Peter Martin (or Timespike on the net)
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