Microsoft SSL Vulnerability gives attackers opportunity to gain control of leading banking sites Microsoft has issued a fix for a security hole that has exposed tens of thousands of SSL servers to potential compromise. The bug, a buffer overflow in Microsoft's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) library, enables remote attackers to gain control of Windows 2000 and Windows NT4 servers handling banking and e-commerce transactions. [via Netcraft]
A Christmas Tale
It’s pitch blackness in places along the sea wall this evening and I'm momentarily startled by a small dog with orange flashing yuletide antlers along the way. I’m the only person crazy enough to be running and I know the route well enough to negotiate it in the dark, part of my Christmas exercise regime and a good way of relieving stress.
Why stress you might ask. After all, it is Christmas Day.
True but I’ve just spent over two hours assembling the giant Playmobil ‘Pony Farm’ set when most other fathers should be asleep in front of the television.
I was warned that the Playmobil ‘Pirate Ship’ had driven some fathers to drink or suicide and now I understand why. If your eyesight isn’t perfect or if you’ve had a few drinks with your Christmas lunch then it’s a challenge best left until Boxing day but not an option if you happen to have a nine year old daughter who wants it ready to take horses by tea time.
Perhaps I should stick to technology but then, the instruc…
It’s pitch blackness in places along the sea wall this evening and I'm momentarily startled by a small dog with orange flashing yuletide antlers along the way. I’m the only person crazy enough to be running and I know the route well enough to negotiate it in the dark, part of my Christmas exercise regime and a good way of relieving stress.
Why stress you might ask. After all, it is Christmas Day.
True but I’ve just spent over two hours assembling the giant Playmobil ‘Pony Farm’ set when most other fathers should be asleep in front of the television.
I was warned that the Playmobil ‘Pirate Ship’ had driven some fathers to drink or suicide and now I understand why. If your eyesight isn’t perfect or if you’ve had a few drinks with your Christmas lunch then it’s a challenge best left until Boxing day but not an option if you happen to have a nine year old daughter who wants it ready to take horses by tea time.
Perhaps I should stick to technology but then, the instruc…
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