Category Archives: Editorial

May the Force Be With You

Posted on May 4, 2020 by way0utwest

I’ve never done much more than give a passing smile when I see all the posts and notes about May 4th from geeks around the world. I was a huge Star Wars fan as a child, and the original is … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready To Change Your Work Environment?

Posted on May 1, 2020 by way0utwest

It’s Friday, it’s been a long few months, and I’m wondering what you think of work now that many of us are telecommuting. This week, I’m wondering if you want to answer one of these questions? If you are telecommuting … Continue reading →

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Keeping Unique Aliases

Posted on April 28, 2020 by way0utwest

I am a big standards guy. Not any particular standards, but ensuring you have some in your organization and that people stick to them. Pascal case, Camel case, it doesn’t matter to me. I’ll build a habit with any of … Continue reading →

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Encryption Gets Broken All the Time

Posted on April 27, 2020 by way0utwest

There are always researchers and hackers looking to break encryption algorithms. In fact, there are regularly a series of challenges against the very commonly used RSA algorithm. Recently, the RSA-250 challenge was completed with the algorithm being factored, albeit with … Continue reading →

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