GRCSucks dot com | Debunking Steve Gibson: This guy really hates Steve Gibson. Still, this was a great story.
“Steve Gibson often is referred to as being a ‘Security Expert,’ yet one has to see his appearances on *real* security boards/interviews/gatherings. Where was Steve Gibson at Defcon/BlackHat Conference ? Why doesn’t he comment/ on Bugtraq or other Security Focus mailing lists ?The answer is quite simple: he would get nailed down by arguments and facts from real security experts in less then a minute. These persons tend not to be very impressed by self-proclaimed Security Experts and his obfuscation of the real issues and intentions.”
SpinRite: This is a disk protection utility. "....any weak and failing areas within the region are located and removed from use while none of the drive's original data is being stored there. Only after the region has been made absolutely safe, will the drive's original data be restored to that area." Normally…