Opera

I am very fond of Opera. Yes, I love Così fan tutte (and Mozart’s other 19 operas) but that is not what I am referring to. The other Opera in my life is a company in Oslo, Norway that has created browser software which is an alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The name of the […]

So Much For Backup!

I was really looking forward to the interview with Sanjog Aul on the AVVAL Internet radio talk show. We were just getting warmed up and starting into a discussion about blogging when the line dropped. Sanjog and I are both embarrassed and apologize to all the listeners. The talkshow was being produced by BusinessAmerica Radio, […]

Upcoming Interview with Sanjog Aul

The Upcoming Engagements page has been updated. Looks like this is going to be a busy first quarter of the new year. In addiition to the various conferences, there are quite a few board and committee meetings. The next event will be the AVVAL Radio Talk Show with host Sanjog Aul. Sanjog has outlined a […]

Privacy And Trust – Epilogue

Another dimension of Trust has to do with standards. Because of standards, the Internet is the only thing I know of that works the same everywhere. Most things work differently in different parts of the world. The side of the road we drive on, the side of the car we drive from, the width of […]

Privacy And Trust – Part 8

In “Too Secure?”, I described how a financial services company insisted that I use the fax machine to send them a document. Let’s contrast that process with how it might have worked using a public key infrastructure approach with the five security functions described in the last part of the Privacy And Trust series. We’ll […]