Long podcast tonight! Rich and I are joined by Adam Shostack, bandleader of the Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo of the Blogosphere and co-author of The New School of Information Security. Oh yeah, he does this thing during the day where he does security stuff for some company called Microsoft. Adam’s been around a while, done more than a few things in his time, and has a lot to say about security. Funny thing is, Rich and I both agree with most of what he has to say; kinda scary isn’t it?
Show Notes:
- 90% of all statistics can be made to say anything … 50% of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon report
- At-work text messages are private, court rules
- Tonight’s Music: American Heartbreak with Last of the Superheros – Acoustic
Yes, even with only two articles, we almost went an hour.
Network Security Podcast, Episode 109, June 24, 2008

Time: 55:31
June 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
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June 26th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I absolutely love the cadence of Adam’s speech. He always trails off at the end in order to let you draw your own conclusions. He’s inviting you into the debate. Void of content, I could listen to that tone pattern for days.
Disclaimer: I was a translator for 8 years. Speech rhythms and connotation mean a lot to me.
And no, I’m not a huge fanboi or whatever, it’s just a very unique way of speaking. Bruce Perens is very similar.
Yes, I’m completely on a tangent. Yes, it’s late here in NoVa. =)
June 29th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Excellent pod cast i really enjoyed it. Thanks