The Swiss OWASP chapter invited me to talk about Advanced ModSecurity in Zurich on November 12, 2014. The audience of 40 people exceeded my expectations by far and I was not sure I could meet their expectations. Here is a brief summary of the topics I covered: Blocking Mode: Always start in blocking mode. Assign […]
Vor zwei Jahren hat das Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz (BABS) eine Kampagne mit Workshops zu einzelnen für die Schweiz relevanten Gefährdungen durchgeführt. Erstmals wurde damals ein Cyber-Szenario aus Sicht des Bevölkerungsschutzes besprochen. Ich habe an diesem Workshop teilgenommen und vor zwei Jahren hier darüber berichtet. Das besprochene DDoS-Szenario wurde damals im Laufe des Workshops umformuliert und […]
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Say you are a public institution and you face a really dangerous cyber attack. Your usual ISP has run out of ideas to fight back and the Swiss federal Analysis and Reporting center MELANI can not give you the ressources it would take to solve your case. Fret not! A new public private partnership has […]
Nftables has been selected for inclusion in the upcoming Linux Kernel 3.13. After years of development – including a iptable-compatibility mode – the new kernel module is now ready for release. Nftable is simpler than iptables, it cleans up ip6 integration and it allows for easier rule scripting. Those interested to get going fast can […]
