The Gadget Show #5
I can’t remember how I noticed Robert’s blog, but after hearing Mick Stanic talk about pass phrase security I thought that he’d be a great guest for the show, especially in light of all the news around Paris Hilton’s phone being cracked. The fun part was working with Kjersti from Waggener Edstrom, Microsoft’s PR firm, who helped put the show together. T’was a tad weird having someone look over our shoulder on the call, but Kjersti was a delight to work with and provided some links for the show notes.
As a side note, the call quality ended up being really bad, and we had to do a good bit of work to increase the levels (thanks Mick). Unfortunately, as part of my editing, I’ve cut some of Robert’s comments about his favourite gadget being his home network.
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The Gadget Show #5 - 20th March 2005 (28min 56sec): MP3 - 10MB
TIME
00:00 Network Intro
01:05 Welcome and introduction to Robert Hensing a Security Software Engineer - with Microsoft’s Secure Windows Initiative (previously Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) Security Team)
03:10 Pass phrases vs Passwords
06:00 Jesper Johansson and more information on Pass phrases (see notes below) and the increased complexity in cracking phrases
12:35 Hybrid approach to cracking
13:18 Information warfare and my mother-in-law
15:35 The spam, worm, malware and botnet industry
19:20 What the Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) Security Team does
22:15 Robert Hensing’s Incident Response Weblog, and Password, Patches and Ports (the three Ps)
25:30 Robert’s favourite gadget, his home network and pocket PC phones (note : I accidentally cut some of this in post, sorry all)
26:20 Congratulations and Roberts new job
Notes :
The Great Debates: Pass Phrases vs. Passwords. Part 1 of 3
The Great Debates: Pass Phrases vs. Passwords. Part 2 of 3
The Great Debates: Pass Phrases vs. Passwords. Part 3 of 3