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“Fig Leaf Security”@haroonmeer - 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
Who am i ?
&Why this talk?
Sunday 17 October 2010
A chance to meet our heroes!
Sunday 17 October 2010
like Simple Nomad!
Sunday 17 October 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
thegnome: we expected
Sunday 17 October 2010
thegnome: we got
Sunday 17 October 2010
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Sunday 17 October 2010
this is my rant..
Sunday 17 October 2010
•The infosec industry• ZA infosec research
Sunday 17 October 2010
InfoSec: We Suck
Sunday 17 October 2010
and it’s our fault
Sunday 17 October 2010
No ?
Sunday 17 October 2010
Bet on your architecture?
Sunday 17 October 2010
Write code for a living?
Sunday 17 October 2010
So we build secure networks, but can’t protect our most prized user
and we write code, that we know cant stand up to security
testing?
Sunday 17 October 2010
but nobody can write secure code
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Right?
Sunday 17 October 2010
Wrong!
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<Brief Digression>(sub-rant)
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Do you know these men?
Sunday 17 October 2010
we hero worship the wrong guys..
Sunday 17 October 2010
</Brief Digression>(sub-rant)
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but nobody can write secure code
Sunday 17 October 2010
ok. not (secure and usable)
Sunday 17 October 2010
Really?
Sunday 17 October 2010
sendmail vs qmail ?djbdns vs bind ?
Sunday 17 October 2010
So why did we think otherwise?
Sunday 17 October 2010
Charlatans
Sunday 17 October 2010
fig leaves!
Sunday 17 October 2010
Application Testing..
Sunday 17 October 2010
“Halting Problem!”
Sunday 17 October 2010
“patching is a hard” problem
Sunday 17 October 2010
“patching is a hard” problem
Sunday 17 October 2010
Management don’t buy in!
Sunday 17 October 2010
Management don’t buy in!
Sunday 17 October 2010
AV’s and V’s
Sunday 17 October 2010
Why the double standard?
Sunday 17 October 2010
We (seem to) only fight the fights
we can (kinda) win
Sunday 17 October 2010
aka: “buying what ppl are selling”
Sunday 17 October 2010
hiding behind our fig leaves..
Sunday 17 October 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
“You & Your Research”
http://www.cs.virgina.edu/~robins/YouAndYourResearch.html
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So why don’t we do more?
Sunday 17 October 2010
it’s hard..
Sunday 17 October 2010
easy to start..(ideas are cheap)
Sunday 17 October 2010
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Sunday 17 October 2010
Research Fig Leaves
Sunday 17 October 2010
Research Fig Leaves
Sunday 17 October 2010
XXX is lame
Sunday 17 October 2010
XXX is lame
Sunday 17 October 2010
Academic masturbation!
Sunday 17 October 2010
Academic masturbation!
Sunday 17 October 2010
“doesn’t impress me”
Stephan Fry: Advice to a younger self.
Sunday 17 October 2010
“doesn’t impress me”
Stephan Fry: Advice to a younger self.
Sunday 17 October 2010
Distraction
Sunday 17 October 2010
http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/Amusing-Ourselves-To-Death.jpgText
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http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/Amusing-Ourselves-To-Death.jpgText
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http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/images/Amusing-Ourselves-To-Death.jpgText
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“Amusing ourselves to Death”Sunday 17 October 2010
“Amusing ourselves to Death”Sunday 17 October 2010
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No Interesting Problems..
Sunday 17 October 2010
No Interesting Problems..
Sunday 17 October 2010
“Work on stuff that matters”
“New Threats to Privacy”
Sunday 17 October 2010
There are important battles to fight..
Sunday 17 October 2010
“Don’t just be the guy who tweeted
about it”
Sunday 17 October 2010
Don’t just fight the fights we can
(kinda)win
Sunday 17 October 2010
Fight the fights that need fighting
Sunday 17 October 2010
We need to produce more than we consume..
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