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Very Interesting Investigative Journalism by Brian Krebs:

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Interesting development in the SSL/ TLS certificate space.
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“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
-Sun Tzu

QUESTION:
Anyone know about a biometric identification system that can work for all? I read somewhere that Iris detection can’t properly identify certain individuals with eye disorders or who are blind?

ANSWER:
I haven’t researched this but as a rule any biometric security device is dependent on individuals having those parts to measure or scan for unique characteristics. If your disabled or in some way an can’t use that kind of device then I guess that’s an obvious downside but then again the nature of biometrics. I’d just implement a token system for those that couldn’t use a a biometric scanner (such as the one linked below) which is an OTP (One Time Token) system.

PS- A good biometric solution does not violate privacy in any way the unique characters that are scanned are turned into a quantifiable data or code that is run through a hash witch is non-reversible. And the hash is stored not any photo or any thing like that.

By the way I’m a disabled IT Security Professional.
Source(s):
https://store.yubico.com/

QUESTION:
Anyone know what a shared secret is when using a VPN on Mac?

ANSWER:
Not entirely sure. I assume if its like a shared key on a Wifi router. In such a case a shared key or secret is a code or password that is used to generate the symmetric encryption key. The key or secret is shared offline generally although you could share it some other way.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_secret

QUESTION:
What is the quickest way to move files from one hard disk to another – it tells me it will take 1078 hours to transfer 27GB – sounds wrong. (What to do?)

ANSWER:
If that’s the Microsoft copy tool built into windows then yes its probably wrong. I use TeraCopy for big copy routines especially since Windows is known for skipping files or hitting a road block and not telling you what caused the problem or where to resume. TeraCopy was recommended on the TWIT podcast network by Windows Weekly. Links below and I beleve you can find the file on CNET downloads as well.

With this said if your trying to copy a drive that you boot off as a whole that won’t work. Some of the files for Windows are active. You’d have to boot of something else like your second drive and start the copy routine from there.

Fastest Option: Drive imaging is the fastest option or drive cloning. This for what you stipulated would take 20-45 minutes. (Norton Ghost can image not sure about cloning)
Source(s):
http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php
http://www.winsupersite.com/paul/podcast.asp