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Hi, I'm James Briggs, an Internet computer programmer/DBA in Silicon Valley. I've been programming for 20 years for companies like eBay, Cisco, Yahoo!, Apple, Amazon and startups.In my spare time I do Open Source programming and like flying airplanes, karate and studying Asian languages.
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Norton Internet Security 2007 Issues
I’ve used the free ClamAV in the past, but was never convinced that it was doing much. There were some usability issues with notifying about updates but not automatically downloading and installing them also. So this weekend I bought the … Continue reading
Way to Identify an Emerging Technology
“The one way to identify an emerging technology is that there is more written about it than is known about it, there are more people selling it than using it, and the vendors are making more money from education than … Continue reading
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Defcon 15, Las Vegas
I gave up on Defcon after Defcon 11 because of the venue overcrowding at the Alexis Hotel. But since I had no other plans this weekend and they moved to the larger Riviera hotel last year, I decided to give … Continue reading
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SVLUG: Cricket Liu on Securing Internet Name Servers
Cricket Liu, Vice-President of Architecture, Infoblox gave a good talk on “Securing Internet Name Servers” at the Silicon Valley Linux Users’ Group tonite. Cricket is the author of the O’Reilly book DNS and BIND, and also the DNS & BIND … Continue reading
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