The FAIL MemeThe FAIL Meme
One of the recent poor trends in mailing list discussions is to reply to a message with a comment such as “FAIL” or “EPIC FAIL“. The FAIL meme has been[...]
Case Sensitivity and Published PasswordsCase Sensitivity and Published Passwords
When I first started running a SE Linux Play Machine [1] I used passwords such as “123456“. Then for a while I had “selinux” but when I created a T-shirt[...]
SE Linux Lenny Status UpdateSE Linux Lenny Status Update
I previously described four levels of SE Linux support on the desktop [1]. Last night I updated my APT repository of SE Linux packages for Lenny (as described on my[...]
You Have the Right to Not Search My BagYou Have the Right to Not Search My Bag
This afternoon I was in a Safeway/Woolworths store (an Australian supermarket chain) and the lady on the checkout asked to inspect my backpack on the way out. The conversation went[...]
A Police SMS about Fire RiskA Police SMS about Fire Risk
My wife and I have each received SMS messages from “Vic.Police” that say: Extreme weather expected tonight (Monday) & tomorrow. High wind & fire risk. Listen to the ABC local[...]
Links February 2009Links February 2009
Michael Anissimov writes about the theft of computers from the Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab [1]. He suggests that this incident (and others like it) pose a great risk to[...]
Tragedy and ProfitTragedy and Profit
Every time something goes wrong there will be someone who tries to take advantage of the situation. The recent bushfires in Australia that have killed hundreds of people (the count[...]
Red Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation SupportRed Hat, Microsoft, and Virtualisation Support
Red Hat has just announced a deal with MS for support of RHEL virtual machines on Windows Server and Windows virtual machines on RHEL [1]. It seems that this deal[...]
Lenny Play Machine OnlineLenny Play Machine Online
As Debian/Lenny has been released and the temperatures in my part of the world are no longer insanely hot I have put my SE Linux Play Machine [1] online again.[...]
Xen and LennyXen and Lenny
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 AKA “Lenny” has just been released [1]. One of the features that is particularly noteworthy is that Xen has been updated and now works fully and correctly[...]