First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren » John Hoffoss http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com The podcast of stuff you didn't know you wanted to know about. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 First Crack 122. John Hoffoss on Usability and Network Security http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-122-john-hoffoss-on-usability-and-network-security/ http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-122-john-hoffoss-on-usability-and-network-security/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:41:09 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/?p=305 John Hoffoss, a network security engineer at one of Minnesota’s larger institutions, and I dive into computer security, security versus usability, the insecurity of URL shorteners, and some of the reasons Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer are more often targets of security exploits than other platforms.

Stay til the end for a discussion of the security threats of places like Facebook and Twitter.

Listen to John Hoffoss on Computer and Network Security.

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