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William Donaldson

Hard Disks and Bottlenecking

  Hard disks used in servers are typically different than those used in desktops. The speed that the platters spin can significantly affect the performance of the entire server. Some of the various performance parameters used in hard drives are transfer rates, seek times, and latency. A hard […]

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

                  MITRE maintains the CWE, which is a list of the top 25 most dangerous software errors. This list serves as a common language for describing software security weaknesses and as a standard measuring stick for software security tools that target these weaknesses. This list […]

Adware *Scary Noises*

                Adware can be a very touchy subject. While it can be advantageous to see advertisements for things you are interested in while you are browsing online, for example, it is also very troublesome how they know so much about you. Before understanding what adware really […]