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Posts Tagged ‘google’

new web app scanner

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

A friend of mine dropped me a note to point out that Google has released an open source web application security scanner called skipfish. I haven’t used it yet (installing as I type), and will hopefully have some thought on it soon.

Tags: google, skipfish
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captcha on demand

Monday, June 29th, 2009

With the death of Michael Jackson last week, Google saw an unprecedented level of Michael Jackson related searches. The most impressive thing about Google’s response is that they apparently deploy captcha tests on demand only when they think there is an automated attack going on. As someone who hates having to type in those letters printing in the most unreadable manner possible, I think this is a great step up.

Tags: captcha, google, Michael Jackson
Posted in Security Architecture and Design | Comments Off

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This is not your normal information security blog. This blog is where I vent and struggle against the standards of infosec orthodoxy (wow - I can't even believe there is such a thing). If you're looking for a place to just get the standard security professional line on everything then this is not the place for you. This is a place to read the opinions (and I have many) of someone who often disagrees with standard conventions and isn't afraid to say so.