Category Archives: L0pht

L0pht Heavy Industries

HNN Archive Posted

Posted on 2008-11-16 by Space Rogue

I don’t really know who actually owns the Hacker News Network anymore. I own the domain now but the original content was part of the sale of L0pht to @Stake which was then sold to Symantec. At this point though … Continue reading →

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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Posted on 2008-11-14 by Space Rogue

In February of 1676 Sir Issac Newton wrote in a letter to Robert Hooke “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” implying that while he may have come up with the … Continue reading →

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Mudge Cover’s Mass High Tech

Posted on 2008-08-25 by Space Rogue

So I get into work this morning and grab my snail-mail and throw it on my desk and go grab my morning oatmeal and glass of water. I get back to my desk and start eating my oatmeal as I … Continue reading →

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Hackernews.com 10 Years Old Today

Posted on 2008-07-29 by Space Rogue

The registration info for hackernews.com says the domain was first registered on July 29, 1998. Ten years ago, today. wow. You know, long strange trip and all that. News wasn’t actually posted to the site until a month or so … Continue reading →

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Cyber UL – Reloaded

Posted on 2008-04-21 by Space Rogue

So about nine years ago Tan at the L0pht first wrote about the creation of a Cyber Underwriters Laboratory. Like the real UL the Cyber UL would be tasked with independently testing and evaluating software, specifically security related software without … Continue reading →

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Quickies and L0pht News

Posted on 2008-01-31 by Space Rogue

There have been a lot of things happening in the security world lately that I have wanted to write about like Geekonomics, the half million pictures pilfered from MySpace and the accompanying torrent file, how the NSA has wrestled control … Continue reading →

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L0pht reunion? Source 2008

Posted on 2007-12-16 by Space Rogue

Well it looks there may be a mini reunion of old L0pht folks. We are still trying to round everyone up but there will more of us together on one stage than there has been for over ten years. (Damn, … Continue reading →

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L0pht in Transition 2

Posted on 2007-04-25 by Space Rogue

So I wrote about the article in CSO Magazine by Michael Fitzgerald earlier this month when the print version came out. Finally it is now online for easy reading by all you non-subscribers. Previous Works sysop Jason Scott of Admin-D … Continue reading →

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L0pht in Transition

Posted on 2007-04-03 by Space Rogue

The April 2007 print issue of CSO Magazine has a nice article on page 30 by Michael Fitzgerald entitled “L0pht In Transition.” Unfortunately they don’t have a version online or I would link to it. The article pretty much sums … Continue reading →

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Lopht.com Lives!

Posted on 2007-01-01 by Space Rogue

Lopht.com Lives! Unfortunately with an Oh and not a zero, but we will take what we can get. Amazing what a spammer will pay for a half decent domain, looks like I am back to Mac&Cheese again for a while. … Continue reading →

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