Wandering Thoughts archives

2008-05-31:	What contracts aren't
2008-05-30:	The fun of `awk` Users are rational
2008-05-29:	Why web spiders should not crawl syndication feeds
2008-05-28:	What promiscuous mode does on modern networks
2008-05-26:	Shimming modules for testing (and fun)
2008-05-25:	Making a good Unix glue language The risks of forcing frequent password changes
2008-05-24:	Dear applications: WEP keys are not passwords
2008-05-23:	Frequent password changes as security mythology
2008-05-21:	Combining dual identity routing and isolated interfaces
2008-05-20:	Getting live network bandwidth numbers on Solaris
2008-05-19:	Segregating your outgoing email to get blocked as little as possible
2008-05-18:	The threat model for website logins Counterproductive password security
2008-05-17:	Why we're interested in many ZFS pools
2008-05-15:	Why it is hard to decommission a DNS blocklist What protects the strength of a ssh connection's encryption
2008-05-13:	Things I have learned about ZFS (and a Linux iSCSI target)
2008-05-12:	Some thoughts on tradeoffs between storage models
2008-05-11:	The history of `readdir()` Another problem with doing your own sysadmin automation
2008-05-09:	An advantage of interpreted languages
2008-05-08:	Getting live network bandwidth numbers on Linux
2008-05-07:	Today's Solaris 10 irritation: the fault manager daemon
2008-05-06:	The Bourne shell is not a programming language
2008-05-05:	The costs of doing your own system administration automation
2008-05-04:	On standard interfaces
2008-05-03:	Why people don't automate sysadmin stuff
2008-05-02:	Automation changes as systems grow
2008-05-01:	What the `co_names` attribute on Python code objects is

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