An excellent definition of privacy in the context of autonomy and security:
Source: Autonomy Privacy, Information Privacy and Information Security
Use Shodan to discover which of your devices are connected to the Internet, where they are located and who is using them.
Listed below are some popular search shortcuts/search keywords to help with narrowing your search results:
| Keyword | Values | Description | Example |
| port | Any Numeric Value | Specific Ports | port:554 |
| has_screenshot | True/False | Has Screenshot | has_screenshot:true |
| org | Organization Value | Organization | org:”Microsoft” |
| ssl | Organization Value | SSL Certificates for Organizatio | ssl:edellroot ssl:Some University |
| ssl.version | SSL Version Value | SSL Version | ssl.version:sslv2 -ssl.version:sslv3,tlsv1,tlsv1.1,tlsv1.2 |
| net | IP Range | IP Range | net:18.27.7.0/24, net:18.27.0.0/16 |
Search Examples
| Example Search Query | Used For |
| port:9100 product:”LaserJet” | Finding HP LaserJet printers on the network |
| ssl:edellroot | Finding devices with SSL certificates issued by eDellRoot |
| net:18.27.0.0/16 ssl.version:sslv2 | Find hosts supporting SSLv2 in the 18.27.0.0/16 subnet |
Educause has released their Top 10 IT Issues in 2016. What’s really impressive is the visual difference in IT priority changes over the last 16 years. For this year, the top 10 issues are:
Source: Top 10 IT Issues, 2016: Divest, Reinvest, and Differentiate
A proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and the proxy server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control its complexity. Proxies were invented to add structure and encapsulation to distributed systems. Today, most proxies are web proxies, facilitating access to content on the World Wide Web and providing anonymity.1
In an explicit proxy configuration, the client (e.g. browser, desktop application etc.) is explicitly configured to use a proxy server, meaning the client knows that all requests will go through a proxy. The client is given the hostname/IP address and port number of the proxy service. When a user makes a request, the client connects to the proxy service and sends the request. The disadvantage to explicit proxy is that each client must be properly configured to use the proxy.
In a transparent proxy configuration, the proxy is typically deployed at the Internet gateway and the proxy service is configured to intercept traffic for a specified port. The client (e.g. browser, desktop application etc.) is unaware that traffic is being processed by a proxy. For example, a transparent HTTP proxy is configured to intercept all traffic on port 80/443. The typical benefits of a transparent proxy include a standard enterprise configuration where all clients routed to the internet will always be filtered and protected no matter what the end users do, or change, on their machines and the added benefit of reduction in typical user’s client-proxy configuration troubleshooting.
At the core of all human behavior, our needs are more or less similar. Positive experience is easy to handle. It’s negative experience that we all, by definition, struggle with. Therefore, what we get out of life is not determined by the good feelings we desire but by what bad feelings we’re willing and able to sustain to get us to those good feelings.
Source: You probably know to ask yourself, “What do I want?” Here’s a way better question
If you’re going to rebuild a company’s customer service reputation and customer experience, good foundations to start building on include transparency, accountability and brutal, yet humbling honesty. Kudos to the Comcast team for starting down this path.
We’re holding ourselves accountable and we are working hard to make real improvements across the board. While it will take us some time, we can and will do better than this.
Source: A Public Apology to Conal O’Rourke.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Leo Widrich, from Buffer, on Bad Customer Service Support
While at a conference recently, a vendor was using a Twitter activated vending machine from Innovative Vending Solutions.
Each Twitter-activated vending machine incorporates a touch-screen interface to display the instructions to the consumer. The consumer is prompted to “tweet” a specific #hashtag to a dedicated @handle from their mobile device. Once the consumer tweets the @ and #, a product is immediately dispensed from the machine. Apparently, the machine utilizes a unique hashtag that is specific to the machine, so you have to be standing directly in front of the machine in order to utilize this functionality.