How do you manage your files versions? Let’s imagine a source file ‘foo.c’. You work on it and would like to revert to a previous version. You have several choices: Use a CVS system: CVS, subversion, … Use naming convention: ‘foo.c-YYYYMMDD-VERSION-user’ Now, you can use ext3cow, a versioning file system
Is there a life being offline?
With the broadband Internet accesses (xDSL, cable, wireless), we are always online! All modern application require access to the Net (check for new releases, support), we listen to broadcast radio, our feelings are expressed with “:-)” “:-(” on Instant Messengers… Do you remember while you used a modem to dial
Solaris zones and routing behaviour
Working as a Security Consultant, I’m less involved in Solaris administration tasks. Anyway, for some customers, I still need to manage servers running Solaris 10. One of the greatest features Solaris 10 introduced is the “zones” concept (to keep things easy, it’s the virtualization mechanism introduced by SUN). I already
Pay your bill or die!
In New-Zealand, a women under oxygen assistance died… She did not pay the bill from her local electricity provider. So they cutted the power!
Belgacom ADSL Quota suxx!
When Belgacom will realize that quota fixed on their ADSL offers are not relevant anymore! When the ever-growing offer of online *legal* services (video on demand, streaming, collaborating tools, …) and the remote office (VPN) users, quotas must be adapted! Working from home today, my Internet connectivity is rate-limited to
*shing
The IT professionals are addicted to new terms and abbreviations. In security too. New terms are invented to describe new technics or potential issues. Everybody know “phishing” This time, I found those: Pharming – is the manipulation of DNS records to redirect victims. Smishing – uses SMS (Short Message Service)
I got my eID!
Finally, I got my eID! To be honest, I don’t use systems which require an eID right now but, I’ve got mine! That’s really cool to have a state-of-the-art ID card. Really? When I picked up the card to my local administration, the employer printed a dump of the data
Google Belgian Site
Google announced a few weeks ago their intention to install a Belgian site. It seems that their project is ongoing for a while. My father works for a company which has a site just next the future Google implantation in Baudour. As for every new implantation in a industrial zones,
word_press_upgrade_count++;
One more time, it was time to upgrade my wordpress instances… Who said that computer security was exciting? forever() { if (security_issue_fount) { wait_patch(); install_path(); congratulate_yourself(); } } According to this blog, the WordPress community is vulnerable! Soon, a MoWB [1] ? [1] “Month of WordPress Bugs”
A new movement against politics
Federal elections are planned in Belgium. On June 10th, we are invited to elect our new political leaders. As usual, there are the classical movements (the Blue one, the Red one or the the Green one) [1]. But there are always nice protest movements against them… This time, it’s NEE,