Mark Gibbs

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The need (or not) for data havens

Network World (U.S.) recently ran a story concerning a slightly eccentric couple, Don and Charlene Zwonitzer, who purchased a 1960s-era Atlas E Missile Silo and converted it

Smart technology, dumb people

Students wearing ID badges with embedded RFID chips. Improved security. Right?

The selfish Net and the Big One

I intended last issue’s column on the Big One — the mega-global cyberdisaster coming soon to crush a network near you — was going...

Divine divination for the year ahead

Consider the difference between an all-you-can-eat buffet and a restaurant with an

Linux violates patents

“There was a report out this summer by an open source group that highlighted that Linux violates over 228 patents....So the licensing costs are...

A few tools and some cool software

BackSpin Mark Gibbs A few tools, a technology and some cool software Tool 1: There are any number...

Secure communications with SSH

Once upon a time, there were only Unix machines on the Internet.

Deafaults ON, advertisements OFF

"Who'da thunk a firewall would be set by default to screen advertising?" - Stephen Mahaney, at www.nwfusion.com. My friend Jim dropped...

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