HP ML350P Gen8HP ML350P Gen8
I’m playing with a HP Proliant ML350P Gen8 server (part num 646676-011). For HP servers “ML” means tower (see the ProLiant Wikipedia page for more details [1]). For HP servers[...]
IMA/EVM CertificatesIMA/EVM Certificates
I’ve been experimenting with IMA/EVM. Here is the Sourceforge page for the upstream project [1]. The aim of that project is to check hashes and maybe public key signatures on[...]
Basics of Linux Kernel DebuggingBasics of Linux Kernel Debugging
Firstly a disclaimer, I’m not an expert on this and I’m not trying to instruct anyone who is aiming to become an expert. The aim of this blog post is[...]
RiverdaleRiverdale
I’ve been watching the show Riverdale on Netflix recently. It’s an interesting modern take on the Archie comics. Having watched Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space when I was[...]
Storage Trends 2021Storage Trends 2021
The Viability of Small Disks Less than a year ago I wrote a blog post about storage trends [1]. My main point in that post was that disks smaller than[...]
Censoring ImagesCensoring Images
A client asked me to develop a system for “censoring” images from an automatic camera. The situation is that we have a camera taking regular photos from a fixed location[...]
Links February 2021Links February 2021
Elestic Search gets a new license to deal with AWS not paying them [1]. Of course AWS will fork the products in question. We need some anti-trust action against Amazon.[...]
Links January 2021Links January 2021
Krebs on Security has an informative article about web notifications and how they are being used for spamming and promoting malware [1]. He also includes links for how to permanently[...]
PSI and Cgroup2PSI and Cgroup2
In the comments on my post about Load Average Monitoring [1] an anonymous person recommended that I investigate PSI. As an aside, why do I get so many great comments[...]