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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Various police departments were apparently successful at keeping their use of Stingrays a secret for a long time, citing NDAs with the manufacturer.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> > ... if you have physical access to the machine ... > The computers are in a locked cabinet, ... Or, in other words, no physical access?
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> ... after all you can do a ps and see all processes ... Which you can prevent by mounting /proc with the "hidepid" option.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
You might have to PXE boot to launch the installation with non-default parameters but you should have little problem doing so (and both PXELINUX and iPXE support serial console).
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Well, no point in over-engineering a solution, right? To put it another way, sounds like they moved fast (and maybe broke a few things?), put together an MVP that meets their needs, rolled it out, and are now likely learning and gathering f
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25025794
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
I don't have a link handy for you but search for "Hibernia Atlantic" on Youtube. They've posted many videos over the years showing exactly how it's done.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
It's pretty easy to set up OfflineIMAP or isync or similar to sync a local copy of your mail (in fact, this is a great way to back up your IMAP mailboxes whether you use mutt or not!). Then you just point mutt at the local copy instead
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Nobody cares.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
TL;DR: If you have "FIPS-mode" enabled (i.e., "fips=1") on a RHEL 8.2 host, expect to have a bad day when you "yum update" to 8.3! -- The bug links to KB #5542661 [0] which, unfortunately, isn't "open
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RHEL 8.3: fapolicyd breaks system upgrade, leaving system in dead state(bugzilla.redhat.com)
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
It's hard to tell due to the poor wording in Phoronix's part, but they're talking about "retiring" the ntpd reference implementation -- not the protocol, obviously. Personally, I'd rather see them move to chron
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> I believe it was also only processed on the transmitted traffic, not the received. I believe you're correct, although it's been ~25 years... Which explains why the command above isn't exactly correct, IIRC. What you
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> Then they moved the repository replication to the paid plan (20$/month/user). It looks like "pull" replication is available on the $4/mo. plan, per their documentation.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Note that there is no "firefox" package in Debian stable -- only "firefox-esr".
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
I've still got my 3.5" WordPerfect floppies -- found 'em a while back when moving!
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> Most proponents of Open Source licenses would consider this a feature, ... Indeed ... > ... maintainers of major projects (including GNU, IIRC) frequently require copyright assignment as a requirement for copyrightable contributi
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
I was speculating because I'm not personally familiar with this specific program. If the issuing CA is subject to the CABF's Code Signing Baseline Requirements, then Apple "MUST" revoke the certificate "within one b
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> ... how closely do CAs look at requests to revoke certificates? If they want to remain a CA, very closely ! -- Per the (Server Certificate) Baseline Requirements [0]: > 4.9.1.1 Reasons for Revoking a Subscriber Certificate > T
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> No, HP requested that Apple revoke the cert. Inexplicably, Apple complied with this unusual request. Inexplicable!? Not at all. Unusual? Nope. While I certainly can't claim to be familiar with Apple's code signing program (
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> Get yourself a lifetime domain name. AFAIK, the longest term you can register a domain for is 10 years -- and I believe some TLDs have much shorter limits.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
I particularly like commit c8010802f [0]. Here's a small portion of it: - ## Credits - - Octotree uses the following open-source software: - - - [jQuery](https://github.com/jquery/jquery) - - [jQuery U
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Make sure to drink plenty of bleach to protect yourself, choegwr. <rolls eyes>
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It's full-duplex, that's 1000 Mbps in each direction simultaneously.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Since you're also from the midwest, I'll put it in terms you'll understand: :-) > I think the PCIe link hits a ceiling around there. You're trying to shove 10 gallons of shit into a 5-gallon bucket! -- I'm not
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
> ... it would last a lot longer ... But they can make more money if you buy a new one every 8 years instead of every 10.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Use the force^Wsearch, Luke. There was an "Ask HN" thread on this exact topic a week or so ago. It explains what's going on.
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
Off-topic: > ... made available under a CC-BY-ND 4.0 International license. I'm quite pleased to see more and more academic and scientific papers being licensed as such in recent times!
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
For those without available wired broadband options, the price point is a no-brainer. In rural areas, your only option is often cellular (3G/4G) "hotspots" and the monthly cost will be outrageous unless you can convince every
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by jlgaddis 6y ago
URL for your article?

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