alecm
alecm
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  • trusted solaris receives eal4

    Lost in the Zandernews… SANTA CLARA, Calif. (PRNewswire) – Sun Microsystems today announced that the Trusted Solaris 8 4/01 Operating Environment (Solaris OE) received security certification under the Common Criteria Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP) at Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4). The only operating system to achieve this level of certification, the Trusted Solaris 8…

  • Yay!

    I passed the DSA Motorcycle Theory test! 35/35 – 100% perfect score! Next stop, Direct-Access Full License test! Boing boing boing!

  • hooray!

    I can theoretically ride a motorcycle! (I passed the UK Theoretical M/C Drivers Test. 100% score. Next comes the full-practical test)

  • weird people.

    i was walking back to my car last night, to the far end of the carpark only to spy a fellow employee walking in my direction. The evening was warm and bright, and noting a hint of it in the still air, I stopped to enjoy the perfume of the flower-laden gorse bush that I…

  • eds bans im

    EDS, the computer arm of the British government, has banned its staff from using Instant Messenger products in the workplace. It cites security concerns, especially over virus transmissions. A memo to staff from EDS’ security compliance unit leaked to The Register describes “use of Instant Messenger (IM) products through the Internet” as a “risk to…

  • sociologically gobsmacked

    LJ has finally managed to astonish me. i’ve never before seen a community of people of shared experience achieve such a transcendent “critical mass”. this is a dies mirabilis.

  • nice pictures…

    …of Whit and me, messing around on the amusing (and rather artistic) penny-farthing bicycle-stands that populate the main street of my village. picture 1 picture 2

  • i wonder…

    my life is driven by my palm-pilot – or perhaps the other way around; i utilise my pilot as: (1) 8Mb of non-volatile brainspace, (2) FAQ repository, for those moments in the pub where you really need access to the entire IANA port-number list, or a database of what MAC-address headers correspond to what manufacturers,…

  • i spent the weekend stuck in a rut…

    …the rut in question was 400m long, 15cm wide, and muddy – but more of that anon. ๐Ÿ˜Ž It has been a very interesting and valuable weekend. Friday night, I went with friends to see [ yat-kha ] – a Tuvan folk-rock band who recently won the BBC’s World Music Award for Best Asian Band. Being a…

  • weekend, part ii

    Well, I’ve just got back from the Frimley office where we are holding the training next week, and am very pleased – the room is basic, but complete, and has the right sort of hackerly air for security training. Plus: they are going to be installing a SunSafe there, the week of the training, so…

  • bwahahahahahahhahahahahaha… [thud]

    http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html

  • i spent the weekend stuck in a rut…

    …the rut in question was 400m long, 15cm wide, and muddy – but more of that anon. ๐Ÿ˜Ž It has been a very interesting and valuable weekend. Friday night, I went with friends to see Yat-Kha – a Tuvan folk-rock band who recently won the BBC’s World Music Award for Best Asian Band. Being a…