I like to see who is stopping by. On an average day several hundred folks read Liquidmatrix. Sometimes I have to sit back in my chair and pause when I read the traffic logs for the site however. Every once and while these folks stop by for a visit.
Can be unnerving at times.
Tags: CIA, Web Logs, Web Traffic, Traffic Analysis
Wow, we made it. 10 years on the interweb. Originally as a .com site until we got our name boosted but, that’s another story down by the riverbank. So, Liquidmatrix Security Digest has made it to a decade and I couldn’t be happier. Thanks to all of our readers and subscribers. You make this adventure worth it. And thanks to Storm and Myrcurial for constantly pushing me to keep writing.
On tap for the coming year we will be covering the RSA Security conference (press pass in hand) in April. Black Hat and Defcon in the summer and Sector.ca 2008 this fall to name a few. I have been invited back to help with the set up and execution of Sector.ca and I’m very happy about that. I’ll be covering it as pseudo press as well with disclaimers o’plenty. It adds a welcome new dimension to my CV. Which I may or may not be sending out in a few months as I figure out my next career move.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
And a hangover laugh after the jump.
Morning folks. Sorry for being a low poster yesterday. As you might infer from the graphic above I’m under the weather. Last week while I was in the studio with the band I play for, I picked up this bug. I should have been more careful when I noticed that our guitar player was sniffling away. Of course being a cordial fellow I shook hands with the guys when I arrived. One thing that I would normally keep in the car is a travel sized hand sanitizer. It’s just a good habit to get into especially during this time of year. Of course mine ran out and “I’ll get some later” kept replaying in my lobe. Get some and carry it with you. If you haven’t already, make sure you are getting your vitamin C. It’s a preventative measure but, be sure to consult a physician for medical advice as I am most assuredly not one. I hope to get some postings up today once the meds begin coursing though my blood stream.
Sorry for the slow start to this blustery Monday. It appears that our data center in sunny California had some hardware problems this morning. As soon as we are back up and running 100% I’ll be sure to get today’s postings up.
Thanks for your emails and patience.
cheers,
The Mgmt.
Well, I have managed to make it this far.
I have learned a lot about blogging over the last 2000 posts. I have made a few stumbles along the way and hit a couple out of the park. I have had no end of enjoyment reading Myrcurial’s “Don’t quit your day job” posts.
I would like to thank everyone who has commented on the site and sent in emails. I would especially like to thanks those of you who have subscribed to the RSS feed and to all of our daily readers and wow, there are a lot of you.
Thanks everyone. OK, now…post 2001 working title “Why security wonks are caffeine addicted, sleep deprived….”
Nah.
Tags: Security Blog, Dave Lewis, gattaca, Myrcurial, Liquidmatrix Security Digest
Now that is truly amusing. I was going through the site stats this morning. Thanks to all of our readers this morning by the by.
While I was combing though the visitors log when one in particular jumped out at me. Now, I get visitors from all walks of life. Military orgs from around the globe, security agencies, media outlets such as CBS, NBC, and print media visit to name just a few. But, this one intrigued me. The “islamic republic of iran broadcasting” spent a while mining my site.
Welcome folks. I have to say that one amused me to no end.
Tags: Site Visitors, Iran TV, Media
When I read that Foster and Maynor were putting out a book I signed up August 6th. Then the problems started.
First there was this email from Amazon.
We wanted to let you know there’s a delay with one or more
items in the order you placed on August 06 2007 15:06 PDT
(Order# 123-1234567-1234567).James Foster (Author), David Maynor (Author) “Metasploit Toolkit
for Penetration Testing, Exploit Development, and Vulnerability
Research” [Paperback]
That time I was told that the order would ship during the first week of September. No problem.
Then, I received this email.
Items not yet shipped:
Delivery estimate: Nov 8 2007 - Nov 9 2007* 1 of: Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, Exploit Development, and Vulnerability Research
What’s going on? My finger is hovering over the cancel button.
Kidding.
Tags: Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, James Foster, David Maynor
I had a good chuckle this weekend. An email that one our readers was good enough to send me was the culprit. It turns out that I made an appearance in the South Korean media last year. I had no idea. Not being versed in the Korean language I’m thinking it’s a reprint of my interview in Information Security magazine. Although, I’m basing that loosely on the fragments of English and the photo.
That being said, a couple of my buddies were good enough to draw the parallel with Homer Simpson’s “Mr. Sparkle” episode. Thanks guys.
Article Link (Korean)
Silly me. I should have just run the URL through Google Translate.
Tags: Dave Lewis, Liquidmatrix, Information Security Magazine, Mr. Sparkle, South Korea
Sorry to those of you who had trouble accessing the site earlier and thanks for the emails. We’re back up now after some network issues at our provider.
From the helpdesk:
UPDATE
The problem has been tracked down to a naughty switch and has been resolved. Due to the amount of traffic that dreamhoststatus.com is getting, we are leaving it static for the time being. If you are still experiencing problems, please contact support.UPDATE TO THE UPDATE -Thu Aug 16 16:38:09 PDT 2007-
Shortly after the last update, things went down hill again. It turns out the switch wasn’t the problem. For the time being, everything is back up and running and the problem appears to be fixed. Continue to check this space for updates and as always.Thu Aug 16 16:51:46 PDT 2007
While the networking issues appear to be gone, we are still dealing with fallout from them. This includes a few non-responsive caching DNS servers causing more slow down. We are bringing these back up now and everything should be smooth again soon
All better.
Tags: Server Outage, Site Downtime
I have been an Oakley customer for years now but, I’m starting to have MAJOR second thoughts. I purchased a pair of Oakley eyeglasses (Blender 2.0) in January and I had to take it back to the optometrist twice to have the frames fixed when they cracked. Just this evening it happened again.
The flaw that has become my albatross is in the frail plastic joint on the arm. The roaring piece of crap is painful to have to contend with.
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