alecm
alecm
@alecm@alecmuffett.com
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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-29

    Am becoming very impressed with #pfSense firewall (embedded #freebsd running on my little Alix box; spent last night in bridging and rules # @stevejalim I like the Sankey ones, but there are many mfrs. # @sevanjaniyan @jogbert Due in next rev, which I can live with. http://t.co/qylJySj8 – also there are VM images if you…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-28

    Last 2 days had completely filled my network of water butts; that would be more than 500l from a single gutter downpipe … # @fauzg It's a test for the storage; I'll let it bed-in for a 2..3 weeks, drain it, fix the foundations, then use it for veg watering next yr # Grey ones…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-27

    You can tell its nearly winter when you step outside and the motion sensing light goes on. In the morning. :-/ # @RobHale77 oh god not that report again. # @ClaireatWaves tell your card vendor # Is there a way to get an EC2 configuration, especially a whole VPC, dumped to (say) XML for later…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-26

    @bbart I think it's reference-based mark-and-sweep compaction with object copying, but yes there is a stack too. 🙂 # Trying to work out what @OccupyLSX said to @richjohnson to elicit the "I'm Joking" response; It looks like OLSX deleted the tweet? # Oh joy – MI5's SSL certificate has expired http://t.co/m4pNH5ZX HT: @hvcco # maybe…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-25

    Wanted: 2x approx 2Tb USB external spindles for RAID mirror. Which hard drive manufacturers are currently not crap? #perennialquestion # @alexjbutcher @barticasun @fauzg Much obliged! # #Virtualbox – where have the OSX guest additions gone, under v4.1.4-74291 ? There is Windows, there is Linux, there is Solaris, but… # @suellewellyn Does it count if I…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-24

    Sunday morning reading: http://t.co/cPWrLN80 #metpolice #foia # #Adium bug database: lots of "closed/dup/wontfix" reqs for "Single Window Mode"; wondering if Lion drive for fullscreen will change this? # Argh – it was the #rapture again on friday and I completely missed it http://t.co/T4SMD5bo # @scottishwildcat As a person who uses 16 Spaces/vitrual desktops on SnowLeopard,…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-23

    New: seven basic rules for developers setting up password systems http://t.co/snDTSCeH # OMG it's the #TopGear Wikiquotes page http://t.co/YYS0Op3I # This is like a step back to 1985 and listening to student-union-radical-types trying to plan a disco: http://t.co/rGyfzM9E HT @newsbrooke # Sometimes we forget how well off we are: just had a fab 20 minute…

  • seven basic rules for developers setting up password systems

    If any part of your user interface or code truncates password plaintext input at a length of less than 255 characters, it’s a bug. If you can’t cope with password plaintexts that contain SPACE and TAB characters (update: or if you impose any charset restrictions) it’s a bug. If your passwords are not hashed, it’s…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-22

    Bulk-deleting all my #GoogleReader subscriptions before they end up in #GooglePlus and become impossible to manage ; Hello #NetNewsWire # Hopefully will not be as bad as that, but I don't need to take the risk # @chrisgerhard @ramtopsrac GR is getting a "facelift" ; I stopped using it because of the social stuff, for…

  • “Username: Google ; Password: 2bon2btitq” (at Computerworld)

    “Username: Google ; Password: 2bon2btitq” Username: Google ; Password: 2bon2btitq Passwords are hip again; but can we please just get past the “word” aspect? Google are (in partnership with Citizens Advice Bureau) running a campaign about how to stay safe online, and to this end adverts are appearing in London tube trains explaining how to…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-21

    If you are going to be using the M3 tonight, check out @HantsPolRoads for details. #M3DieselSpill esp northbound M3, Jct 7-5 # Howto switch off window-opening animation in #Lion : http://t.co/LXC5DsDw (last paragraph) # Warmth. http://t.co/dClKKxvA # Pleasant evening: tending fire, cleaning house, making popcorn, sipping a snifter of fine gin, & reminiscing. Little cogitation…

  • Twitter Updates for 2011-10-20

    "Where's the Steve Jobs of IT security?" http://t.co/Vko03g3w – Answer: We don't need one. We need everything else to not suck, instead. # @mroesch I take the point, but for security no single platform should ever become dominant due to monoculture effect. # @mroesch I know where to get some very very very good chocolate……