[ from the whitehat-fun dept. ]
So this term one of the courses is called “Computer Security”. I have a box running Debian, grsecurity (grsec), standard stuff, NSA SE Linux (under development), and pointless stuff like the PC Speaker Driver to play annoying warning sounds to people or something…probably for A-Ha Take On Me (Superior Techno Remix). The system has standard iptables rulesets and uses cryptoapi to encrypt certain files and swap space. Fjear the penguin.
Robin and I are making a “One Time Password Pad” system for conveying changing passwords between sites and to allow for a “poor man’s” SecurID style security at very low cost compared with the fun involved. It should eventually talk both serial and USB to a PC for updates and have customised Pluggable Authentication Module(s) (PAM) for Debian GNU/Linux.
I found a “bug” in Solaris signal handling which I think needs to be fixed in some way and have mailed a standard contact point about it. If I get no reply then I will go hunt down a relevent security mail address.
Jon.