In this episode, we interview the RedStoneCTF (Capture the Flag) team and discuss their recent experiences attending the BSides Asheville NC Security event. BSides are held around the world, and there is often one every Saturday somewhere on the planet. First, we learn about the team which is composed of: R3dC0m3t – Cyptanalyst, professionally an agile scrum-master. … Continue reading TE23: BSides Security Conferences and Capture the Flag (CTF)

Here are some of the topics we touched on while talking FPGAs with Dr. Ray Hoare President, and CEO of Concurrent EDA: How are FPGAs differ from normal chips? It’s all about bringing new applications to FPGA. The advantages of FPGAs over generic CPUs. FPGAs have more repeatable performance because they are dedicated, and don’t … Continue reading TE22: Talking FPGAs with Dr. Ray Hoare

We talked with Chris Schweitzer who has been working with 3D printers as a hobby for the better part of the last five years. Our discussion covered the following questions: How is 3D Modeling today different from mechanical drawing where we use to do isometric and oblique drawings? What tools do you use to design … Continue reading TE21: 3D Modeling and Printing with Chris Schweitzer

While Bob is in his gardening period he discovered two pairs of very well connected positioned shortwave antennas, clearly a ham radio guys wet dream. Here is an outline of our discussion: Size matters, cell phone antennas compared to shortwave station antennas In comparison what does a microwave dish looks like Bob’s discovery of a … Continue reading TE20: The West Chicago Radio Tower Mystery, Bob Van Valzah

Nick Apuzzo is one of my oldest friends, and we had some time to sit down and talk about networking and servers. This podcast is the result of that discussion: How we met in 1985 at IBM Research in NY when Nick picked up his pre-product IBM RTPC Why I joined Nick at IBM Storage … Continue reading TE19: Talking Networks and NICs with Nick Apuzzo

Today we do something different and Bob Van Valzeh and I have a frank discussion on personal security in a digital world. Below are some of the topics we discuss: Background on Scott’s hacking past and his conversion to a white hat, a friendly, hacker. Personal security, and acting smartly. Don’t carelessly create opportunities for … Continue reading TE18: Personal Cyber Security

Yesterday Brantley Coile, CEO of Coraid and the original developer of NAT (Network Address Translation) joined me to discuss the Intel Meltdown vulnerability, and how we got here. Last Friday Brantley authored a Linkedin Blog entry titled “Intel Flubs Again.” Below are some of the topics we discussed for this podcast: How we met over … Continue reading TE17: The Low Down on The Meltdown

Bob Van Valzah joined me for two calls that became a seven-part series on Digital Currencies & Bitcoin. To the left is Bob’s initial mining rig from 2010. To make it easier for folks we’ve merged all seven episodes together into this one large episode. Please note on several occasions throughout the podcast you’ll hear a … Continue reading TE16: Digital Currencies & Bitcoin – Full Discussion

Bob Van Valzah dropped in for a long session on Bitcoin & Digital Currencies which turned into the second half of a seven-part series on Digital Currencies. This episode is the conclusion of that discussion: Any anonymous form of cash can be used towards bad ends, it’s not limited to Bitcoin. Discussed handing over a bitcoin wallet … Continue reading TE15: Bitcoin, Part 7 of 7 Digital Currencies

Tonight Bob Van Valzah dropped in for a long session on Bitcoin & Digital Currencies which turned into the second half of a seven-part series on Digital Currencies. This episode covers: Can Bitcoins be counterfeited? You can create your own currency, ScottCoins anyone? Are Bitcoins safe to use? Discussed malware & Showtime hack which put miners on victim’s … Continue reading TE14: Bitcoin, Part 6 of 7 Digital Currencies