Snort thread run an active discussion on topic "ROI on IDS/IPS products". The one who initiated the discussion asked the question about how to measure the ROI (return of investment) on IDS/IPS products, by giving an example that a company removed their IPS deployment after 2-year of usage because the…
2008 has been truly extraordinary, at least for me as a Chinese living in the United States. In China, the year started with the worst snow storm in decades, then the earthquake that killed almost 70000 people, then the unprecedented Olympic Games and China's first time ever space walk. It is…
I haven't been able to update the blog for some time, because we are moving! We bought a house and just moved in last week. The main reason we started looking in May was that it's supposed to be a good timing to buy a house in the 2nd half…
It is fall time now. Squirrels become fat. They are busy with storaging food to prepare for the winter. They are interested in nuts mostly, but occasionally they can find something fancier.
Microsoft recently lauched a series of Ads featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. The following is the long version of its 2nd episode, New Family. The feedbacks from the Internet community are almost negative since the first episode. Users critize the Ads. being ambiguous as a marketing attempt - not mentioning 'Vista'…
Large Hadron Collider, built by CERN at Franco-Swiss border, started circulating its first beam on September 10th. It earned world-wide coverage and Google even dedicated a logo to the day (left). However, what made the event famous is not the fact that it is the highest energy particle accelerator in the…
I am a long time subscriber of Time Magazine. I like its depth of coverage on various national and international issues. But, I was really disappointed when it started reporting Olympics torch relay since beginning of the year. It started with Simon Elegant's article "China's Olympic Shame?", which was like…
I attended ICSA IPS meeting in Las Vegas last Friday (8/8). The attendees were the mix of technical and marketing people from different security companies. It is not 'cool' to take pictures in a 'hacker's' meeting, so here are some random snapshots outside of the meeting of Las Vegas Casinos. The real hacker's meeting, Black…
Inspired by the past, longing for the future. --- China Daily No word can describe such a magnificant event. Although not all chapters are equally astonishing, overall, this is an unprecedented and unmatchable live performance. Married with Chinese traditional cultures, modern lighting and electronic techniques and Yimou Zhang's signature bold…