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Open security 21 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
Modern society depends on computer systems. Yet computer security problems let attackers subvert the very systems that society depends on. This is a serious problem. I think one approach that could h...
Don’t anthropomorphize computers, they hate that 7 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
A lot of people who program computers or live in the computing world ‐ including me ‐ talk about computer hardware and software as if they are people. Why is that? This is not as obvious as ...
Industry-wide Misunderstandings of HTTPS (SSL/TLS) 20 Jun 2013 | 11:14 pm
Industry-wide Misunderstandings of HTTPS describes a nasty security problem involving HTTP (SSL/TLS) and caching. The basic problem is that developers of web applications do not know or understand web...
OSS License Clinic 30 Apr 2013 | 03:38 pm
If you’re interested in understanding the legal, contract, or government acquisition issues in applying free / libre / open source software (FLOSS), come to the “Open Source License Clinic” on May 9,...
French government OSS policy 21 Mar 2013 | 04:37 pm
Free/libre/open source software (FLOSS) continues to grow around the world, and governments around the world are trying to establish policies about it. Yet in the U.S. we often don’t hear about them. ...
UK Government prefers OSS 18 Mar 2013 | 02:56 pm
The UK government is mandating a “preference” for open source software in its Government Service Design Manual Open Source section, to be effective April 2013. The draft manual says, “Use open source ...
Readable Lisp: Sweet-expressions 11 Mar 2013 | 02:15 am
I’ve used Lisp-based programming languages for decades, but while they have some nice properties, their traditional s-expression notation is not very readable. Even the original creator of Lisp did no...
Speaking at ACM DC Chapter 22 Jan 2013 | 03:25 pm
FYI, on 2013-03-04 I plan to speak about “Open Source Software, Government, and Cyber Security” at the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Washington, DC Chapter. It will be at 1203 19th St, 3r...
Ozone Widget Framework (OWF) released as OSS! 22 Jan 2013 | 03:23 pm
The Ozone Widget Framework (OWF) has recently been released as open source software (OSS) by the U.S. government. OWF is useful but a little tricky to explain; as their website explains, OWF is a web ...
Readable s-expressions for Lisp-based languages: Lots of progress! 12 Aug 2012 | 08:42 pm
Lots has been happening recently in my effort to make Lisp-based languages more readable. A lot of programming languages are Lisp-based, including Scheme, Common Lisp, emacs Lisp, Arc, Clojure, and so...
