storage series
Some of the content is mildly dated, but this series of posts a few years ago is still something I refer to quite often:
Tag: reference
a semi-permanent psa on passwords
Passwords should never expire: https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training/blog/time-password-expiration-die Passwords should not be changed often: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/08/frequent_passwo.html Password “complexity” is – mostly – a joke: https://www.xkcd.com/936 You have been breached: https://blog.augustschell.com/passwords-passphrases-complexity-length-crackability-memorability-data-breaches Passphrases are better than passwords – and https://password.ga will generate them for you (it will also generate random passwords that pass complexity requirements) Use a password manager of some…
cloud computing bible by barrie sosinsky
The first comment I have about Barrie Sosinsky’s book, Cloud Computing Bible is that it’s the first one I’ve read that doesn’t appear to have any sucky parts. This is a plus. Hybrid Cloud for Dummies was pretty much a waste of time. Deploying OpenStack was even worse. Sosinsky’s work, though, is not only less…