Archive for January, 2006
Programming language comparison
C++ vs Java vs Python vs Ruby: http://www.dmh2000.com/cjpr/index.shtml
An interesting comparison of the performance of various CPUs
With the numerous article comparing the merits of the new Intel Dual Core cpu in the new macs, and the doubts about the real performance improvement, here is a nice article that compares a larger range of CPUs.
But like for every performance article, you can make the numbers tell whatever you want.
Cross site cooking
Live Journal recently had around 1M accounts compromised because of a bug in the way web client handle cookies.
And since most SSO architectures are using cookies for session id, this is a big issue.
Here is an article that describes some found bugs in web clients.
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/107/423375/30/0/threaded
Downloadable book aims to ease wireless networking
The book is free for anyone to download and print from the Web site, http://wndw.net/.
Kevin Mitnick on security of open source
“Infamous cracker Kevin Mitnick (turned security consultant) has come
out to say that he’d prefer to ‘hack’ open source code vs proprietary
closed code. “Mitnick says that open source software is easier to
analyse for security holes, since you can see the code. Proprietary
software, on the other hand, requires either reverse engineering,
getting your hands on illicit copies of the source code, or using a
technique called ‘fuzzing’.” He further says that open source is more
secure, but leaves you wondering questions if enough people are really
interested in securing open source code.”
The storage behind Google Accounts (aka Google single sign-on)
The Google SSO architecture (aka Google Accounts) is powered by Berkeley DB.
Amazing what you can do with a nimble data store.
Read the article.
