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Re: My Thoughts on the “Washington’s Tech Titans” List

Christofer hoff — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:57:05 -0000

Bob:

You deserve to be on that list for all the reasons above and more.

Your humility is endearing, but there's a reason you made the list -- accept it ;)

/Hoff

Re: IT Disruptivity

Christofer hoff — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:14:44 -0000

Bob:
Great post and thanks for that list as it's exposed me to some areas I need to focus on.
I continue to present on disruptive innovation in regard to the Information Security space and would welcome your opinions on the matter:
http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/security-and-di.html
(there are 3 follow-on posts to this one, also.)
Great stuff, thanks!
/Hoff

Re: Jujutsu and Muay Thai

Christofer hoff — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:26:57 -0000

Dan:

That's great! Are you studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or classical Japanese? JJ/BJJ, strangely enough, is actually quite counter-intutitive, and that''s where the beauty lays.

I've studied Aikido in the past and have been training in BJJ for the last ~6 months. It has a steep UN-learning curve, that you'll no doubt discover and has some really amazing plateaus in knowledge and skill that reveal themselves subtlely over time.

It's fantastically addictive, as you have discovered. It's become a huge part of my life.

I keep a blog about every class, book, DVD, injury, etc. that has to do with my training.

Have a great time with it!

/Hoff

Re: P90X Training System

Christofer hoff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:04:37 -0000

There are now 10 #sectwits that have decided to PURCHASE the P90X for some of the reasons you stated on Twitter: no need to pay for gym memberships, no fancy equipment, etc. plus my incessant updates daily on my workouts ;)

Everyone thinks it's gimmicky because it's represented by an infomercial, but let me break down the value of the program simply:

It's good old fashioned pullups and pushups combined with muscle isolation routines which are staggered across 90 days. There are 12 routines which last an hour and you work out 6 days a week with a day of rest.

The program includes muscle building routines (legs & back, chest and arms, etc.) as well as Kempo, Plyometrics, Yoga, Cardio, Stretch and the ab ripper X.

It's fun, engaging, not kitchy, the production value is unmatched and it friggin' WORKS.

You need a pull-up bar and either dumbbells or bands. That's it.

It also has a nutrition plan which needs to be followed or adapted to ensure you're eating properly and eating enough.

It's a simple program that requires discipline to do, but really works well. I like the structure and the format of the DVD's as well as the books and the web forums for questions.

Someone's really done their homework AND the 4 folks who do the workouts in the background with Tony Horton range in athleticism and fitness; you pick the one you want to keep pace/form with.

...and to illustrate this, there's a guy who has a prosthetic leg in the plyometric routine! Talk about motivation. I dare you to try and keep up with him your first couple of times through. ;)

If you think you need a $1500 home gym to get fit/ripped, so be it, but if you were to see the difference between when I started this I think you'd recognize the value.

My strength, stamina, cardio, flexibility and muscle mass have all increased greatly and my body fat % has decreased immensely.

So, there you go.

/Hoff

Re: Jujitsu Wallpaper

Christofer hoff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:39:55 -0000

I'm totally ganking that! It's fantastic! Thanks, Ellen!

/Hoff

Re: P90X Training System

Christofer hoff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:45:47 -0000

All totally valid comments.

I started a blog (a month late) on my exploits. I was skeptical of the Infomercial angle and don't really go for all the "muscle confusion" versus the common sense of big/small muscle exhaustion routines. It ain't rocket science.

I train in BJJ 5 times a week, so I'm really happy to have this as my go-to workout regime that makes me want to work out every day. I enjoy it, I've lost a ton of fat, gained a ton of muscle and I'm happy with my $120 investment (actually, I got it as a gift...)

Take the infomercial with a dose of NaCl and the fact that any reasonable trainer would prolly set you up w/a similar program BUT take out any high $$ costs and the fact I can do it at home == winner.

I put my (yikes) pictures up on the blog from Day0 and Day21.

http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/P90X

Later.

/Hoff

Re: A Quick Guide To The "Big Four" Cloud Offerings

Christofer hoff — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:45:06 -0000

That table of yours has cost me a new keyboard. I suppose I could continue to use the coffee-soaked one I now have, but everytime I type "cloud" (I copy/pasted <-- that) the words "buaahahahaha!" come out (see.)

In all sincerity, love the table. Going to create a blog post with the centerpiece around it to highlight (again) the need for a taxonomy for "buahahahahaha!" (damnit!) services, especially as it pertains to security models. In fact, I think I'll extend your table to include that column.

/Hoff

Re: CitySec Update: Boston, Grand Rapids, New York, Washington DC

Christofer hoff — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:10:25 -0000

It's been virtually rootkitted.

:(

BeanSec! is tonight (as it is the 3rd Wednesday of every month) and is advertised on the CitySec site was well as here:

http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/blog/2007/0...

Hoff

Re: PS: Your Homework Assignments

Christofer hoff — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:41:22 -0000

Roger.

Is there a beer at the end?

/Hoff

Re: Patch Your (non-DJBDNS) Server Now. Dan Was Right. I Was Wrong.

Christofer hoff — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:00:46 -0000

Wow. That was an epic fuck-up ;)

Re: Cloud Personality Types…

Christofer hoff — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:05:04 -0000

What does it mean when you're ALL of these things!

"I'm King of the Clouds!"

Oh, so you should add "Cloud Monarch"

Carry on.

Re: Cloud Curmudgeons

Christofer hoff — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:29:15 -0000

Steve:

Personally, I find the many contradictions in your post both humorous and disturbing.

Since I don't wish to do to you what has been done to me (misquoting/misrepresenting/misunderstanding,) I'll save it for another time.

/Hoff

Re: Virtual Security Solutions

Christofer hoff — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:45:10 -0000

Rich:

Given the capabilities/constraints of today's vSwtiches, there are some very large caveats related to the claims of many of these products. There is an awful lot of marketing going on at the moment regarding just what these products do and do not do given the visibility they currently enjoy.

You might be interested in a couple of the posts that I've made over the last year on the subject:

http://rationalsecurity.typepad.com/blog/virtua...

You'll notice there are some articles on the products you mention above as well as an article or two regarding some very nasty performance, capacity planning and configuration issues that nobody's really taking about.

/Hoff

Re: NYT Kicks off Cloud Paranoia Editorial Series

Christofer hoff — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:40:01 -0000

Amen. (and what Furrier said) ;)

Re: “Private Cloud? But that’s just the data center!”

Christofer hoff — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:14:19 -0000

Phew! Given the title I was preparing for the worst, but I'm happy the content didn't match what the title promised! ;)'

Nice post. I responded to one of these "it's just the data center" claims just a bit ago, also.

http://www.rationalsurvivability.com/blog/?p=806

/Hoff

Re: SaaS v. Cloud Should Not Be Contentious…

Christofer hoff — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:44:37 -0000

"And ultimately, isn’t that what matters most?"

Depends upon who your audience is. If it's an end user, the answer is "perhaps," or "absolutely" even.

If you are an architect, a security professional or someone being held to a definitional nuance in order to measure SLA's, compliance or understand how an offering might affect you, the answer is "absolutely not."

These self-absorbed "the only opinion that counts is the business" approach is just as much navel-gazing as a bunch of technologists sitting around debating one another.

Do you really think my audience for that post is a CEO or a CIO?

Further, in case you haven't noticed, the efforts of the Federal Government are being very much guided by the NIST guidance. Those responsible for implementing, managing, governing, auditing and securing the amorphous thing called cloud do consider the things I'm talking about important.

Want to know how I know? Because I was presenting to them right along side Peter Mell from NIST two weeks ago.

So while I may be "off the mark," I might suggest we're aiming at different targets.

I enjoy your perspective, it's just very different than mine.

/Hoff

Re: SaaS v. Cloud Should Not Be Contentious…

Christofer hoff — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:19:38 -0000

SQUIRREL!

LMAO.

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