Linux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: Let’s Encrypt Automation on Debian
Free SSL certificates for everyone! the https://letsencrypt.org/ initiative backed by Akamai, Cisco, Mozilla and EFF, is going to offer free certificates. On this post I am going to explain how I have...
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Darknet - The Darkside: VTech Hack – Over 7 Million Records Leaked (Children...
And once again, the messy technical flaws of a company are being exposed with the recent VTech hack – it’s really not looking good for them with account passwords ‘secured’ with unsalted md5 hashes and...
View ArticleLet's Encrypt: Facebook Sponsors Let’s Encrypt
We’re happy to share today that Facebook is the newest Gold sponsor of Let’s Encrypt. Facebook has taken multiple important steps to support and advance encryption this year, and we are glad to see...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: University: ‘Pirating’ Students Being Deliberately Targeted
Data published by Central Michigan University has revealed a worrying trend in copyright complaints. Out of 1,912 received so far in 2015, more than 80% were from Rightscorp, a company that demands...
View ArticleLet's Encrypt: Entering Public Beta
We’re happy to announce that Let’s Encrypt has entered Public Beta. Invitations are no longer needed in order to get free certificates from Let’s Encrypt. It’s time for the Web to take a big step...
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Application Management Blog: AWS OpsWorks Now Supports Chef 12 for Linux
In addition to providing Chef 12 support for Windows, AWS OpsWorks (OpsWorks) now supports Chef 12 for Linux operating systems. This release benefits users who want to take advantage of the large...
View ArticleLWN.net: Let’s encrypt starts public beta testing
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has announced the public beta test of the Let's Encrypt initiative, which aims to make encrypted web traffic the norm. "There are a number of flaws in the CA system,...
View ArticleServer Fault Blog: Welcome Craig Peterson and Mark Henderson, Server Fault...
Craig Peterson joined us back in February. We neglected to announce him in a timely manner because we’re horrible people. That’s OK though, as he’s now one of us. In contrast to the rest of the SRE...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: The Moral Dimension of Cryptography
Phil Rogaway has written an excellent paper titled "The Moral Character of Cryptography Work." In it, he exhorts cryptographers to consider the morality of their research, and to build systems that...
View ArticleToool's Blackbag: Picking Abloy Classic
I regularly give lectures and workshops about locks and lock related topics at conferences such as CONFidence, Hack.lu, BruCON, 4GH, SEC-T, Hashdays, Fri3dcamp, TEDx and more. My latest talk was also...
View ArticleLWN.net: PHP 7 has been released
PHP 7 has been released. Along with some new language features, the biggest change is said to be much better performance and reduced memory use. "PHP 7.0 brings you unprecedented levels of real-world...
View ArticleLWN.net: Rintel: NetworkManager and privacy in the IPv6 internet
On his blog, Lubomir Rintel discusses IPv6 privacy issues and how they are being handled by NetworkManager. "Creation of a privacy stable address relies on a pseudo-random key that’s only known the the...
View ArticleLWN.net: Rogaway: The Moral Character of Cryptographic Work
This lengthy paper from Phillip Rogaway tries to describe the moral responsibilities of the cryptographic community — responsibilities that, he believes, that community has failed to live up to. Worth...
View ArticleErrata Security: Tesla is copying Apple’s business model
One of the interesting things about Tesla is that the company is trying to copy Apple's business model. As a Silicon Valley entrepreneur myself, and an owner of a Tesla car, I thought I'd write up what...
View Articlexkcd.com: Colds
This post was syndicated from: xkcd.com and was written by: xkcd.com. Original post: at xkcd.com
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Linux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: GalliumOS: The Ideal Linux Distribution...
I must confess that I’m a big fan of the Chromebook. I do all initial drafts of my novels on a Pixel (the screen/keyboard/trackpad are simply the best) and use an Acer C720 as a “grab and go” device....
View ArticleLinux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: How to Delete User Accounts with Home...
In this tutorial, I am going to take your through steps you can use to delete a user’s account together with his/her home directory on a Linux system. To learn how to create user...[[ This is a content...
View ArticleLinux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: How to Install the Enlightenment E20...
The new Enlightenment E20 Desktop has just been released. The Enlightenment project consists of the Enlightenment Window manager (which was started in 1996), the EFL library that contains graphic,...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Dutch Court Won’t Ban ‘Pirate’ Streaming Boxes – Yet
A Dutch court has refused to hand down a ban against a site selling devices which enable users to stream copyrighted content from the Internet. The court said that the final outcome to the case, which...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Raspberry Pi Calendar
Get a Raspberry Pi-themed look at 2016 with our latest calendar, with all the important dates, along with release dates of The MagPi! Ever looked at your calendar and sighed because it didn’t tell you...
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