quantum evolutionquantum evolution
On several occasions in discussions about life etc friends have mentioned the theory that quantum mechanics dictates the way our cells work. In the past I have not been convinced.[...]
some questions about disk encryptionsome questions about disk encryption
On a mailing list some questions were asked about disk encryption, I decided to blog the answer for the benefit of others: What type of encryption would be the strongest?[...]
IDE hard drivesIDE hard drives
I just lent two 80G IDE drives to a friend, and he re-paid me with 160G drives. Generally I don’t mind people repaying hardware loans with better gear (much better[...]
The Squirrel and the GrasshopperThe Squirrel and the Grasshopper
There’s a story going around the neo-con blogs titled “The Squirrel and the Grasshopper”. It was forwarded to me by a business associate with the claim that it’s “right on[...]
Debian SE Linux policy bugDebian SE Linux policy bug
checkmodule -m -o local.mod local.te semodule_package -o local.pp -m local.mod semodule -u local.pp Save the following policy as local.te and then run the above commands to make semodule work correctly[...]
SE Linux on Debian in 5 minutesSE Linux on Debian in 5 minutes
Following from my 5 minute OSDC talk yesterday on 5 security improvements needed in Linux distributions I gave a 5 minute talk on installing SE Linux on Debian etch. To[...]
some advice for job seekerssome advice for job seekers
A member of the free software community recently sent me their CV and asked for assistance in getting a job. Some of my suggestions are globally applicable so I’m blogging[...]
xenxen
I’m currently working on a little Debian Xen server, and I encountered a few problems that aren’t documented. The first problem I found was that serial ports don’t work with[...]
Hans ReiserHans Reiser
According to this article in the San Francisco Chronicle Hans Reiser pled “not guilty” to the charge of murdering his wife. This isn’t particularly exciting news as all previous indications[...]