EC2 SecurityEC2 Security
One thing that concerns me about using any online service is the security. When that service is a virtual server running in another country the risks are greater than average.[...]
Updated EC2 API Tools packageUpdated EC2 API Tools package
I’ve updated my package of the Amazon EC2 API Tools for Debian [1]. Now it uses the Sun JDK. Kaffe doesn’t work due to not supporting annotations, I haven’t filed[...]
I Won’t Use DrizzleI Won’t Use Drizzle
A couple of days ago I attended a lecture about the Drizzle database server [1]. Drizzle is a re-write of MySQL for use in large web applications. It is only[...]
Future Video GamesFuture Video Games
I just watched an interesting TED.com talk about video games [1]. The talk focussed to a large degree on emotional involvement in games, so it seems likely that there will[...]
The Security Benefits of Being UnimportantThe Security Benefits of Being Unimportant
A recent news item is the “hacking” of the Yahoo mailbox used by Sarah Palin (the Republican VP candidate) [1]. It seems most likely that it was a simple social-engineering[...]
RPC and SE LinuxRPC and SE Linux
One ongoing problem with TCP networking is the combination of RPC services and port based services on the same host. If you have an RPC service that uses a port[...]
Getting Started with Amazon EC2Getting Started with Amazon EC2
The first thing you need to do to get started using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) [1] is to install the tools to manage the service. The service is[...]
DKIM and Mailing ListsDKIM and Mailing Lists
Currently we have a problem with the Debian list server and Gmail. Gmail signs all mail that it sends with both DKIM and DomainKeys (DomainKeys has been obsoleted by DKIM[...]
How Many Singularities?How Many Singularities?
There is a lot of discussion and speculation about The Singularity. The term seems to be defined by Ray Kurzweil’s book “The Singularity Is Near” [1] which focuses on a[...]
Solutions for the Housing CrisisSolutions for the Housing Crisis
Currently we have a huge husing crisis in the US which involves significant political corruption including the federal government preventing state governments from stopping predatory banking practices [1]. The corrupt[...]