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Configure Firefox/Iceweasel 3 to be more secure / usable / bearable
Today seems to be Firefox/Iceweasel 3 Bashing Day on Planet Debian, so let me join the fun :)I agree with most other people that the default Firefox/Iceweasel 3 config is not ideal, so here's what I...
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Underhanded C Contest 2008: Leaky Redaction
This year's Underhanded C Contest has been announced. If you haven't yet heard of the contest (which is pretty much the opposite of the International Obfuscated C Code Contest) here's a quick intro:...
View ArticleUpdated DIY Dynamic DNS solution HOWTO
I've just updated my DIY secure pseudo-DDNS setup using ssh article/HOWTO a bit, in order to make it simpler to set up (no more extra scripts required) and a bit more secure (by using command= and...
View ArticleCreating 32768 bit RSA keys for fun and profit
Have you ever wondered how long it would take to create a 32768 bit RSA key with ssh-keygen? Well, I did. $ time ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 32768 -f ~/.ssh/tmp32768 -N foobar -q real 244m31.259s user...
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Physical memory attacks via Firewire/DMA - Part 1: Overview and Mitigation...
This is part 1 of a series on articles about the Firewire security issues mentioned below.For many years now, attacks via Firewire / i.LINK / IEEE 1394 have been a known security issue. Basically, if...
View ArticleDear virus/worm/rootkit/botnet writer...
...next time you write such a piece of malware, how about making it do something useful (instead of nefarious) for a change, say, have your botnet zombies become Tor exit nodes? kthxbye.
View ArticleFalling on your back for fun and profit -- human airbag device
Fun stuff I just stumbled over: a personal/human airbag from Japan, supposedly meant for elderly people who might fall and injure themselves.Watch a video of the airbag in action on Youtube (no need...
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Google Tech Talks: coreboot (aka LinuxBIOS): The Free/Open-Source x86 Firmware
Here's a nice opportunity for everyone to learn more about coreboot, a Free Software / Open Source firmware/BIOS for x86 PCs.Ron Minnich, founder of the LinuxBIOS (now called coreboot) project, Peter...
View ArticleNote to self: Missing lvm2 and cryptsetup packages lead to non-working initrd...
I recently almost died from a heart attack because after a really horrible crash (don't ask), Debian unstable on my laptop wouldn't boot anymore. The system hung at "Waiting for root filesystem...",...
View ArticleHow to setup an encrypted USB-disk software-RAID-1 on Debian GNU/Linux using...
This is what I set up for backups recently using a cheap USB-enclosure which can house 2 SATA disks and shows them as 2 USB mass-storage devices to my system (using only one USB cable). Without any...
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