Used Car PricesUsed Car Prices
There is an interesting article in The Age about the effect of petrol prices on the poorer people in Melbourne [1]. The article claims that people are unable to sell[...]
On Talking to PoliceOn Talking to Police
The lecture by Professor James Duane about why you should not talk to the police (in the US at least) is doing the rounds at the moment. The Google video[...]
Upgrading SE Linux PolicyUpgrading SE Linux Policy
When I first packaged the SE Linux policy for Debian the only way to adjust the policy was to edit the source files and recompile. Often changes that you might[...]
Postfix and chrootPostfix and chroot
I have written a script named postfix-nochroot to disable the chroot functionality of Postfix. I plan to initially include this in the selinux-basics package in Debian, but if the script[...]
selinux-activateselinux-activate
I have written a script for Debian named selinux-activate which is included in selinux-basics version 0.3.3+nmu1 (which I have uploaded to Debian/Unstable). The script when run with no parameters will[...]
Mental BenchmarkingMental Benchmarking
One thing that seems overlooked by most people who discuss productive work habits is the varying mental capacity for performing different types of work. While it’s well known that alcohol[...]
Installing SE Linux on LennyInstalling SE Linux on Lenny
Currently Debian/Lenny contains all packages needed to run SE Linux apart from the policy. The policy package is missing because it needs to sit in unstable for a while before[...]
Variable NamesVariable Names
For a long time I have opposed single letter variable names. Often I see code which has a variable for a fixed purpose with a single letter name, EG “FILE[...]
SE Linux in Lenny StatusSE Linux in Lenny Status
SE Linux is almost ready to use in Lenny. Currently I am waiting on the packages libsepol1 version 2.0.30-2, policycoreutils 2.0.49-3, and selinux-policy-default version 0.0.20080702-4 to make their way to[...]
Biba and BLP for Network ServicesBiba and BLP for Network Services
Michael Janke has written an interesting article about data flows in networks [1], he describes how data from the Internet should be considered to have low integrity (he refers to[...]