wampus

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by wampus 12y ago
It's called a "man in the middle" because it intercepts connections between the source and destination. The physical location is irrelevant.
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by wampus 12y ago
Why does Superfish sign new certificates on the fly? Why not just use wildcard certificates?
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by wampus 12y ago
I've used rdiff-backup daily for years, but recently needed to store backups on machines I don't control, so I gave duplicity[1] a try. It encrypts, doesn't need to be installed on the target host and is simple to use if you&
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by wampus 12y ago
I used to feel the same until I remapped CapsLock to Insert on a MacBook running Linux so I could regain the ability to paste with Shift-Insert. After that I realized that none of my other keyboards had Insert in the same location, so havi
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by wampus 12y ago
GM once used an in-house version of Modula-2 for its embedded controllers [1]. I wonder if they regret the switch to C in light of all the bad press about remote vulnerabilities[2][3]. It sounds like the biggest problem is that features are
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by wampus 12y ago
I was in a similar boat, and switching to WP8 solved most of my calendar issues (and a lot of UI issues, as well). It also has very good support for multiple email accounts of different types. Not surprisingly, it has excellent Exchange sup
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by wampus 12y ago
I like the article and think it makes some good points, but I can't help but think the author is cheating a bit. If you really want to show the extent to which a language can be inherently reasoned about, it seems like a slight-of-hand
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by wampus 12y ago
What happens when the drive is shared among Macs? Why isn't this a vector for exploitation?
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by wampus 12y ago
Upon reading your post, it strikes me how archaic it seems to install any OS these days. It would be awesome if every OS was available as a base VM image that worked out of the box (networking, video, audio, etc.), ready to enhance and cust
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by wampus 12y ago
Thanks for the tip. I have three resolvers on my LAN, but two of them require the FQDN for reverse lookups. I'll make sure to add "search localdomain" to /etc/resolv.conf next time.
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by wampus 12y ago
No, he's providing an alternative reason for gcc's popularity in response to Rob Landley's email[1] that asserts that it was due to developers determined "to avoid paying Ed Zander extra for Sun's Solaris compiler.&
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by wampus 12y ago
I installed OpenBSD on an old Dell B130 last week, but it choked on the Broadcom BCM4318 wireless controller. I got it to connect with little difficulty after installing the driver, but speeds were slower than molasses (it took minutes to e
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by wampus 12y ago
The author makes a very good case for why this approach won't threaten password-based authentication, including: ...hard for first-time users to get right:... The private key being unlocked and available via ssh-agent. For this to be
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by wampus 12y ago
If the answers are comprehensive and accurate, this could aid the simplification of law by revealing conflicts and inconsistencies. Reforming law to be machine readable might eventually provide a litmus test to prevent the passage of bad la
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by wampus 12y ago
Since most ads are effectively blocked at the domain level, I doubt your scheme would provide much bang for the buck.
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by wampus 12y ago
It's trivial to rewrite plaintext on the fly and the number of people in a position to do so is staggering. Like passing a note in class, it's basically about trust. You want to ensure the message hasn't been tampered with by
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by wampus 12y ago
Instead backing up the raw disk with dd, you can create a USB installer in OS X. The trick is to download Yosemite from the App Store and prevent it from running. There are plenty of articles describing the process. If you also have data to
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by wampus 12y ago
Same here. Thankfully, it's pretty easy to come by older machines where installation is a breeze. Most support HD displays and some might even handle 4K. But I'm really grateful for posts like these that document the issues with c
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by wampus 12y ago
The problem with using cleaning tools like the ones you mention is that I'm always left wondering, "What did I miss?" when they've finished. Since it's a long process that's always potentially incomplete, I aba
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by wampus 12y ago
I also run a local DNS blacklist that benefits everyone on my network, but I rarely update it since I started using the RequestPolicy Firefox extension. It supports the point of view of "Don't fetch resources from third party doma
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by wampus 12y ago
There's no question that the hard 90-day deadline of Google's Project Zero is undermined by collisions with holidays and other calendar events, but Patch Tuesday is a restriction that Microsoft imposes on itself and its users. The
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by wampus 12y ago
My wife just discovered that if she puts her phone in airplane mode when playing solitaire it doesn't overheat and her battery lasts longer. This app should be the poster boy for being lightweight and efficient, but is instead used to
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by wampus 12y ago
Relatively speaking, it is frequently changing. I can plug a depression-era radio into an electrical outlet and it will work. Delivering power via a cable, even with AC/DC conversion in the middle, is a solved problem. I can think of f
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by wampus 12y ago
The Lumia 920 I bought over two years ago has wireless charging (via the Qi standard) that I consider so convenient and revolutionary, I was stumped when Nokia released subsequent models without this killer feature. If I need to charge it,