Shared by stsimb Automation of actions like this are risky. But we can’t keep going like this because these spam campaigns are happening in the middle of the night. Three hours later they are done. Our reaction time needs to be quicker and human response just isn’t fast enough. It hasn’t been a great week this week (March 1-5) for some of our customers who u […]
There are a number of sources talking about the takedown of the Mariposa botnet, here are a few of the good ones: The Associated Press details the story and talks about the technical aspects of the takedown. Boing Boing only has an excerpt. Nothing too detailed. Panda Labs, who assisted in the disruption, has their own blog about their participation and the […]
Shared by stsimb Hotmail hosts well over 1.3 billion inboxes! The official engineering blog for Hotmail, Messenger, and Windows Live, hosted by The Windows Blog
Shared by stsimb DNSCurve's backers seem committed to derailing DNSSEC's progress in favor of DNSCurve. If they succeed, the Internet will be the worse off for it. DNSSEC vs. DNSCurve
How to use a Socks Proxy with putty ? You are working on a network that doesnt allow http traffic. that’s a bummer! Can you ssh to a server ? If you can, then everything is fine. You can use a socks proxy for browsing. Just read this
Shared by stsimb For Greek "email marketers": being CAN SPAM compliant does not make you legal in Greece! Having a REAL opt-in list is makes you legal http://www.dpa.gr/portal/page?_pageid=33,20920&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL#6 Last week there was an article published by btobonline promoting the services of a company called Netprospex. Netpr […]
Shared by stsimb Alternative DNS Servers Introduction Unbound is a “validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver”. It is developed by NLnet Labs — the same foundation that maintains NSD. I have noticed Unbound receiving more and more attention lately and I can understand why — it is a simple, stable, and robust Caching DNS Server. The following tutorial w […]
At last, Linus has released the 2.6.33 kernel. "The most noticeable features in 2.6.33 are likely the Nouveau and DRBD integration (and a _lot_ more people will notice the Nouveau part of that). And the Radeon KMS parts aren't considered experimental any more. Oh, and the AS IO scheduler is gone, since keeping it around and just causing confusion s […]
The SCO case has long since dropped off the radar for most. It is worth noting, though, that the Novell "slander of title" trial is now underway in Utah. Groklaw has detailed coverage of the testimony thus far. "Why did Novell slander SCO's title? Because of Linux. Linux started as a hobbyist tool. It's open source; 'nobody can […]
The Mozilla Foundation has launched a process to update the Mozilla Public License. The project is described this way: We've been using version 1.1 of the Mozilla Public License for about a decade now. Its spirit has served us well, helping to communicate some of the values that underpin our large and growing community. However, some of its wording may […]
Jonathan Schwartz writes about patent attacks, and Apple's attack on Android in particular. "Having watched this movie play out many times, suing a competitor typically makes them more relevant, not less. Developers I know arent getting less interested in Googles Android platform, theyre getting more interested - Apples actions are enhancing th […]
Konstatin Dmitriev's Morevna Project is to 2-D animation what the Blender Foundation's Open movie projects have been for 3-D. The goal is to produce a production-quality, full-length animated feature, using only open source software, and license the source content and final product under free, re-use-friendly terms. Along the way, the work provides […]
Texas Linux Fest has announced the initial list of speakers and presentations for its inaugural event. Keynote speakers include Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier and Randal L. Schwartz, with additional presentations by Linux, free software, and open source experts such as Jon "maddog" Hall, Amber Graner, Bradley Kuhn, and Max Spevack. The event wil […]
Almost exactly one year ago, LWN examined the problem of 4K-sector drives and the reasons for their existence. In short, going to 4KB physical sectors allows drive manufacturers to increase storage density, always welcome in that competitive market. Recently, there have been a number of reports that Linux is not ready to work with these drives; kernel develo […]
The LibrePlanet conference, being held March 19-21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be featuring a day-long Women's Caucus on Sunday March 21st. That track will be focusing on finding concrete ways to increase women's participation in free software, including a panel on recruiting and retaining women, a presentation on mentoring, and a workshop on […]
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