Posts by akpoff@bsd.network
(DIR) Post #9mQ2vR2FTPon8Y7Xou by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-08-30T15:53:23Z
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@henrikjohansen @j @ParadeGrotesque 2a) But there's a caveat. The GELI metadata sits at the end of the partition, and is, therefore, not redundant. It can be lost meaning you lose the disk, and the pool. Learn how to back it up if you use GELI.I like encrypted drives, but GELI makes me nervous. I'd rather have the encryption layer inside the pool, not below.2/2https://redmine.ixsystems.com/issues/3206
(DIR) Post #9mYWA4rVHOwGQRrtce by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-09-03T18:35:48Z
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"i think every day about how cable internet is IP over MPEG. this is a literal fact. DOCSIS sends downstream data in MPEG frames because that's what the cable networks are optimized for and what all the switching equipment understood when cable broadband took off"@gravislizard on :birdsite:.1/https://twitter.com/gravislizard/status/1168940577070747648
(DIR) Post #9maPGriIxKpzf8VSIC by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-09-04T15:29:10Z
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Always travel with a Sharpie. You never know when you'll need one.And a recent backup. Same reason. :flan_cool:
(DIR) Post #9maRx9b13l1rC8ODJo by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-09-04T14:31:12Z
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Last night at 21:40 I typed:`dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/rsd0c bs=1m`Not only did I nuke my #OpenBSD install, but the #fde container as well.What else would you do some 17 hours before your flight to #vBSDCon to talk about "Road Warrior Disaster Recovery"?
(DIR) Post #9mpEefm9ldjuW0RfVo by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-01-23T16:12:03Z
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Nonsense! Elitist claptrap is not the same thing as expert advice. Average users need strong, *well-implemented* encryption also.Any opinion about weak or broken security along the lines of "good enough for most users" is uninformed and dangerous. Ignore it. #infosec #crypto
(DIR) Post #9msnA2UGuYjjNPSuhc by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-09-11T14:18:34Z
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"My definition of privacy is 'I want to keep my secrets.' The Google definition is 'We want to host your secrets and keep them secret from everyone else.' It's a small difference." - Bert Hubert, PowerDNS#DOH #NLNOGhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjin3nv8jAo&t=815
(DIR) Post #9pjWJdN27BQjsbcTKK by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-12-06T23:22:32Z
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Please consider signing the @EFF petition to stop the sale of .ORG to Ethos Capital.https://act.eff.org/action/help-stop-the-sale-of-public-interest-registry-to-a-private-equity-firm
(DIR) Post #9pnFktmKIUV7zxhlgW by akpoff@bsd.network
2019-12-06T23:30:54Z
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Missed this earlier. Drew Devault notes the various entities involved in the .ORG sale to a private equity firm are 501c3s, and wrote details on how to file complaints in CA, VA, and to the IRS. 501c3's aren't trivially bought and sold.https://drewdevault.com/2019/11/29/dotorg.html
(DIR) Post #9r21Jt28YfCMTL8WdU by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-01-15T16:47:51Z
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"Correctly Measuring the Value of Outsourced Support"#bloghttp://akpoff.com/archive/2020/correctly_measuring_value_of_outsourced_support.html
(DIR) Post #9r726gRBa2qVn6Hl7Q by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-01-17T22:41:46Z
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Calling in database performance problems to virtualization ops is like taking your car in for an oil leak, except in this case the lubricants team check the oil pressure gauge, declare all is well and blame the oil under the car on poor driving habits.
(DIR) Post #9rJ1V8pzs9MOlVVaDo by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-01-23T21:49:07Z
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Current status: Sisyphean uphill rope pusher.
(DIR) Post #9tqj0xINNYenmrgGMi by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-04-03T20:18:31Z
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"The moral of the story is that during difficult times the first ones you have to keep under control are the jackasses who don't understand the danger and do as they please."Full Caption:See image text because unexpectedly images allow 1500 chars of description while toots only allow 500, and this isn't honk (ask @tedu).:flan_shrug:Birdsite original: https://twitter.com/madhatressTO/status/1246097153178681344
(DIR) Post #9uXhsx3GbxvlJcl3D6 by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-04-29T17:25:50Z
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Nice! Controlling an air conditioner via IR with a GameBoy Color. Why? Cool hacks with great write-ups require no justification.http://jg.sn.sg/ir/
(DIR) Post #9v0PBWBT8IcD1hCY4G by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-13T13:15:46Z
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The number of improperly worn face masks suggests many folks wear them more out of civic duty than any real concern for contagion.Or perhaps as talismans.
(DIR) Post #9vFOfHCjfiA9MUjYdE by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-20T18:14:45Z
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Too bad it's merely a scaled-up version of the 10" K&E 4081-3 meant for classroom display. An 8-foot slide rule would have incredible accuracy. :Dhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-8-Foot-Keuffel-Esser-Co-Log-Log-Duplex-Decitrig-Slide-Rule-Model-N105/324046602138
(DIR) Post #9vFOfHQCrcwE2H2Jd2 by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-20T19:02:14Z
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This is how the 8-foot slide rule was marketed for use.What a great teaching tool! Half the battle in learning to use a slide-rule is learning alignment. Watching and practicing at that scale would make it so much easier.
(DIR) Post #9vFP7IVwOacVX44vDs by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-20T19:23:02Z
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@tedu Two honks that obviously go together: "... the cylons are breaking through the firewall with some kind of random subdomain attack and overloading the circuits with big packet amplification energy."
(DIR) Post #9vFPcNCP1kyt2Ul1ns by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-20T19:29:56Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @tedu Ok, but I take no responsibility for this.There's a signal modulated in the BPAE. It's directed at the central AI. Demodulating....Never gonna give you upNever gonna let you downNever gonna run around and desert youNever gonna make you cryNever gonna say goodbyeNever gonna tell a lie and hurt you😜
(DIR) Post #9vI8m53EExgRu5OCAK by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-05-22T01:48:56Z
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Microsoft open-sourced GW-Basic, MIT style. 100% ASM. Nice.https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIChttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/microsoft-open-sources-gw-basic/
(DIR) Post #A26EorcnWXWixTN7HE by akpoff@bsd.network
2020-12-11T14:18:48Z
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"Unbound Pi-hole without scripts"Using unbound(8) with Response Policy Zones to block ads, malware, and other unsavory characters.#openbsdhttps://jimh.dev/unbound/