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whisk3rs

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    Comment #21866523

    minor clarification: That is not what this article says. Ford's network does not include Tesla's superchargers.

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    Comment #21429255

    Try a Tor hidden service, configured with the low-latency/lower-privacy settings. It is slower than many of the other solutions, but very reliable and very simple.

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    Comment #17819549

    Try Wireguard on port 4500; this is usually allowed by any firewall/filter that allows ipsec.

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    Comment #17574906

    I have worked with implementations of an online digital goods marketplace built by someone who was clever but had no notion of formal accounting, ledgers, etc. Their implementation…

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    Comment #16086716

    What is the most effective way to encourage our elected representatives to correct this potential for violation of our rights?

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    Comment #12587904

    This depends on what you mean by "properly" and "impossible" and "professional" and "forward". Many professional name-brand corporations use Tor daily. The only ports opened are th…

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    Comment #12587609

    tor hidden services. slow, but secure!

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    Comment #12513601

    Does anybody know if there have been attempts to use this browser based P2P tech to create a decentralized Kat.cr replacement?

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    Comment #12117070

    Keys: KMS handles rotation of the master key automatically ( http://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/rotate-... ). The ephemeral key used to encrypt values is changed …

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    Comment #11698035

    I generally have the same feeling, though https://github.com/go-gorp/gorp has worked very well for most of the database-heavy Go projects I've worked on over the last few years. It…

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    Comment #11664022

    why shouldn't people have to rotate the underlying secrets? a rogue employee who created a secret, or any engineer who had to access that secret to get their job done, is always go…

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    Comment #10928600

    For AWS users, KMS's GenerateDataKey is a simple way to store secrets locally in a way that reuses your IAM policies. You can also use grants and EncryptionContext to restrict the …

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    Comment #10918025

    It is part of the Observer pattern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_pattern One common use case is in workflow systems. For example, you might "wait" for a bunch of files to…

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    Comment #10779230

    How do Yahoo, Google, Facebook, or others distinguish between state-sponsored actors and non-state-sponsored actors?

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    Comment #10721727

    This page does not adequately address many of the practical questions that orgs with secrets should be asking. Examples: * Does it integrate with my existing infrastructure securit…

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    Comment #10258905

    In addition to sanddancers comment, you can also do things like: - issue ephemeral certificates (with expiration in the near future) to allow a machine to perform an action but onl…

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    Comment #10255187

    I'm excited to see more work being done to empower small engineering teams to take advantage of certificates. Lemur looks great, though many smaller organizations may find tools li…

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    Comment #10025427

    The MFA Condition is a huge win, and I'm surprised Amazon hasn't built this a tool to make this easier yet. However, I question the merit of using two separate AWS accounts. While …

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    Comment #9860711

    Can you share screenshots of what the administration UI looks like?

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    Comment #9860685

    Do you plan to support Individual 401ks for self-employed persons?

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    Comment #9860674

    The dependence of 401k plans on companies might be an artifact of their genesis: 401k plans are designed to replace the "pension plans" of yore; as such, they are heavily regulated…

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    Comment #9375990

    I'm excited to see that Square is advancing the art of secret management. This appears to be a very practical design and an improvement over most practices that I've seen in startu…