Mon, 26 Jun 2006
Dealing With RSS Backlogs
The work is done, the script is written and from this Sunday night my
RSS aggregator will kill any post that's from before noon on Saturday.
This is all part of my (proably pointless) attempt to prevent backlogs
and pile ups of unread things. I'm not going to release any of the (very
hacky) scripts as they all assume lots about their running environment
but I thought I'd mention it in case I can inspire anyone (Lee) to
clear out their queues every now and again. (Lee)
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Posted: 2006/06/26 18:37 | /meta | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
They can't be THAT evil, can they?
Amazon sent me one of the more amusing recommendations I've ever had:
Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, We've noticed that customers who have purchased books by Rael Dornfest have also ordered "Adolf Hitler: A Portrait" by Michael Fitzgerald.
I know O'Reilly are not the most popular of companies since the web 2.0 incident but I didn't think they'd fallen that far... :)
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Posted: 2006/06/26 18:18 | /misctech | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
AIDE Agony
When it comes to host-based intrusion detection I'm most familiar with
the Tripwire
OpenSource Edition, while shopping around for a HIDS to deploy on a
play box I decided to try AIDE. And got stopped at one of the first
hurdles.
Tripwire has an interactive update mechanism, it runs a scan (based on your config file) and then prompts you to except, reject or mark changes as pending - within one operation. Unless I'm missing something, AIDE takes a generate signatures, user checks the output, generate signatures approach, which leaves a huge race condition open. Any files created / edited between the check and second generate steps will slip through the net.
Am I missing something or is this really how it works?
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Posted: 2006/06/26 18:15 | /security | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
Stepping Down - UKUUG Council
Due to some other, recently appearing, demands on my spare (and not so
spare) time I've had to drastically cut back on the amount of time I spend
working with different Free and Open groups. One of the biggest casualties
of this has been the UKUUG.
I no longer have the time available to make any meaningful contributions so I've stepped down from the UKUUG council. As a group they're doing a lot of interesting work, and some great conferences, so it's worth looking at their site every now and again.
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Posted: 2006/06/26 18:10 | /misctech | Permanent link to this entry | This entry + same date
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