Security Now - 16k MP3

Leo and I examine the open, platform agnostic, license free, OpenID secure Internet identity authentication system which is rapidly gaining traction within the Internet community. It may well be the "single sign-on" solution that will simplify and secure our use of the world wide web.

Having discussed the first three "factors" in multifactor authentication (something you know, something you have, something you are), Leo and I explore aspects of the power and problems with the fourth factor, "someone you know."

Leo and I tackle the past, present and future of software patents. Our discussion of this non-security topic was triggered by Microsoft's recent declaration that since free and open source software (FOSS) was infringing at least 235 of their software patents, someone ought to be paying them.

Leo and I discuss questions asked by 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.

Leo and I talk with Marc Maiffret, co-founder of eEye Digital Security of Aliso Viejo, California. eEye has perhaps done more forensic and vulnerability testing research to increase the remote security of Windows than any other group, including Microsoft. They continue to find and report an amazing number of Windows security vulnerabilities.

Leo and I discuss the theory and practice of multifactor authentication which uses combinations of "something you know," "something you have," and "something you are" to provide stronger remote authentication than traditional, unreliable single-factor username and password authentication.

Leo and I review the operation of wireless network security and discuss in detail the operation of the latest attack on the increasingly insecure WEP encryption system. This new technique allows any WEP-protected WiFi network's secret cryptographic key to be discovered in less than 60 seconds.

Leo and I discuss questions asked by 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.

Leo and I wrap up our three-part series on web-based code injection vulnerabilities and exploitation with a discussion web-based structured query language (SQL) database attacks. We explain why and how SQL injection vulnerabilities are creating an ongoing plague of vulnerabilities besetting modern 'Web 2.0' applications.

In this second installment of our three-part coverage of web-based remote code injection, Leo and I discuss cross-site scripting vulnerabilities and exploits. I quickly read through the 28 vulnerabilities discovered in popular software just during the previous month and discusses the nature of the threat and challenge facing authors of modern 'dynamic' web sites and services.