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We are headed for a Spectre of a Meltdown

Posted on January 11, 2018January 11, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on We are headed for a Spectre of a Meltdown

Time to talk a bit about Spectre and Meltdown. I know, I touched on these two last week, but there is more to discuss. There are things afoot with these two that have given me some thoughts. No, I do not think the sky is falling. I am going to start with a little tweet…

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Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Posted on June 22, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Mozzila decided to be aggressive with Firefox releases. Not a problem, just keep the old version till add-ons are all compatible. Doesn’t work that way if you want to be secure. Mozzila announced that Firefox 5 is the security update for Firefox 4. There will be no other updates unless there is a major, and…

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And the pain of Automagical Updates

Posted on June 18, 2009 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on And the pain of Automagical Updates

Before I get started let me say this, I believe in patching, and updating systems and software. It is essential to security fo a system. That being said, there is something to be said about forcing updated software by calling it a high priority update. Yep, I’m talking about IE8 yet again. Don’t get me…

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