Bad TelstraBad Telstra
77020 packets transmitted, 18029 received, 76% packet loss, time 77049435ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 20.026/130.848/2245.752/287.550 ms, pipe 3 Above are the ping results from pinging my server (hosted on a business[...]
Author: etbe
Review of the EeePC 701Review of the EeePC 701
I have just bought a EeePC 701 [1], I chose the old model because it’s significantly smaller than the 90x series and a bit lighter too and it had Linux[...]
Pollution and ServersPollution and Servers
There is a lot of interest in making organisations “green” nowadays. One issue is how to make the IT industry green. People are talking about buying “offsets” for CO2 production,[...]
Xen and EeePCXen and EeePC
I’ve been considering the possibility of using Xen on an ASUS EeePC as a mobile test platform for an Internet service. While the real service uses some heavy hardware it[...]
Mobile SSH ClientMobile SSH Client
There has been a lot of fuss recently about the release of the iPhone [1] in Australia. But I have not been impressed. I read an interesting post Why I[...]
Logic and PantsLogic and Pants
I just read an interesting post about proposed new laws in the US prohibiting exposing underpants [1]. This is not a new thing and is part of a debate that[...]
New SE Linux Policy for LennyNew SE Linux Policy for Lenny
I have just uploaded new SE Linux policy packages for Debian/Unstable which will go into Lenny (provided that the FTP masters approve the new packages in time). The big change[...]
Is a GPG pass-phrase Useful?Is a GPG pass-phrase Useful?
Does a GPG pass-phrase provide a real benefit to the majority of users? It seems that there will be the following categories of attack which result in stealing the secret-key[...]
Label vs UUID vs DeviceLabel vs UUID vs Device
Someone asked on a mailing list about the issues related to whether to use a label, UUID, or device name for /etc/fstab. The first thing to consider is where the[...]
New ZCAV DevelopmentNew ZCAV Development
I have just been running some ZCAV tests on some new supposedly 1TB disks (10^40 bytes is about 931*2^30 so is about 931G according to almost everyone in the computer[...]