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Bar Camp Seattle presentation on web application security

I gave a 30 minute introduction to web application security at Bar Camp Seattle this weekend. Here are my slides:

Web Application Security 2009

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I originally planned on giving a non-technical introduction to threat modeling, but the literally everyone at my session was a developer, so I swapped out for this one at the last minute.

I guess this means I have a non-technical talk ready to go at a moments notice. Never a bad thing ...

Original Mac Pro and 64-bit BootCamp

Apple really screwed the pooch on this one. I own an original Mac Pro -- it's been a fabulous machine and is still screaming fast three years later, but it will only recognize two gigs of RAM running 32-bit Vista. This isn't a Windows thing, mind you, it's a limitation in the Mac firmware.

So, this morning, after doubling the RAM in my machine, I decided to upgrade to 64-bit Vista. The problem is, Apple doesn't support it -- see here.

Not only do they cripple 32-bit RAM support in the firmware, but they don't support 64-bit installation on my machine. It doesn't sound like interoperability is really a goal in Cupertino.

The Apple support forums weren't helpful, so after searching, I found a solution on MSDN of all places. The thread deals with installing HyperV, but it works for Vista as well.

All you have to do is boot into Windows,  copy the contents of the Vista install DVD to a temporary location, and use oscdimg.exe from the Windows Automated Installation Kit.