New Play MachineNew Play Machine
Update: Thanks to Sven Joachim and Andrew Pollock for informing me about /etc/init.d/mountoverflowtmp which exists to mount a tmpfs named overflow if /tmp is full at boot time. It appears[...]
Category: Security
Ownership of Laptops for WorkOwnership of Laptops for Work
Jetstar has announced some new changes to the way they manage their IT infrastructure [1]. Some parts of it are obvious things that people have been doing (or wanting to[...]
Free K-12 Text BooksFree K-12 Text Books
The CK12 project is developing free (CC by SA) textbooks for the K-12 market (with a current focus on the early years of high school) [1]. Their primary aim seems[...]
Mail Server SecurityMail Server Security
I predict that over the course of the next 10 years there will be more security problems discovered in Sendmail than in Postfix and Qmail combined. I predict that the[...]
The Lack of Browser SecurityThe Lack of Browser Security
For a long time the use of HTTP cookies [1] for tracking the web browsing habits of users has been well known. But I am not aware of any good[...]
Why you should maintain old URLsWhy you should maintain old URLs
Below is a message from the thanks file on my SE Linux play machine [1]: Hello from San Juan, Puerto Rico! I just found out about this server by reading[...]
New Lamps for Old – Light Changing and BurglaryNew Lamps for Old – Light Changing and Burglary
A few weeks ago I had a guy from “enviro saver” visit my home to replace incandescent globes with CFLs. Â The original plan was to deliver a water-saver shower head[...]
DRM and Rogue EmployeesDRM and Rogue Employees
ZDNet has an interesting article about Amazon unselling books to Kindle owners [1]. Apparently the books Animal Farm and 1984 were added to the Kindle list by unauthorised people (Engaget[...]
Valgrind and OpenSSLValgrind and OpenSSL
I’ve just filed Debian bug report #534534 about Valgrind/Helgrind reporting “Possible data race during write” [1]. I included a patch that seems to fix that problem (by checking whether a[...]
The Millennium Seed BankThe Millennium Seed Bank
Jonathan Drori gave an interesting TED talk about the Millenium Seed Bank [1]. The potential for discovering new uses of plants for food, medicine, and construction is obvious, so it[...]