It’s a collection of Allan’s favorite moments from TechSNAP past.

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— Show Notes: —

Episode 24: Ultimate RAID

• Before be became a ZFS addict, Allan explains all of the various RAID levels and what you would use them for
• If you are not using ZFS, you probably want to watch this
• This episode also contains the details of the BEAST attack on SSL, back in the beginning of what would turn out to be an unending onslaught on SSL and its implementations (OpenSSL and friends)

Episode 34: Allan’s ZFS Server Build

• Allan shows off his first ZFS server build
• 16 TB SAS array (12 TB usable), separate 2×2 TB SATA mirrored UFS for the OS, because he didn’t trust root-on-ZFS yet
• Paid for a RAID controller, which didn’t work well (was replaced with the onboard LSI HBA built into the motherboard)
• Had a bunch of problems, with both Newegg, Adaptec, shipping, and configuration
• If only I had known about iXsystems back then

Epsiode 78: Wire-Shark

• With Chip-and-Pin finally arriving in the US, let us remember back to TechSNAP from September of 2012, when researchers at the University of Cambridge Computer Lab found a way to defraud the system
• While the system is self is fairly secure, it relies on correct implementation, and many ATMs and PoS devices do not do it correctly
• In this case a nounce (supposed to be a unique, unpredictable value), was just a counter or timestamp

Episode 128: Gentlemen, Start Your NGINX

• Krebs covers crooks registering for your Social Security account, so they could redirect the direct deposits to their own account

Episode 100: 100% Uptime

• Special in its own right, as our 100th episode
• bit9 story
• It was also the first time we mentioned Krebs (who I kept called Kerbs for the first few weeks until I was corrected enough times). At first I wasn’t even sure I liked Krebs, now I am quite the fan.

Episode 236: National Security Breaking Agency

• Keylogging before computers
• Great story from the Cold War

Round Up:

• Anonymous leaks data from European Space Agency, claims it did it “for the Lulz”
• Secure Comparator: Zero Knowledge Authentication
• Censys, a new search engine that lets researchers find specific hosts and create aggregate reports on how devices, websites, and certificates are configured and deployed
• The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
• Government, Can You Hear Me Now? Cell-site Simulators Aren’t Secret Anymore
• Attackers inject Angler malware kit into Guardian article, about cybercrime
• LifeLock to Pay $100 Million to Consumers to Settle FTC Charges it Misled Consumers With Deceptive Advertising
• Cybersecurity Researchers Are Hunted from All Sides
• Why giftcards are so cheap online. You guessed it, Fraud