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Steve Gibson, the man who coined the term spyware and created the first anti-spyware program, creator of Spinrite and ShieldsUP, discusses the hot topics in security today with Leo Laporte. ... more
FAQs about Security Now - 16k MP3:How many episodes does Security Now - 16k MP3 have?The podcast currently has 995 episodes available.
March 22, 2012SN345: Buffer BloatAfter catching up with the week's news, Leo and I examine the growing concern over, and performance problems created by, the Internet's "Buffer Bloat," which has been silently creeping into our networks as the cost of RAM memory used for buffers has been dropping. It's easy to assume that more buffering is good, but that's not true for the Internet....more1h 48minPlay
March 15, 2012SN344: Listener Feedback #139Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 49minPlay
March 07, 2012SN343: HTTP & SPDYThis week, after catching up with the week's security and privacy news, Steve and Leo take a detailed look at the World Wide Web's current TCP & HTTP protocols, and examine the significant work that's been done by the Chromium Project on "SPDY", a next-generation web protocol for dramatically decreasing page load times and latency and improving performance and interactivity....more1h 17minPlay
March 01, 2012SN342: Listener Feedback #138Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 49minPlay
February 23, 2012SN341: Can "Anonymous" Take Down the Internet?This week, after catching up with the week's security and privacy news, Steve and Leo examine the feasibility of the hacker group "Anonymous" successfully taking the Internet offline after a disavowed Internet posting has claimed they intend on March 31st....more1h 30minPlay
February 16, 2012SN340: Listener Feedback #137Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 57minPlay
February 09, 2012SN339: "ScriptNo" for ChromeThis week, after catching up with a busy and interesting week of security news and events, Leo and I take a close look at "ScriptNo", a new Chrome extension created by a developer who left Firefox (and NoScript) for Chrome and was pining for NoScript's many features....more1h 22minPlay
February 02, 2012SN338: Listener Feedback #136Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 32minPlay
January 26, 2012SN337: WPS: A Troubled ProtocolThis week, after catching up on an interesting week of Security and Privacy news and legislation, Leo and I examine the troubled Wi-Fi Protected Security (WPS) protocol in detail to understand its exact operation, and to examine a series of limitations that cannot be resolved....more1h 15minPlay
January 19, 2012SN336: Listener Feedback #135Leo and I discuss the week's major security events and discuss questions and comments from listeners of previous episodes. We tie up loose ends, explore a wide range of topics that are too small to fill their own episode, clarify any confusion from previous installments, and present real world 'application notes' for any of the security technologies and issues we have previously discussed....more1h 36minPlay
FAQs about Security Now - 16k MP3:How many episodes does Security Now - 16k MP3 have?The podcast currently has 995 episodes available.