Greetings from Day 1 of VMworld 2017 Europe – held in sunny Barcelona!.  This is my first ever VMworld and during my 4 days here, I will endeavour to do an update here each day of that day’s events, with a summary blog post as a retrospective. Continue reading “VMworld 2017 Europe – Day 1”
Yahoo victims right to sue following Data Breaches
Hot on the heels of my last blog post, a judge in the US has ruled that victims have the right to sue Yahoo for claims of breach of contract and unfair competition! Continue reading “Yahoo victims right to sue following Data Breaches”
700m Email Addresses Leaked
In what is likely one of the largest ever reported data breaches, over 700 million email addresses, and some passwords, have been leaked via a spambot – there is a good chance you be affected! Continue reading “700m Email Addresses Leaked”
LetsEncrypt – SSL Encryption For Everyone – Part 1
There is lots of talk at the moment about internet security – hacking, compromised accounts, lost financial information, identity theft.  The question is “how can you give confidence to your users so that they can trust the web site they’re visiting?” (ie. “yours”). Continue reading “LetsEncrypt – SSL Encryption For Everyone – Part 1”
Posting Elephants
So – you’re thinking of posting an elephant, and trying to work out the most optimal way of doing it?… Continue reading “Posting Elephants”
Debugging my Home Network
When problems on your home network start affecting the family’s use of the Internet… you know you’ve got an urgent problem to fix! Continue reading “Debugging my Home Network”
Yeah, WordPress
Over the years I’ve maintained many different blogs, some internal within organisations I’ve worked for, some external. Â Some have been hand-edited using tools such as #vi others using things such as the now defunct iWeb from Apple. Â But it’s never been consolidated. Continue reading “Yeah, WordPress”