Shostack + Friends Blog Archive

 

Passwords 2016

I’m excited to see the call for papers for Passwords 2016. There are a few exciting elements. First, passwords are in a category of problems that someone recently called “garbage problems.” They’re smelly, messy, and no one really wants to get their hands dirty on them. Second, they’re important. Despite their very well-known disadvantages, and […]

 

A Very Late Book Review

I have to start off by apologizing for how very late this review is, an embarrassing long time ago, the kind folks at No Starch Press very kindly gave me a copy of “Super Scratch Programming Adventure” to review. Scratch for those that aren’t familiar is a kids oriented programming language designed by Mitchel Resnick […]

 

Army Calhamer to Heaven

Allan Calhamer, the inventor of the game Diplomacy, has passed away. The NYTimes has an obituary.