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Apple Bans Researcher For Disclosing iOS Bug
"It has become clear in the last 10 years or so that independent research is critical to keeping products secure. Modern software products are just too complicated for vendors to do all the research themselves." by Nov 11
Think sandboxing will stop malware? Here's why you're wrong, Apple | Technology
At the end of last week, Apple noted that it was moving towards requiring sandboxing for all apps distributed on the Mac App Store . (Sandboxing? We'll explain.) With Windows 8, Metro apps also requiring sandboxing , it looks like industry players seem to think this will in some way control the malware menace.
"Microsoft, the most experienced company at knowing how to defend against malware exploit vectors, does a good job but is nowhere near a "zero vector" point. If Microsoft can't do it, there is absolutely no way that Apple or Google can - they simply do not have the experience, no matter how vocal their fan base."
"Malware is a criminal problem and a technical solution won't cut it. This is logical if you consider putting better locks on your house - it doesn't stop society creating people who want to burgle you, it just pushes the problem down to the next guy with less good locks." by Nov 11
A short history of btrfs
July 22, 2009 This article was contributed by Valerie Aurora (formerly Henson) You probably have heard of the cool new kid on the file system block, btrfs (pronounced "butter-eff-ess") - after all, Linus Torvalds is using it as his root file system on one of his laptops. But you might not know much about it beyond a few high-level keywords - copy-on-write, checksums, writable snapshots - and a few sensational rumors and stories - the Phoronix benchmarks , btrfs is a ZFS ripoff, btrfs is a secret plan for Oracle domination of Linux, etc. When it comes to file systems, it's hard to tell truth from rumor from vile slander: the code is so complex, the personalities are so exaggerated, and the users are so angry when they lose their data.