Security authentication relies upon three factors: what you know, what you are, and what you have. What you know: the canonical example of this is a password. It’s something you know: something you’ve memorized and, when asked, you can repeat it. This is a PIN number on an ATM card, or the answer to things [...]
I’ve been giving some thought as to what I think the wave of the future will be, in part because if I were to come up with a good idea for a product, I’d contemplate leaving here in a heartbeat and go build whatever it is I think will be the wave of the future. [...]
Today’s WTF? moment, found in some code I’m trying to sort out: (specific actual implementation hidden to protect the clueless) private static void method(ItemInterface interface) { ItemImplementation impl; if (item instanceof ItemImplementation) { impl = (ItemImplementation)interface; } else { return; } some action on impl } Here’s the thing. An interface provides an abstraction to [...]