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1
Linus Just Doesn't Get It
Linux founder Linus Torvalds makes an amazing claim about Linux security (or not) on gmane.kernel.org (I'm not even gonna help pagerank that article by linking to it; search the newsgroup name and the date 2008-07-08). Speaking about security fixes, he... 		16-Jul-2008
2
KDE4 - First Impressions
As most readers know I use the UNIX operating system, particularly OpenBSD, on all my computers. On desktops I flit about between several "desktop environments" or user interface systems. OpenBSD's default is a simple window manager called fv... 		2-Feb-2008
3
Thecus Back To Life
The Thecus N2100 whose untimely demise I blogged recently is now, I'm happy to report, back to life, thanks to some help from the folks at Thecus in Taiwan. I'm putting some finishing touches on the OpenBSD install notes that should be ready in a few d... 		26-Nov-2007
4
IPv6 or Bust, and, Farewell IPv6 Samurai
In case you've been off-net for the last ten years, you should know that the Internet is running out of IP addresses - the telephone numbers of the Internet - at an alarming rate, and will reach the failure point within three or four years. IP is the I... 		31-Oct-2007
5
Flying Thecus has hard landing...
The Thecus N2100 sits idle in a corner, because the vendor changed the software in a way that breaks the ability to install most open-source OSes. The OpenBSD install, like many others, depends on setting certain firmware commands to be saved in the ... 		14-Jun-2007
6
Flying Thecus Eats Cereal, err, Gets Serial
The Thecus I wrote about previously is partly up and running. The OpenBSD install, unlike that for Debian, requires use of a serial console. The serial port was designed into these devices primarily for debugging, not what a consumer appliance needs. S... 		13-Jun-2007
7
Monty Python's Flying Thecus
OK, it seemed like a good idea at the time. I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago now for JavaOne, and I bought a Thecus. If you don't know what these are, find out before you read on. I wrote this blog entry at the time, but am just now catching up; ... 		12-May-2007
8
Nagios for monitoring everything (including virtual hosts)
For some time I've been using Nagios to monitor my own server and that of some clients. One of these machines has a batch of virtual web servers. Nagios' documentation doesn't say much about monitoring virtual hosts, and a web search only turned up peo... 		5-Apr-2007
9
Sensible by Default
One of OpenBSD's mottos is "Secure by Default", but a more general form might be "Sensible by Default." I was astonished to find out the other day that some of the Linux distributions apparently produce CD-ROMs that will wipe out yo... 		6-Apr-2006
10
Starving the Golden Goose
As you probably know I am involved with the OpenBSD project, which also creates OpenSSH, the world-leading secure network protocol. What's interesting about OpenSSH is that most operating system vendors bundle it with their systems, including Apple, H... 		25-Mar-2006
11
Apple Mac OS 10.4 minor security glitch
When you move the mouse into the "hot corner" to activate Screen Lock, there is a brief interval (maybe only a second) during which if you move the mouse out of the hot corner, the screen is unlocked!!! This is idiotic. As I have said many ... 		11-May-2005
12
Greylisting in action
I turned on OpenBSD's implementation of greylisting on the weekend, and have seen a noticable decline in SPAM received. Way to go OpenBSD team! 		31-Mar-2004
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OpenBSD SPAM filtering adds 'greylisting' feature
OpenBSD's SPAM filtering took another turn for the better with the addition of GreyListing. This is in -current and will be in 3.5, out on CD's soon. 		5-Mar-2004
14
Editorial on DARPA dumping OpenBSD funding
Catch my editorial on DARPA cutting off OpenBSD funding on O'Reilly.net. 		18-Apr-2003
15
Old UNIX set free!
My article on Caldera's freeing up of old UNIX version source code made it onto O'Reilly's OnLamp. 		4-Mar-2002