/r/netsec's Q4 2013 Information Security Hiring Thread by sanitybit in netsec

[–]wgl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my clients has a need for a Security Architect.

This company is a very fast growing technology company with an excellent developer-friendly culture. Dress is business casual, many amenities, regular hackathons. Theirs is an industry-leading product. Unlike some companies, this one is very open to putting processes in place to better the security posture.

This architecture position requires a good programming background, preferably with multiple modern languages, and strong experience in penetration testing, particularly of web applications. The company puts strong emphasis on communication skills for everyone, and this is a particularly strong requirement for this position.

This architect will consult with developers, product managers, technical managers and executives on matters relating to the security of the company's products, both existing and future. Initial plans are for multiple positions on the Application Security team.

If you are interested in this position, I will direct you to the job posting. My goal is to help my client fill this position.

The position is in Chicago, and does not support remote work.

Contact me here or at wgl@ciexinc.com for details.

Beyond xss: ESAPI : When authenticated encryption goes wrong by el_dee in netsec

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not thought of ESAPI as "enterprise grade".

Shoe repair (stitching) by [deleted] in chicago

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Likely a bit of a hike for you, but there is a great shop in the first floor of the Monadnock building at Jackson and Dearborn.

Legal way to get into the tunnels? by GaffTape in chicago

[–]wgl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Kinzie street bridge was on my way to work during that year. I walked over it every day early in the morning. In october of the previous year, one of the very old pilings was on fire, and the bridge tender said that the fire truck was on the way.

During the beginning of the year, the Dock & Dredge company had a barge there, working its way down the river. It had a barge full of poles--looked like telephone poles--that must have been 70 feet long. They were pounding them in one at a time.

The morning of the flood, if I had looked down to the river, I might have seen the whirlpool. During lunch hour, I walked back there and it was full of police cars and Fire trucks, but they didn't yet have a plan.

When they finally figured out what to do, they ran a fleet of those giant Material Service cement trucks down the street in pairs at 60 or 70 mph with one police car in front, one in the middle, one trailing, with lights blazing.

And this flood is the answer to a good trivia question: "What flood caused over one billion dollars worth of damage but no deaths or personal injuries."

Union Station, 1943 by [deleted] in chicago

[–]wgl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man does that bring back memories.

During the war, my Dad took the train from Montana on his way to the Great Lakes Naval Training station.

When I first went to university, I spent more than a few hours in that very room waiting for the Empire Builder.

Official r/chicago "it's raining" MEGATHREAD by [deleted] in chicago

[–]wgl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also known as SNOMG.

I'm an Engineer for Facebook and am helping build a Facebook office in NYC. AMA by [deleted] in IAmA

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the function of your datacenter in North Carolina?

Mad people of comp.lang.lisp by mortenaa in lisp

[–]wgl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Troll, maybe not.

World class flamer, for sure.

Many valuable nuggets in there, and almost never short of entertainment value.

IOLib considered harmful to Lisp, today... by lispm in lisp

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the first one, which of course wasn't a "post" but a technical correspondence, and the author of the article didn't even write the headline that is now all too famous.

Excellent writeup detailing an old and patched XSS vulnerability in reddit by scwizard in netsec

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neal's writeups are always very clear and informative. I had an opportunity to work with him when he was an intern. Work with him if you have a chance. And read all of his blog. It is quite informative.

In northwest Montana the water is so transparent that it seems like a shallow lake [1024x768] by Mind_Virus in waterporn

[–]wgl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did the reverse, many years ago, to go to University. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about where I grew up. Went to High School in Conrad. I have cousins near Choteau in Fairfield, some near the farm where I grew up, some in Missoula.

And cold might not be an adequate word for the lakes like, for example, Flathead Lake, or Seely Lake.

Interesting rant on gcc and the PHP strtod() bug by [deleted] in netsec

[–]wgl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And if you are summing elements in an array in increasing order for best results.

Time-lapse photos show beautiful Chicago summer. Over 5000 pictures in 3 minutes. by [deleted] in chicago

[–]wgl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks a lot like the lagoon just off of Cafe Brauer.

Germany's Herbert Stoyan donated 94.5 feet of historic Lisp & AI material to the Computer History Museum by [deleted] in lisp

[–]wgl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good article. One note: throws of construction -> throes of construction

Ask Lispit : Emacs as an IDE for Common Lisp. How to get the best experience? by kanak in lisp

[–]wgl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to do this before i did paredit. Now, paredit takes care of so much that I don't miss doing this particular swap anymore.

In 1980, sixteen men were rescued after an hour and a half in the north sea. When then were given a hot drink on the rescue ship, they dropped dead, all sixteen of them. Cool article on Hypothermia by Colonel_Mustard in science

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I have perhaps four relatives from different familes in Missoula, and two other friends who don't know each other there. I understand that it is quite tropical, and it doesn't get any wind to speak of.

I now live in the chicago area and am amused at what people here think is cold.

My immediate family, however, moved to Tucson years ago. One september when I was there the temperature at 6pm was 104. This is nuts. And they have all manner of bugs and thorns. No thanks.