Posts by richalt2

An Internet of Trouble lies ahead as root certificates begin to expire en masse, warns security researcher

It seems pretty reasonable to me to discard and replace smart devices after 5 years. By that age, it is likely riddled with malware.

Chips that pass in the night: How risky is RISC-V to Arm, Intel and the others? Very

Ecosystem is everything. Count up the number of adjacent compatible designs/chips. The newcomer will not challenge ARM or Intel unless it finds a segment of new adjacency to grow in.

Taking an existing segment? Not possible.

The hidden horse power driving Machine Learning models

Please consider evaluating the $100,000 in terms of value of your output. If your output delivered in the timeframe which $100,000 machine makes possible is not valued for more, then spend $10,000, and take 10 times as long to deliver! This is really simple economics - balance your output value with the capital invested. Follow this path. Don't complain about the potential of spending more. After all, you could have bought two machines for 200,000, and doubled your complaints!

5G? Pff, don't bother, says one-time Ofcom man's new book

I suspect many cell towers lack full speed backhaul (wired connection to Internet), where cell congestion is not an RF problem. Improve backhaul wired to improve cell service!

A year in infosec: Bears, botnets, breaches ... and elections

It is not proper to say Russian hacks interferred in the election. Any newspaper discovering the same emails would have been published as the scoop of the year! The information is generally believed accurate and properly aided people in making informed votes.

Government regulation will clip coders' wings, says Bruce Schneier

the customer is always right

really this is more about what people choose to buy. you can buy the cheap phone with many bugs, or pay more. You can pass by the Internet entertainment system in the car. There is a place for government regulation when your purchase impacts me. else buy what you want, malware and all.

Kaspersky says air-gap industrial systems: why not baby monitors, too?

VPN looks like a good path

I am using vpn. all devices in home behind the firewall, not configured for incoming access. Add an in-home vpn server, ideally in the router. then remote access by vpn client only.

Make this easy to do!