SCADA Snort signatures
Posted by creining | Filed under Security
I’ve been using the SCADA Snort signatures developed by Digital Bond under a DHS contract for about a year now. I have them deployed on the IDS sensors that have visibility into SCADA traffic. The signatures work on the Modbus TCP and DNP3 protocols and I find them useful to augment the other security measures in place within the control networks.
I visit Digital Bond’s SCADA security blogevery month or so to keep up on the latest news and issues related to SCADA security. Two items I found cool are that Lurhq is sponsoring development of Snort signatures for ICCP and Matt Franz joined Digital Bond. He was previously with Cisco’s Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG).
Best. Thai. Ever.
Posted by creining | Filed under Food
The best Thai food I’ve ever eaten was at Klong in Manhattan – the taro spring rolls, the jade dumplings, the pad thai.
PocketMod: Free Disposable Pocket Organizer
Posted by creining | Filed under Uncategorized
PocketModis a great personal organizer for me. I dislike PDAs and using my iPod or cellphone for notes is too cumbersome. I can just carry my pocketmod in my wallet…now if only I always had a pen with me.
Lifeposter with IrfanView
Posted by creining | Filed under Photography
About a year ago the instructions on how to make a lifeposter made the internet rounds. I thought it was a neat idea although I didn’t have access to a Mac or iPhoto for that matter. Soon after instructions also appeared on how to use Photoshop CS to do the same thing. I don’t have Photoshop CS either but I do have access to a Windows machine. I came across bits of instructions on how to use IrfanView to create a lifeposter so I decided to download it and try it out (the catalyst was that I received a free 16×20 print from shutterfly). Below are the steps I took to create my 16×20 print, I’ll also include how one should be able to create a 20×30 print.
16×20 print, 7 pictures x 12 pictures, 84 total pictures
0. select 84 cool pictures
1. open IrfanView Thumbnails
2. Browse to your images and select all
3. Select Options->sort thumbs->no sort
4. Select File->Create contactsheet from selected thumbs
4. Adjust image size to 3200 px by 4000 px, 12 rows 7 columns, margins 35 px, spacing 17 px, uncheck create file infos, optionally change sheet color
5. Select Image->Information and Set DPI to 200×200
20×30 print, 7 pictures x 14 pictures, 98 total pictures
0. select 98 cool pictures
1. open IrfanView Thumbnails
2. Browse to your images and select all
3. Select Options->sort thumbs->no sort
3. Select File->Create contactsheet from selected thumbs
4. Adjust image size to 4000 px by 6000 px, 14 rows 7 columns, margins 35 px, spacing 17 px, uncheck create file infos, optionally change sheet color
5. Select Image->Information and Set DPI to 200×200
Save the created image to your disk and send it off to your favorite print maker. I should be getting mine soon. If it turns out good I’ll go ahead and make another one. I want to set the sheet color to black next time as I think it would make the pictures look really sharp.