Comments for One Man's View http://www.gardeniers.com Reviews, opinions and comments on things that interest me Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Evoscan and the Pajero? No way! by Chris http://www.gardeniers.com/evoscan-and-the-pajero-no-way/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Chris Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:56:18 +0000 http://www.gardeniers.com/?p=375#comment-206 I have had a reasonable look at the website and have found discrepencies in the numbers when ordering between their invoice/order and what paypal (their payment gateway) say, it made me suspicious. So I looked for contact details to ring for a person to person answer to questions and have been unable to find ANY contact information at all, apart from a mention of the guy working for some place. May be to keep the tax collectors of him, but makes me iffy on the trust issues should anything go wrong. To many scams on the net now days to NOT be upfront and transperent. I have had a reasonable look at the website and have found discrepencies in the numbers when ordering between their invoice/order and what paypal (their payment gateway) say, it made me suspicious. So I looked for contact details to ring for a person to person answer to questions and have been unable to find ANY contact information at all, apart from a mention of the guy working for some place. May be to keep the tax collectors of him, but makes me iffy on the trust issues should anything go wrong. To many scams on the net now days to NOT be upfront and transperent.

]]> Comment on Security Through Obscurity? by John Gardeniers http://www.gardeniers.com/security-through-obscurity/comment-page-1/#comment-171 John Gardeniers Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:02:05 +0000 http://www.gardeniers.com/?p=355#comment-171 While I do use public key authentication whenever possible there are situations, normally outside my control, where that is not an option. Equally, it's not always possible to restrict access to known hosts because some systems need to be accessible from anywhere, such as when I'm traveling and won't know in advance where I'll be or from what system I will make the connection. Of course that's not the point of what I wrote, which is that the use of obscurity can give an increase in security, provided it's coupled with other measures. It's not a case of having to decide between obscurity and the methods you've described, as in most case they can all be applied. They are not mutually exclusive. Every additional layer adds strength. While I do use public key authentication whenever possible there are situations, normally outside my control, where that is not an option. Equally, it’s not always possible to restrict access to known hosts because some systems need to be accessible from anywhere, such as when I’m traveling and won’t know in advance where I’ll be or from what system I will make the connection. Of course that’s not the point of what I wrote, which is that the use of obscurity can give an increase in security, provided it’s coupled with other measures. It’s not a case of having to decide between obscurity and the methods you’ve described, as in most case they can all be applied. They are not mutually exclusive. Every additional layer adds strength.

]]> Comment on Security Through Obscurity? by Geraint Jones http://www.gardeniers.com/security-through-obscurity/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Geraint Jones Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:06:36 +0000 http://www.gardeniers.com/?p=355#comment-170 What your saying makes a certain amount of sense for some things, but taking your SSH example there are far better ways (and just as easy to perform) so it makes no sense to do it for SSH. -You can leave SSH on port 22 and use public key. -Restrict your firewall to allow SSH from known good hosts. These are just two but both are safer than obscurity ;) What your saying makes a certain amount of sense for some things, but taking your SSH example there are far better ways (and just as easy to perform) so it makes no sense to do it for SSH.

-You can leave SSH on port 22 and use public key.
-Restrict your firewall to allow SSH from known good hosts.

These are just two but both are safer than obscurity ;)

]]> Comment on Rebuilding a Pajero Engine by John Gardeniers http://www.gardeniers.com/rebuilding-a-pajero-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Gardeniers Sat, 14 May 2011 02:23:14 +0000 http://www.gardeniers.com/?p=253#comment-3 Sorry Joe. I should have made it clear that this is for petrol engines, although I would expect at least 90% of it to relate to diesel as well. However, having never worked on a diesel I can't be sure of that. Sorry Joe. I should have made it clear that this is for petrol engines, although I would expect at least 90% of it to relate to diesel as well. However, having never worked on a diesel I can’t be sure of that.

]]> Comment on Rebuilding a Pajero Engine by Joe Henry http://www.gardeniers.com/rebuilding-a-pajero-engine/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Joe Henry Sat, 14 May 2011 02:21:06 +0000 http://www.gardeniers.com/?p=253#comment-2 Is this information about diesel engines? Is this information about diesel engines?

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