Blog Posts Should Stand AloneBlog Posts Should Stand Alone
I believe that apart from some exceptions (such as "links" posts) each post should stand alone. A reader should be able to read a single blog post and understand[...]
Trust and My SE Linux Play MachineTrust and My SE Linux Play Machine
When discussing the machine there are two common comments I get. One is a suggestion that I am putting myself at risk, I think that the risk of visiting[...]
SE Linux Play Machine and PasswordsSE Linux Play Machine and Passwords
My SE Linux Play Machine has been online again since the 18th of March. On Monday the 11th of Feb I took it offline after a user managed to change the[...]
SE Linux Etch Repository for AMD64SE Linux Etch Repository for AMD64
My Etch back-port repository of SE Linux related packages (which I documented in a previous post) now has a complete set of packages for AMD64. From now on I[...]
Debian SE Linux StatusDebian SE Linux Status
At the moment I’ve got more time to work on these things than I have had for a while. I’ve got Etch support going quite well (see my post about[...]
The Inevitability of VictoryThe Inevitability of Victory
I just read an interesting blog post about Montenegro [1]. Apparently a key to the process of becoming a country was acting like it was inevitable. It seems that this[...]
Barack Obama wants a National CTOBarack Obama wants a National CTO
I am just watching US Senator Barack Obama speaking at Google about his bid to become the next US president [1]. He has announced plans for allowing greater citizen oversight[...]
Unusual Ways of Helping the EnvironmentUnusual Ways of Helping the Environment
Unusual Things to Help the Environment Have a party! Keeping a house at a comfortable temperature on days of extreme temperature takes a moderate amount of energy. If instead of[...]
Not Visiting the USNot Visiting the US
I won’t be visiting the US in the forseeable future. For some time I have been concerned about the malfunctioning legal process and other related issues that arose from the[...]
Links March 2008Links March 2008
Dan Bernstein wrote an interesting paper about the security of Qmail [1]. Of particular interest to me are the sections about things that might do differently if he was to[...]