Why LinkedIn Rocks

I recently started working on a project that qualifies as both a paper (to be published) and a grant proposal. This paper relies heavily on the article “Network Security: Submarine Warfare” by Dan Houser written in 2003. The link for the article was published in InformationSecurity Magazine is no longer valid "http://www.techtarget.com/ss/0,295796,sid6_iss21_art86,00.html" I can't even find a cached copy. So much for stuff on the internet being there forever.

I have a colleague on Linkedin who is linked to a colleague that is linked to Mr. Dan Houser. Mr Houser replied with a linked in email two days or closer to 36 hours after I requested my colleague to make contact with him.

I actually got a email from THE Dan Houser who wrote THE article within 36 hours. I am so excited that LinkedIn worked so quickly that haven't written him a reply. I am going to do that now.

If that is not a vindication of the power of social networking then I don't know what is.

Feb 19, 2009

danhouser said...

Whoa, I don't know that I actually rate a "THE" in front of my name, let alone in all-caps. :-)

I agree, LinkedIn totally rocks, and has enabled me to reconnect with long-lost colleagues and make contacts I didn't know I had.

Submarine Warfare was one of my favorite articles, and I'm glad so many have enjoyed it since it was published. Though I think one of my sidebars was a bit off on the market's direction to protecting Web Services gateways, I think my other sidebar was dead-on for where the industry went for NAC, so that was pretty cool. Guess I got lucky. However, I was working for an insurer, so being right about the direction of the market didn't make me rich. :-)

Now that it's 6 years later, I draw my DMZs differently, and provide for a slightly different segregation and routing, but we're still trying to fight with old, bad tools (protocol firewalls) even though most of the rules of changed.

I'm glad you enjoyed and remembered the article. Keep in touch!

Dan Houser, CISSP-ISSAP, CISM, etc.
Security Iconoclast & Part-time Pariah

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Why LinkedIn Rocks

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