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05-23-2008

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Hello, good evening, and welcome...

Not to the (ISC)� blog, of course, which has been here for quite a few months now, but to my own tiny corner of it. Not that I'm particularly new to blogging: in fact, I'm one of the fortunate few who not only get to hold forth on their current obsessions on their own blog pages or in the company of others who share their interests, but are also paid to blog on behalf of their employer (though they do expect me to do quite a few other things, too!) And there are a couple of key concepts there: "obsession" and "paid to blog."
Many people get into blogging because they have passionate opinions about something, whether it's a political issue, a shared professional interest, or simply a firm conviction that they can write well enough to interest other people in whatever topic happens to interest them. And there's nothing wrong with that. There's a lot that's wrong with the online world, but it's exciting to see people with something to say, but who would have had little chance of being published when the media were controlled almost entirely by vested interests, gaining access to an audience. Sometimes, though, the process is just too easy. If blogging is in your contract, that brings a whole load of other contractual baggage: even if it's not stated explicitly, it's assumed that you will behave responsibly towards your employer. That contract makes you in some sense one of their representatives in the blogosphere, and if what you say or how you say it brings them into disrepute, the chances are that there will be consequences.
Is it different for other people? Not really. Blogging (like most mailing lists and newsgroups, among other forms of online communication), is permanent. Once you click on "publish" (or "send"), your words take on a life of their own. You can change them, but not everywhere they've been replicated, and they can come back to haunt you. People have lost jobs through an ill-considered email, an inappropriate posting, an indiscreet mention of work issues on a blog (you've probably heard of "doocing").
But is this really a security issue? Actually, yes. A survey by Proofpoint makes the interesting point that blog and message board misuse has led to disciplinary action in 11% of surveyed firms. Exposure of financial information is specifically mentioned, but is anyone going to assume that there's no scope for the inappropriate disclosure of other sensitive data? I didn't think so...
Of course, it's common sense that you don't talk to strangers about aspects of your job, workplace, colleagues etc. that shouldn't be made public. But if sense was that common, social engineering would be largely ineffective and a lot of security professionals would be out of a job. So while it makes sense to track these things, it makes even more sense to set policies and guidelines proactively and ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities.

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BLAZE-LIST(1)						    BlazeBlogger Documentation						     BLAZE-LIST(1)

NAME

       blaze-list - lists blog posts or pages in the BlazeBlogger repository

SYNOPSIS

       blaze-list [-cpqrsCPSV] [-b directory] [-I id] [-a author] [-t title] [-T tag] [-d day] [-m month] [-y year] [-n number]

       blaze-list -h|-v

DESCRIPTION

       blaze-list lists existing blog posts or pages in the BlazeBlogger repository. Additionally, it can also display basic repository
       statistics.

OPTIONS

       -b directory, --blogdir directory
	   Allows you to specify a directory in which the BlazeBlogger repository is placed. The default option is a current working directory.

       -I id, --id id
	   Allows you to display a single blog post or a page with the specified id.

       -a author, --author author
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages by the selected author.

       -t title, --title title
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages with matching title.

       -T tag, --tag tag
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages with matching tag.

       -d day, --day day
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages from the specified day of a month. The value has to be in the "DD" form.

       -m month, --month month
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages from the specified month. The value has to be in the "MM" form.

       -y year, --year year
	   Allows you to list blog posts or pages from the specified year. The value has to be in the "YYYY" form.

       -n number, --number number
	   Allows you to specify a number of blog posts or pages to be listed.

       -p, --page
	   Tells blaze-list to list pages.

       -P, --post
	   Tells blaze-list to list blog posts. This is the default option.

       -S, --stats
	   Tells blaze-list to display statistics.

       -s, --short
	   Tells blaze-list to display each blog post or page information on a single line.

       -r, --reverse
	   Tells blaze-list to display blog posts or pages in reverse order.

       -c, --color
	   Enables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option.

       -C, --no-color
	   Disables colored output. When supplied, this option overrides the relevant configuration option.

       -q, --quiet
	   Disables displaying of unnecessary messages.

       -V, --verbose
	   Enables displaying of all messages. This is the default option.

       -h, --help
	   Displays usage information and exits.

       -v, --version
	   Displays version information and exits.

EXAMPLE USAGE

       List all blog post:

	 ~]$ blaze-list
	 ID: 11 | 2010-07-05 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: Join #blazeblogger on IRC
	     Tags:  announcement

	 ID: 10 | 2009-12-16 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: Debian and Fedora Packages
	     Tags:  announcement

	 etc.

       List all blog post in reverse order:

	 ~]$ blaze-list -r
	 ID: 1 | 2009-02-10 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: BlazeBlogger 0.7.0
	     Tags:  release

	 ID: 2 | 2009-02-11 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: BlazeBlogger 0.7.1
	     Tags:  release

	 etc.

       List all pages:

	 ~]$ blaze-list -p
	 ID: 5 | 2009-02-10 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: Downloads

	 ID: 4 | 2009-02-10 | Jaromir Hradilek

	     Title: Themes

	 etc.

       List each blog post on a single line:

	 ~]$ blaze-list -s
	 ID: 11 | 2010-07-05 | Join #blazeblogger on IRC
	 ID: 10 | 2009-12-16 | Debian and Fedora Packages
	 etc.

       Display a short version of blog statistics:

	 ~]$ blaze-list -Ss
	 There is a total number of 11 blog posts and 5 pages in the repository.

SEE ALSO

       blaze-config(1), blaze-add(1)

BUGS

       To report a bug or to send a patch, please, add a new issue to the bug tracker at <http://code.google.com/p/blazeblogger/issues/>, or visit
       the discussion group at <http://groups.google.com/group/blazeblogger/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Jaromir Hradilek

       This program is free software; see the source for copying conditions. It is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
       WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Version 1.2.0							    2012-03-05							     BLAZE-LIST(1)