ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Thursday, 28 February 2008 A KM postcard from Perth Ive spent most of this week in Perth , presenting at a forum for CSC clients, helping out with our client innovation program and also assisting

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FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Given the huge amount of attention given to xpdf (and derivatives), it is surprising that not as much attention has been given to Ghostscript. Most Linux desktops will render both PDF and PS files directly from the web. The attack surface of Ghostscript is huge. Not only is it a Turing Complete language[*], but it has a rich set of runtime operators and APIs.

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Wednesday, 20 February 2008 Coverage of yesterday's Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum I attended yesterdays Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum - while I still havent had a chance to write up my obse

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Monday, 18 February 2008 Managing a multi-generational IT workforce Hot off the press, CSCs Leading Edge Forum has just published a new report on managing a multi-generational IT workforce *, whi

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Saturday, 16 February 2008 The role of enterprise portal software and Enterprise 2.0 Jack Santos, a Burton Group analyst writing in CIO magazine picks out five Enterprise 2.0 related technology t

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Thursday, 14 February 2008 Now blogging on the E2EF blog It feels a little odd - having been blogging here on my own since 2005 - but I just made my first post to the Enterprise 2.0 Executive For

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Wednesday, 13 February 2008 Lucas McDonnell discusses wikis versus forums Considering my last few posts about wikis , a relevant post from Lucas McDonnell who discusses when you should use a foru

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Wednesday, 13 February 2008 Bills Ives reflects on Wikipatterns and Knowledge Management If youve been following my Wikipatterns posts this week , then you might be interested in what looks like

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Wednesday, 13 February 2008 Wikis versus Content Management or Collaboration Over on Slaw , a Canadian legal blog, Ted Tjaden , Director of Knowledge Management at McMillan Binch Mendelsohn , ask

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Monday, 11 February 2008 Chuck Hollis on EMC's Social Media Journey Following on from my post on the weekend about Wikipatterns , and thanks to Jeremy Thomas , I heard about Chuck Hollis who

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Tuesday, 12 February 2008 Michael Sampson's 7 Pillars Analysis of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 is now available Michael Sampson s 7 Pillars Analysis of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 is now available

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 10, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Sunday, 20 January 2008 Are you ready for collaboration (again)?

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Saturday, 9 February 2008 One feed to rule them all - KM in Australia Cory Banks , from the Queensland KM Forum ( QKM ), has helped to create a listing of Australian knowledge and information man

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ChiefTech

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

This is the old ChiefTech blog. Nice of you to drop in and visit. However, you need to come over and see my new blog at chieftech.com.au. ©2005-2009. Disclaimer: Information on this blog is of a general nature and represents my own independent opinion. Please seek advice for specific circumstances. Saturday, 9 February 2008 Are Wikipatterns, Collaborative Patterns?

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Scary Beasts Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Well no, not really. Almost all real-world usage of FTP over SSL has problems whereby the FTP data connection can be stolen (resulting in stolen downloads or forged uploads). The problem is mainly with FTP clients - if you require end users to generate their own SSL certs and manually enable sending them to the server, you've already lost on usability grounds.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Sun released JDK6u4 which fixes a possibly nasty issue where one of the XXE protection methods for the default XML parser was broken. My advisory is at [link] Sun's advisory is at [link] Secunia picked it up at [link] Web services are obviously a key concern here. I haven't checked to see how the common web service frameworks do XXE protection. It's possible to ban DTDs outright, but I'd suspect more common would be to use the broken parser property [link] I'd love feedback on specific affected

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