2011 Software Bookmarks (by date)

31-Dec-2011

• via Email: Verizon | FiOS Internet - Set up your email software with your Verizon email account settings
• Verizon | FiOS Internet - Your Attention Needed: Re-configure Your Email Settings to Send Email
• Mail submission agent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Verizon | FiOS Internet - What are my email settings?

• A Beginner's Guide to Forth [programming language]
• Startpage [w/ encr.] Search Engine

27-Dec-2011

• GCTIP Forums - IDONS - Internet Distributed Open Name System
• sendspace.com - Free large file hosting. Send big files the easy way!

25-Dec-2011

• Pastebin.com - #1 paste tool since 2002!

20-Dec-2011

• Ars: Sen. Reid pushes Web censorship bill; foe promises filibuster
• Cyber-intruder sparks response, debate - Washington Post
• The Sovereign Keys Project | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Ars Technica system guide: December 2011

17-Dec-2011

• Widgets.cc - Free Webmaster Tools

13-Dec-2011

• Ars: The OPEN Act: significantly flawed, but more salvageable than SOPA/PROTECT-IP

09-Dec-2011

• Take the Speed Test | Speed Matters - Internet Speed Test
• source of cache-timer exploit [for Firefox]
• [lcamtuf.coredump.cx] - interesting-looking security s/w collection
• lcamtuf's blog: CSS :visited may be a bit overrated - [intro blog entry]
• [cache-timing] Reg: It's ba-ack. Exploit revives slain browser history bug • The Register

05-Dec-2011

• Ars: Nov-2011 Browser Mkt-Shr -- Firefox sees Chrome closing in as IE's share holds steady
• Ars: SOPA on the ropes? Bipartisan alternative to 'Net censorship emerges
• Ars: Data caps a "crude and unfair tool" for easing online congestion
• Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done
• InformIT: Mastering File Types in Windows XP > Understanding File Types

01-Dec-2011

• Ars: US judge orders hundreds of sites "de-indexed" from Google, Facebook
• Ars: How Filipino phreakers turned PBX systems into cash machines for terrorists
• PlugPBX Project
• Ars: Researcher shows how to "friend" anyone on Facebook within 24 hours

• Ars: Wikileaks docs reveal that governments use malware for surveillance
• Assange: 'iPhone, BlackBerry, Gmail users - you're all screwed' -- surveillance s/w deployed • The Register

27-Nov-2011

• The price of a messy codebase: No LaTeX for the iPad --- Valletta Ventures
• Thinking outside the pipe - [Internet as Infrastructure]
• The Internet as Infrastructure [long]
• ENUM - Telephone number mapping to URI/URL, etc. - [@Wikipedia]

23-Nov-2011

• Ars: Why SOPA endangers America's Internet leadership
• Why Law Enforcement Can't Stop Hackers --- CIO.com
• The [Cyber] Surveillance Catalog - The Wall Street Journal

21-Nov-2011

• Facebook tracking is under scrutiny [describes what is tracked] – USATODAY.com
• Lauren Weinstein's Blog: Congress Declares War on the Global Internet - Internet Replies "Bring It On!"

17-Nov-2011

• The Register --- A Series:
  • Part 1: How websites use your browser to sell you for cash
  • Part 2: The Evercookie: Like trying to kill Steven Seagal
  • Part 3: Browser privacy at work: The BOFHs' guide

15-Nov-2011

• Ars: Famous Hollywood-backed free speech lawyer says SOPA is A-OK / [ SOPA == DMCA++ ! ]
• Ars: Why RIM (blackberry) still hasn't found the cause of its world-wide outage
• TCP/IP daddy Cerf: 'Don't rewrite the internet for security' -- The Register
• US anti-hacking law turns computer users into criminals -- The Register

• Risks Digest Vol-26: Iss-61 - The Coming Fascist Internet / by Lauren Weinstein
• Lauren Weinstein's Blog: The Coming Fascist Internet
• Ron K Jeffries - Google+ - #geeky and #OMG QUOTE: [Craig S Wright ] says: I was… 747 engine controls available to cabin
• FACT CHECK: SCADA Systems Are Online Now

07-Nov-2011

• Ars: Two decades of productivity: Vim's 20th anniversary
• Welcome to Eclim - eclim (eclipse + vim)
• Vimperator (Firefog extension) -- Vimperator Labs
• Muttator (Thunderbird add-on) -- Vimperator Labs
• Vim --- welcome home : vim online

05-Nov-2011

• Want to avoid all private-data breaches, ever? Here's how -- The Register
• Has your account been pwned? New website will tell you -- The Register
• Are You on the Pwnedlist? -- Krebs on Security
• Password Do’s and Don’ts -- Krebs on Security
• How to check if your details have been compromised | Naked Security / Sophos / by Carole Therialt
• Carole Theriault | Naked Security [blog at Sophos.com]
• PwnedList - Have your accounts been compromised? Find out.

30-Oct-2011

• UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - [@Wikipedia]
• UEFI - Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - [@Wikipedia] [https]
• Stallman: Did I say Jobs was evil? I meant really evil -- The Register
• Who Else Was Hit by the RSA Attackers? — Krebs on Security
• RadixNet Internet Services! - [where sirelandms logs-in]

22-Oct-2011

• Son of Stuxnet Found in the Wild on Systems in Europe | Threat Level | Wired.com

19-Oct-2011

• Ars: Impressed by FBI trojan, Germans write their own, and national scandal ensues
• Ars: Die, VPN! We're all "telecommuters" now—and IT must adjust
• Ars: Before Netscape: the forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s

• Lynx (web browser) - [@Wikipedia]
• Hushmail - [@Wikipedia]

14-Oct-2011

• Ars: Get hacked, don't tell: drone base didn't report virus
• Ars: JavaScript has problems. Do we need Dart to solve them?
• Ars: Dennis Ritchie: the giant whose shoulders we stand on
• Microsoft flags Firefox and Chrome for security failings • The Register

11-Oct-2011

• Ars: Cutting the cord: how the world's engineers built Wi-Fi
• Ars: Google aims *Dart* at "the Visual Basic of the Web"
• Ars: Hands-on: Chrome Remote Desktop Beta free and easy to use, no speed demon
• Malware burrows deep into computer BIOS to escape AV - The Register
• Host Based Security System (HBSS) - DoD/DISA
• Under Worm Assault, Military Bans Disks, USB Drives | Danger Room | Wired.com [19-Nov-2008]

08-Oct-2011

• PDF Viewer [ 0.1.8 available, currently have 0.1.7] Main | Install

03-Oct-2011

• Qualys BrowserCheck
• Firefox devs mull dumping Java to stop BEAST attacks -- The Register
• SOP - Same origin policy - [@Wikipedia]

• Open Source Release 8.14.5 - Sendmail.com
• Open Source Download - Sendmail.com
• Index of ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/

28-Sep-2011

• BallotBin.com -- Free online web election and survey service!
• Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Free Download
• Mozilla Blog: Firefox Significantly Reduces Memory Use to Make Browsing Faster - Version 7 !

24-Sep-2011

• UAE Web users have more to worry about - MitM attacks - By Danny O'Brien - Slate Magazine
• #cc-power Undernet - Chat Room on IRC - irc.netsplit.de
• No-IP - Dynamic DNS, Static DNS for Your Dynamic IP, and IP anonymizing
• metamail(1)

30-Aug-2011

• Mitigation of Apache Range Header DoS Attack - SpiderLabs Anterior
• SeaMonkey 2.3.1 Release Notes
• GFI LABS Blog: Of Spam and Speeding - speeding ticket malware
• Whois - IP Address - Domain Name Lookup
• Researchers Uncover RSA Phishing Attack, Hiding in Plain Sight | Threat Level | Wired.com
• Javascript Cryptography Considered Harmful - Matasano Security - Matasano Web Security Assessments for Enterprises
• Micro Center Preference Center

26-Aug-2011

• Grand Idea Studio - Joe Grand - former hacker w/ L0ft, etc.
• [Kevin] Mitnick Security Consulting, LLC

21-Aug-2011

• respawn_redux - [Flash storage used to re-spawn browser cookies]
• Not an option: time for companies to embrace security by default - [@Ars]
• SeaMonkey 2.3 Release Notes
• Speakeasy - Speed Test

14-Aug-2011

• xkcd: Password Strength
• Why (Special Agent) Johnny (Still) Can’t Encrypt: A Security Analysis of the APCO Project 25 Two-Way Radio System

10-Aug-2011

• Taxonomy of Operational Security Risks [PDF]
• Ledin Anti-Malware Project
• Oracle: Java's worst enemy | Application Development - InfoWorld
• Apache Harmony - [open-src Java runtime] - Project Downloads
• Apache Harmony - Open Source Java Platform
• Most Expensive 1-byte Mistake - Risks Digest Vol.26: Iss.53 Item.10

04-Aug-2011

• Ask Ars: how do I use the find command in a pipeline?
• ack 1.94 -- better than grep, a source code search tool for programmers
• July 2011 browser stats: Windows XP loses its majority share of Web users [@Ars]
• KISSmetrics Documentation
• Tor Project: Anonymity Online
• Lifehacker, tips and downloads for getting things done

31-Jul-2011

• Puppy Linux Discussion Forum :: View topic - Opera and Flashplayer don't work after uninstall SeaMonkey?
• Mozilla: PluginDoc: Home
• Mozilla: PluginDoc: Linux (x86)
• Linux Tutorial: Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey Web Browser Configuration on Linux for plug-ins and support applications
• Adobe - Flash Player - Show Installed Version
• About Plugins
• Exploit Shellcode, linux shellcode, windows shellcode

26-Jul-2011

• Add-ons for SeaMonkey
• Find Flash Player version
• Adobe - Flash Player
• Linux Tutorial: Mozilla / Firefox / SeaMonkey Web Browser Configuration on Linux for plug-ins and support applications
• Security company infects client's network with 'Trojan mouse' | Insider threats - InfoWorld
• Netragard-s Hacker Interface Device (HID). | Netragard's SNOsoft Research Team

24-Jul-2011

• Welcome to What's My Screen Resolution
• User Agent Switcher :: Add-ons for Firefox
• User Agent Switcher
• Add-ons for SeaMonkey

20-Jul-2011

• Speed matters: how Ethernet went from 3Mbps to 100Gbps... and beyond - [@Ars]
• QR code ( 2D barcode ) - [@Wikipedia]
• Light Blue Touchpaper - Blog Archive - Phone hacking, technology and policy / by Ross Anderson
• Mozilla's BrowserID aims to simplify authentication on the Web - [@Ars]
• A Better Way to Sign In - BrowserID.org
• Identity at Mozilla
• Anticensorship in the Internet's Infrastructure | Freedom to Tinker
• The Unix revolution—thank you, Uncle Sam? [@Ars]

15-Jul-2011

• Schneier on Security: History of Stuxnet
• How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History - Threat Level - Wired.com
• How digital detectives deciphered Stuxnet, the most menacing malware in history [Better copy @Ars]

08-Jul-2011

• Whats My User Agent? - Handy Look-Up Site
• June Web browser stats: Rapid Release edition [@Ars]

03-Jul-2011

• 2shared - Download: - What leads to difficulties in using computers essay.pdf
• 2shared - file upload and sharing
• How To - Tips for your phone, tablet, computer, home theater and the Web. - CNET

29-Jun-2011

• Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions
• Opera web browser | Faster & safer | Download the latest Internet browser free

23-Jun-2011

• From SimCity to Real Girlfriend: 20 years of sim games - [@Ars]
• mod_perl - [@Wikipedia]

• ePDFview: PDF Viewer
• Evince (Simply a document viewer) Main | [GNOME] Downloads
• Adobe: PDF The Global Standard For Trusted, Electronic Documents and Forms
• Foxit Software Main | Non-Windows Readers | Desktop Linux | Download

20-Jun-2011

• Seeking Address: Why Cyber Attacks Are So Difficult to Trace Back to Hackers: Scientific American

10-Jun-2011

• Ars: Browser Mkt - May 2011 - MS and Mozilla's continuing Chrome conundrum
• citp/pdf-privacy - GitHub == s/w to discover redacted text from pdf, etc.
• Lulz Security (LulzSec), the world's leaders in high-quality entertainment at your expense
• LulzSec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

03-Jun-2011

• yfrog - Share, Converse and Connect
• Install Adobe Flash Player in Slackware Linux (UPDATED!) | Linux basic configurations

29-May-2011

• Memtest86.com - Memory Diagnostic
• How to Test your Hard Disk Drive for Problems
• CrossOver: Windows emulator for Mac and Linux - CodeWeavers - [Good sidebar menu w/ their layout.css]
• Tunney machine replica @ Bletchley Park | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

24-May-2011

• Meet DOCSIS, Part 2: the jump from 2.0 to 3.0 [@Ars]
• Meet DOCSIS, Part 1: the unsung hero of high-speed cable Internet access [@Ars]
• Mass. (state) PCs infected by data-hungry worm - The Register
• RPM resource libORBit-2.so.0
• Internet security: Keys to the cloud castle | The Economist

20-May-2011

• Tracking Device Teardown - iFixit
• iFixit: The free repair manual
• GPS Overview - U.Tx
• GPS.gov: Frequently Asked Questions
• Take the Challenge | Develop For Privacy Challenge
• Rules for Participants | Develop For Privacy Challenge
• Build safety into the very beginning of the computer system - BIOS
• Good BIOS overview, in Issue 66 / id=7 of: .:: Phrack Magazine ::.

15-May-2011

• An introduction to static code analysis - [part 1 of N] - The Register
• Data loss prevention software - [@Wikipedia]

10-May-2011

• NPAPI:ClearSiteData - MozillaWiki

05-May-2011

• Mozilla resists US gov't request to nuke "MafiaaFire" add-on - [@Ars]
• Meet DOCSIS, Part 1: the unsung hero of high-speed cable Internet access - [@Ars]

03-May-2011

• .docx DOCX Convert Office 2007

22-Apr-2011

• HTTPS Now

08-Apr-2011

• Schneier on Security: Pinpointing a Computer to Within 690 Meters

03-Apr-2011

• Evince - [@Wikipedia] - Gnome Document reader
• Vulnerability Arbitration -- and SSL encryption example

28-Mar-2011

• Gateway Support - 3500551 Solo 2550
• SeaMonkey 2.0.13 Release Notes
• How the Comodo certificate fraud calls CA trust into question - [@Ars]

24-Mar-2011

• How to set PPPoE on a Motorola VT2000 series Voice Gateway VoIP ATA step by step.
• Motorola VT2442 - Routers
• Motorola VT2442 & Vonage
• [Unlock] Unlock and re-use VT2442 - VOIP Tech Chat | DSLReports Forums
• NeXTSTEP - [@Wikipedia]
• OS X to The Unix Command Line: Single-User Mode
• Javascript Password Scripts with Example Source Code

17-Mar-2011

• With hacking, music [& other input] can take control of your car -- ITworld
• What Is My IP Address - Shows Your IP Address, and more ...

23-Feb-2011

• List of XML and HTML character entity references - [@Wikipedia]
• BrowserCheck - [doesn't know about Seamonkey]
• HTTPS Everywhere | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Firesheep - Ffx extension to sniff cookies, etc. [@Wikipedia]

18-Feb-2011

• When can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc
• The HTML5 test - How well does your browser support HTML5?

• Mozilla Firefox 3 History File Format - places.sqlite, etc. - Forensics Wiki
• Places.sqlite - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
• Adventures in Firefox - places.sqlite - ryanschwartz.net
• Firefox 3 Forensics - places.sqlite::moz_places
• SQLite Query Language: VACUUM
• Locked or damaged places.sqlite - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
• Understanding How and Where Firefox 3 Bookmarks are Saved?

09-Feb-2011

• How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows
• One quick trick prevents AutoRun attacks

04-Feb-2011

• Postbox - A Better Way to Do Email
• Undigestify - Splits-out an RFC-1153 digest [e.g. RisksDigest] - Add-ons for Thunderbird
• [@Ars] Browser Usage Jan 2011 - Chrome takes 10% usage share, IE continues to hemorrhage
• Abusing HTTP Status Codes to Expose Private Information | Mike Cardwell, Online
• Mike Cardwell, Online - A Blog of misc. goodies

23-Jan-2011

• Bot attacks Linux and Mac but can't lock down its booty - The Register
• too_many_toolbars.jpg (JPEG Image, 1024x768 pixels)
• File: Vector Video Standards2.svg - [@Wikipedia]
• Comparison of layout engines (HTML5) - [@Wikipedia]

11-Jan-2011

• 'White House' eCard Dupes Dot-Gov Geeks - Krebs on Security
• Network Forensics Blog

01-Jan-2011

• Puppy Linux Discussion Forum :: Location of attached: libgconf-2.so.4.pet
• RPM resource libORBit-2.so.0

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