Author Archives: alpers

Phalanx attains Slashdot fame!

Posted on April 22, 2008 by alpers

I’m not sure if many people read this blog, but I recently noticed that the UW project Phalanx (slides, paper, and poster available from Colin Dixon’s site, recently featured on Slashdot) brought up the idea of countering botnets by setting … Continue reading →

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Current Events: Wikileaks

Posted on March 16, 2008 by alpers

Something that really piques one’s curiosity are the documents and reasons why governments and institutions choose to go in the paths they do.  One site that caters to uncovering these sensitive documents is Wikileaks, which has been frequently featured on … Continue reading →

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Steam: The Content Distribution Platform for Games

Posted on March 16, 2008 by alpers

Within the last couple of years, Valve Corporation (of Half-Life fame) over in Bellevue designed and implemented a content distribution platform called “Steam” with the intent of distributing its games through a distributed network placed around the world. Their goal … Continue reading →

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User-agent-enhanced Websites

Posted on February 10, 2008 by alpers

Gradually over the year of 2007, I’ve been turning to Google to help me get through sticky problems with open-ended programming projects. As I’ve moved from Java to actual implementable languages such as Python and C#, I’ve found that more … Continue reading →

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SQL injection insecurities: RIAA

Posted on January 20, 2008 by alpers

As I was reading Digg early this morning, I stumbled upon this story that many SQL injection opportunities were uncovered by people hoping to defame the site. Through a simple query to drop entries or the tables themselves, the database … Continue reading →

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Access Control on King County Metro Transit

Posted on January 11, 2008 by alpers

Buses are vital for college students looking to get out of the university district and explore the greater Seattle area. The King County Metro transit service is partially funded by local and federal government but depends on riders’ tolls to … Continue reading →

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