Security

One of the things I seldom talk about, both due to my Disclaimer and to my ingrained dislike of the “it’s got to have a half-dozen firewalls to be secure” school of thought.

These will be mostly non-obvious or intriguing ones - there are far too many people posting links to bugtraq and suchlike, although Schneier is mandatory reading if you actually want to use your brain to deal with security…

• The Devil’s Infosec Dictionary

• mod_security - Apache paranoia enhancer.

• The NSA Lock-down guide for Mac OS X Panther Client.

• Bastille - Lock-down helper for Linux, Mac OS X and HP-UX

• Samsung TV root — Host-side root and control toolkit for Samsung Tizen TVs, with remote input, diagnostics and native TV controls; tested results are model- and firmware-specific, and root is volatile (Filed 2026-10-25.)

• own-your-glass — POSIX shell toolkit and webOS app for hardening rooted LG TVs; mitigates telemetry, microphone and screen-capture leaks and ad tracking. Requires root and is validated only on webOS 10 (webOS 25) (Filed 2026-10-25.)

• Stupid Security

• Tao Security - pragmatists. I like pragmatists.