super-io

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by super-io 9y ago
"libsodium" is just NaCl with autoconf cruft added. NaCl does not use autoconf nor even make. It is not necessary but if someone really feels compelled to use it, why stop them? I have never seen any author or end user comment tha
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by super-io 9y ago
I do not use DHCP. (Nor do I use ARP.) For a small home network I do not need it. I run a private root and a private nameserver that serves encrypted DNS packets from a datacenter. "Pseudo authoritative": the zone contains the
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by super-io 9y ago
Folks in this thread claimng to be using IPv6. Anyone using cjdns? Best use of IPv6 I have heard about so far.
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by super-io 9y ago
In hash function competitions, are the authors of the function allowed to vote for their own entry?
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by super-io 9y ago
"... but the operator of that resolver..." The operator of the resolver cache is supposed to be the user, not some third party (e.g., OpenDNS/Cisco, etc.). IOW, the cache is meant to be running on the user's computer n
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by super-io 9y ago
Correction: The above draft was not the one I was thinking of. Here it is: http://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-luotonen-ssl-tunneling-...
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by super-io 9y ago
Like NetBSD but for mobile. Easy to port. Is it true the "Android" project rose from the ashes of an earlier company "Danger" who produced a NetBSD based mobile OS for the T-mobile Sidekick? If true, why did founder of A
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by super-io 9y ago
"... but what about when your ISP literally edits your web traffic, inserting more ads, and possibly breaking webpages." It is possible the ISP not only injects ads but injects unique identifiers that the user never sees. These c
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by super-io 9y ago
"First your website uses SNI..." s/uses/may use/ Not every website uses SNI. For example, the majority of sites linked to from HN do not use SNI. Also, there are workarounds when SNI is not supported. Workarounds
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by super-io 9y ago
"At a minimum, my ISP can not see or tamper with DNS requests." Are you encrypting each DNS packet at the source (e.g. your home recursor/DNS-forwwarder)? If yes, when are your sent packets decrypted? At the authoritative na
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by super-io 9y ago
For many years BSD has allowed mounting NTFS partitions read-only. One project even allows isolating the kernel driver in userspace. And then there is third party software, e.g., ntfs-3g. I sometimes see these '$'-prefixed files w
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by super-io 9y ago
> Not scared? Okay. Here's how to download... I have had a great user experience with all his other software except one[1]. Thus I was not scared. High learning curve, but high reward. 1. A FORTH he wrote for IOCCC. Problems co
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by super-io 9y ago
What needs to be done? It still works. If it anything like his other programs I would expect it will continue to work for as long as we live.