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anonymous

New Attack Breaks Confidentiality Model of SSL, Allows Theft of Encrypted Cookies | threatpost - 0 views

threatpost.com/...theft-encrypted-cookies-091911

security ssl hacking

shared by anonymous on 29 Apr 12 - No Cached
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 29 Apr 12
       
      It's worth noting that to execute this attack you have to be on the network of your target and have the ability to execute a man in the middle attack.
  • anonymous on 29 Apr 12
     
    Two researchers have developed a new attack on TLS 1.0/SSL 3.0 that enables them to decrypt client requests on the fly and hijack supposedly confidential sessions with sensitive sites such as online banking, e-commerce and payment sites. The attack breaks the confidentiality model of the protocol and is the first known exploitation of a long-known flaw in TLS, potentially affecting the security of transactions on millions of sites.
anonymous

Survey Finds Secure Sites Not So Secure | threatpost - 0 views

threatpost.com/...ure-sites-not-so-secure-042712

security ssl hacking

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  • anonymous on 29 Apr 12
     
    There is quite a bit of alarming data in what the project has gathered, and one of those pieces of information is that more than 148,000 of the sites surveyed are vulnerable to the BEAST attack, which was developed by researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong and disclosed last year. Their attack uses what's known as a chosen-plaintext attack against the AES implementation in the TLS 1.0 protocol and enables them to use a custom tool they wrote to steal and decrypt supposedly secure HTTPS cookies. The attacker can then hijack the victim's secure SSL session with a site such as an e-commerce site or online banking site.
anonymous

Researcher runs IP network over xylophones - 2 views

www.networkworld.com/...ns-ip-network-over-259231.html

technology network

shared by anonymous on 14 May 12 - No Cached
  • With OSI, each layer is encapsulated from the others, allowing new technologies to replace older ones without disrupting the system as a whole. In this exercise, humans operated layer 1, the physical layer, where the bits are physically moved from one system to another. To the two computers communicating, however, it made no difference that people were conveying the bits back and forth with their xylophones. "With a properly configured network interface and operating system, an application does not know -- and does not need to know -- the logistics of what is known as the physical layer,"
  • Typically, it takes about 15 minutes to transmit a single packet at this rate -- if the volunteer is patient enough to complete a whole packet, and doesn't hit any wrong notes in the process. Such dedication and proficiency has turned out to be a rarity in trials, however. "Humans are really terrible interfaces,"
  • As an LED lights up, the human participant strikes the corresponding key on the xylophone. Piezo sensors are attached to each xylophone, so that they are able to sense when a note is played on the other xylophone. The Arduino for the receiving computer senses the note and then converts it back into hexadecimal code. And when the second computer sends a return packet, the order of operations is reversed.
Scott Peterson

An online hub for archical materials - 0 views

chronicle.com/...131846

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 24 May 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 24 May 12
     
    The Social Networks and Archival Context Project (SNAC) is a project that aims to bring together online resources and archival materials on historical person, to basically allow a researcher to know where all the records are to understand a person. What I found in the prototype is that it resembled a catalog of sophisticated authority records. This could be useful for someone needing quick information or seeing how a historical figure fits in context, but I question if in the end it doesn't repeat information found almost as readily in other resources such as Wikipedia.
Scott Peterson

How College Students Manage Technology While in the Library during Crunch Time - 0 views

projectinfolit.org/...11_TechStudy_FullReport1.2.pdf

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 13 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 13 Sep 12
     
    An interesting read even if it is the familiar territory of user surveys. Some results that stood out is 85% of users were consider "light" technology users. Also, Facebook time during study crunches is more like a yawn or break than anything facilitating networking. Another concerning result was that only about 11% used scholarly research databases.
Jennifer Parsons

In the Library with the Lead Pipe » What do we do and why do we do it? - 1 views

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/...t-do-we-do-and-why-do-we-do-it

Professional Development library libraries professional philosophy

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 10 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • So why is the FCC putting so much money toward a Digital Literacy Corps without enough involvement from the library community? Because we don’t have the tradition of being engaged in a philosophical praxis of librarianship. Having a habit of thinking deeply and critically about what it is that we do and why we do it, on a large scale, would enable and empower us to create good language and hopefully, in turn, to influence on a large scale the perception and understanding of librarians’ value to and impact on society.
  • Jennifer Parsons on 10 Aug 12
     
    In this well-researched and provocative article, the author argues that a "philosophy" of librarianship is needed that is based on "praxis, not practice."  She argues that rather than explaining our value to the public, librarians should explain their philosophy-- "why we do what we do"-- as that will better help librarians adapt to changes in procedure ("practice") that come with changes in technology. Frustratingly, the author never prescribes an actual philosophy of librarianship for her own part, choosing instead to review the work done by others and recap the current philosophy debate in the field.
Scott Peterson

Top 10 Gadgets on Inventor Site Kickstarter Top 10 Gadgets on Inventor Site Kickstarter A Rat is Smarter Than Google A Rat is Smarter Than Google What is "Cloud" File Syncing? What is "Cloud" File Syncing? The Internet Was Invented in 1934 (Sorta) - 0 views

www.technewsdaily.com/84-internet-invented-1934.html

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 14 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 14 Jun 12
     
    Paul Otlet was a Belgian inventor who had several visionary ideas, such as a "World City" which would be a gathering of all the leading institutions of the world that would radiate knowledge and the Universal Decimal Classification scheme which is still used in some libraries. He also had a concept in 1934 for a radiated library that was in some ways a precursor to the Internet. It was limited by the technology he knew at the time, and consisted of a center where users would call in to ask for research and information to be displayed, which would then be displayed on a television screen. Aside from the need to call in some of his concepts are similar to early community access cable television.
adrienne_mobius

Pin it! - 2 views

crln.acrl.org/...328.full

Pinterest library marketing information literacy

shared by adrienne_mobius on 08 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • adrienne_mobius on 08 Jun 12
     
    Cynthia Dudenhoffer wrote this article in College & Research Libraries News about using Pinterest as a library marketing tool.
Scott Peterson

Haystacks vs. Algorithms: Is Scanning the Stacks for [Pretty] Books Really the Best Research Strategy? - 0 views

chronicle.com/...lly-the-best-research-strategy

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 11 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 11 Jul 13
     
    An article that makes the case (not surprisingly) that despite the emotional satisfaction in finding something at random from wandering the stacks that teaching students to be good searchers is better.
Scott Peterson

Va. Libraries Vow to Stop Throwing Away Books - 0 views

www.nbcwashington.com/...wing-Away-Books-223395251.html

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 20 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 20 Sep 13
     
    I don't know if this is a hopeful sign or not, as the only reason this stopped was public outcry, and the need for books is not just for research.
Scott Peterson

How journals like Nature, Cell and Science are damaging science - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...re-science-cell-damage-science

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13
     
    An examination of how "luxury" journals that supposedly promote the best in research can sometimes have the opposite effect but attracting articles meant to gain attention or show current novelty topics.
Scott Peterson

Half of library's books unused in last year - 0 views

www.utsandiego.com/...ry-san-diego-books-circulation

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 17 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Scott Peterson on 17 Oct 13
     
    The San Diego library is opening a new library; the article laments how half the books have not been used in the last year, and taxpayers still had to pay to move them, but considering some recent research numbers these statistics are actually fairly high.
Jennifer Parsons

Digital Public Library of America » Blog Archive » Dan Cohen Named Founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America - 0 views

dp.la/...ital-public-library-of-america

public library archive Professional Development libraries

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 05 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • At the Center, Cohen has overseen projects ranging from new publishing ventures (PressForward) to online collections (September 11 Digital Archive) to software for scholarship (the popular Zotero research tool).
  • Jennifer Parsons on 05 Mar 13
     
    This sounds like a good choice, and makes me even more excited for what the DPLA could have in store.
Sharla Lair

Why Trainers Lack Influence-And How They Can Get It | trainingmag.com - 0 views

trainingmag.com/...2%80%94and-how-they-can-get-it

Professional Development training

shared by Sharla Lair on 24 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Sharla Lair on 24 Jan 13
     
    By Joseph Grenny, Co-Founder, VitalSmarts There's a lot more to influencing new behavior than just delivering high-quality training. Once training finishes, participants return to work and immediately are pulled in a dozen different directions. In fact, research suggests that all these distractions are the reason why less than 10 percent of what is taught in the classroom translates into real behavior change back at work.
Scott Peterson

The Future of Libraries: Short on Books, Long on Tech Read more: http://www.mobiledia.com/news/181239.html#ixzz2YBQ5Wl9W - 1 views

techland.time.com/...es-short-on-books-long-on-tech

Professional Development

shared by Scott Peterson on 27 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • adrienne_mobius on 27 Jun 13
     
    "The main floor looks more like a sleek Apple showroom than a stuffy library. And instead of a Genius Bar, there's an Ask Me alcove, where you can get help on everything from laptops to flash drives. Rather than the Dewey system, color-coded walls, stairs and elevators help you find not just books and research papers, but also media rooms, video game collections and even a 3-D printing lab to create plastic models. But the best part? Built with state funds and private donations, it's open to the public. Welcome to the library of the future."
  • Scott Peterson on 05 Jul 13
     
    An article that mainly repeats many current trends in libraries but is notable for appearing in a mainstream publication (Time Magazine) and being surprisingly aware of some new developments such as maker culture.
Sharla Lair

Dogged by Nepotism Charges, Chiropractic College Reveals Earnings of Chief's Family - Leadership & Governance - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

chronicle.com/...135168

Logan nepotism earnings

shared by Sharla Lair on 19 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • After years of guarding such details, one of the nation's largest nonprofit chiropractic colleges has disclosed on its tax forms that the institution's president and his family members collectively earned more than $1-million in 2010-11. The bulk of the $1,028,939 went to George A. Goodman, whose $798,198 compensation as president of Logan College of Chiropractic University Programs, in Missouri, rivals that of the leaders of some elite research institutions. The remaining $230,741 went to Mr. Goodman's wife, son, and daughter-in-law.
  • The second-highest earner in the family was Mr. Goodman's son, Jason C. Goodman, whose compensation as an instructor totaled $97,910. Elizabeth A. Goodman, Mr. Goodman's wife, earned $92,486 in her role as dean of university programs. Jessica Chrun-Goodman, Jason Goodman's wife, earned $40,345 for duties unspecified in the form.
  • The IRS assesses all benefits flowing to a family to determine whether compensation for a chief executive is excessive, and any tax form that fails to provide that information is incomplete, said Raymond D. Cotton, a lawyer in Washington who specializes in presidential contracts and compensation matters.
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  • Mr. Goodman, according to The Chroni­cle's analysis, earned more than all but one other public- or private-college president in Missouri in 2009-10. Only Mark S. Wrighton, president of Washington University in St. Louis, earned more. Mr. Goodman's compensation constitutes about 3 percent of Logan's $24.6-million budget. His total pay for 2010-11 slightly exceeded that of Lawrence S. Bacow, president of Tufts University. Tufts has a budget $768-million.
  • Sharla Lair on 19 Oct 12
     
    Logan College of Chiropractic University has finally released how much the president and his family are paid. If you remember, several months back, another Chronicle article mentioned hints of nepotism. What's totally outrageous is that the president at Logan is the 2nd highest paid president in MO, with only Wash U being higher paid. I have concerns over the impact this can make on Logan as a whole.
anonymous

Computers powered by swarms of crabs - 0 views

www.newscientist.com/...rchers-build-crab-powered.html

shared by anonymous on 16 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The crab swarms were placed at the entrances of the logic gates and encouraged to move by a looming shadow that fooled them into thinking a predatory bird was overhead. The results closely matched the simulation, suggesting that crab-powered computers could indeed be possible.
  • anonymous on 16 Apr 12
     
    Unbelievable. And probably delicious.
Donna Bacon

New Partnership of Barnes & Noble and Microsoft Will Promote Digital Textbooks - chronicle.com - Readability - 5 views

www.readability.com/read

shared by Donna Bacon on 01 May 12 - No Cached
  • Donna Bacon on 01 May 12
     
    College students still don't want e-textbooks!  Wonder if this partnership will help students change their minds.....
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  • anonymous on 02 May 12
     
    Are you serious? They LOVE e-textbooks... you can pirate them instead of spending $160 on a dead tree...
  • Donna Bacon on 02 May 12
     
    Did you read the article???? It says e-textbooks are just not taking off....they seem to like the dead trees....
  • Sharla Lair on 02 May 12
     
    While getting my MLIS, I was often given the option of buying the textbook or the e-textbook. The highest priority for me was $$$$$. eTextbooks often cost more than the el cheapos in the bookstore, AND you don't even get to keep the e version. I was usually given access to the etextbook for only 4 months. To remedy this issue all together I got my books through MOBIUS! That way I didn't have to pay anything and I didn't have to store the book after the semester was over. For students to adopt e-texts, the model has to be changed. Make them pay a flat fee with their tuition. Call it a library fee or information fee. Then give them access to the required texts while they are enrolled in a course at no additional cost. Make the texts collaborative so digital notes can be taken perhaps Diigo style so they can be shared and commented on. There is a cool tool called Citelighter http://www.citelighter.com/. Citelighter is a virtual highlighter that automates the research and paper writing process. It allows the user to find and capture unique facts online, automatically generate citations, and write better quality papers in less time. They just launched a pro version in a partnership with Cengage. Citelighter Pro users are able to add to their experience with materials from Cengage Learning. If you make it affordable, accessible, and social, college students will dig it!
  • anonymous on 02 May 12
     
    @donna I skimmed it. They are cheaper in some cases than the book new - while buying a used book ten selling it back is cheaper in the long run. Also currently ebooks don't have any really compelling features over the paper ones. Still, I'm saying that the point of view that they "aren't taking off" just means the companies selling them haven't figured out how to make money off of them. I know from talking to friends that ebooks are fairly popular, but when people pirate them these companies can't track them. On the whole I agree with Sharla - if they made the product better and keep it affordable they will see sales. If I were going to college today I'd pirate every book I need. No way am I carrying all those heavy things, but I can't afford to pay for them. It's like with music and movies. I quit pirating that stuff because Netflix/Hulu/Spotify got good and cheap. If the ebooks improve, people will pay for the same reason - it's easier.
  • Jennifer Parsons on 02 May 12
     
    I think the reason why the print versions are preferred is here: ""Most e-textbooks are slightly glorified PDF's of the print version, although that's changing," [a National College Stores Association rep] said. "Digital e-books sell for about 60 percent of the cost of a new printed copy. Since students can go to their college store and rent a print copy for between 33 and 55 percent of the cost of a new book, the e-book really needs to have more functionality to make the higher price worth their while."" Add to that what Sharla pointed out-- you can't even keep the ebooks because you're really just leasing them-- and it's no wonder nobody's interested. It's a shame, too, because I'd love to be able to do things like textbook exercises in an ebook on a tablet, or make notes in the electronic text to export and read later.
Sharla Lair

Transfer of Training: Moving Beyond the Barriers | trainingmag.com - 1 views

trainingmag.com/...raining-moving-beyond-barriers

transfer training

shared by Sharla Lair on 06 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Notwithstanding the complexities of training, it is indisputable that the true success of training is represented in the learner’s ability to demonstrate what has been learned.
  • Overall learner satisfaction is greater if the training is relevant to the job. In alignment with this idea is the importance goal setting (Gist et al. 1990). Relevant goals intensify the learner’s interest in the tasks at hand, which results in persistence from the learner to reach the goal (Gist et al. 1990).
  • new research has shown peer support as being significantly influential on effects of transfer (Burke & Hutchins, 2008). Peer collaboration, networking, and the sharing of ideas relating to the content can act as support for skill transfer in trainees (Hawley and Barnard, 2005)
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  • Provide support for transfer throughout the duration of the transfer process and not solely at specific time phases.
  • Further, incorporate assessment of transfer from trainee, trainer, and the organization’s perspective.
  • Sharla Lair on 06 Apr 12
     
    Good tips on learning transfer. Teach for transfer!
Jennifer Parsons

You need an R&D culture, not an R&D department | It's Not About the Books - 1 views

hughrundle.net/...d-culture-not-an-rd-department

library opac metadata outsourcing research

shared by Jennifer Parsons on 23 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Jennifer Parsons on 23 Mar 12
     
    Hmm.  Justin, you're our R&D person.  What say you?
  • anonymous on 23 Mar 12
     
    Completely agree.
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