http://paktechie.wordpress.com You will learn alot Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/samba-as-domain-controller-on-fedora-8/#comment-9 Ahmad Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:10:51 +0000 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-9 HELPFUL FOR ME HELPFUL FOR ME

]]> http://paktechie.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/pakistan-and-green-it/#comment-8 compellent SAN Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:22:39 +0000 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/?p=48#comment-8 This week the Blackboard data (file system and databases) will be migrated to the new Storage Area Network (SAN). This new SAN should improve the reliability and performance of Blackboard. This week the Blackboard data (file system and databases) will be migrated to the new Storage Area Network (SAN). This new SAN should improve the reliability and performance of Blackboard.

]]> http://paktechie.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/pakistani-techies-stealing-european-credit-card-data/#comment-6 Benjamin Wright Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:22:36 +0000 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-6 Conventional wisdom says that if merchants will just comply with PCI, then crooks will not steal card data from merchants. Under this wisdom, the US Federal Trade Commission has been punishing merchants like TJX. However, I don't see how PCI compliance would have stopped this POS terminal hack. The terminals showed no external evidence of tampering! Given how sophisticated the crooks are becoming, my suspicion is the credit card system must change entirely, so that it relies much less on protection of secrets like card number + PIN and more on multiple channels of communication with users (e.g., when I use card, I <a href="http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2007/08/recorded-behavior-as-authentication.html" rel="nofollow">instantly get phone text message</a>, to which I must reply). --Ben Conventional wisdom says that if merchants will just comply with PCI, then crooks will not steal card data from merchants. Under this wisdom, the US Federal Trade Commission has been punishing merchants like TJX. However, I don’t see how PCI compliance would have stopped this POS terminal hack. The terminals showed no external evidence of tampering! Given how sophisticated the crooks are becoming, my suspicion is the credit card system must change entirely, so that it relies much less on protection of secrets like card number + PIN and more on multiple channels of communication with users (e.g., when I use card, I instantly get phone text message, to which I must reply). –Ben

]]> http://paktechie.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/information-technology-and-service-management-part-1/#comment-3 aus76pk Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:06:48 +0000 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-3 bhai woh iss lye ke duniya jaan sake ke kya horaha hai yahan pe :) bhai woh iss lye ke duniya jaan sake ke kya horaha hai yahan pe

]]> http://paktechie.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/information-technology-and-service-management-part-1/#comment-2 Faisal Naik Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:06:22 +0000 http://paktechie.wordpress.com/?p=55#comment-2 Bhai ITIL kyun parha rahay app yahan? Bhai ITIL kyun parha rahay app yahan?

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