Wandering Thoughts archives

2009-12-31:	Why free things are so attractive in universities Look at your pull-based system for things that push
2009-12-30:	Real world support periods are shorter than they look
2009-12-29:	Solaris is not open source
2009-12-28:	The annoying timing of future SSL certificate renewals
2009-12-27:	Some OpenSSL and SSL certificate basics
2009-12-26:	Things that limit the performance of hardware acceleration
2009-12-25:	Linux's non-strict overcommit is the right default
2009-12-24:	The advantages of open source software RAID
2009-12-23:	Another demonstration of SSL Certification Authority (in)competence
2009-12-22:	How not to set up your DNS (part 20) Do you have a network layout diagram? Using OpenID for local web application authentication
2009-12-20:	Some things about getting useful output from `time` Some thoughts on intercepting https traffic
2009-12-19:	Local CAs and an interesting consequence of the SSL security model
2009-12-18:	Secure or useful: pick one
2009-12-17:	The good and bad of SQL
2009-12-16:	How Linux software RAID is making me grumpy right now
2009-12-15:	The high costs of true security paranoia in the face of compromises
2009-12-13:	Sysadmin versus developer uses of version control systems Mercurial versus git for sysadmins, or why we picked Mercurial
2009-12-12:	You should always be able to get a program's version and basic usage
2009-12-11:	A wish for KVM virtualization: simple bridged networking
2009-12-10:	How not to copy a file to standard output in Python
2009-12-09:	My views on inheritance versus interface
2009-12-08:	Why I am not enthused about etckeeper and similar systems
2009-12-07:	Why whitelists (and blacklists) are long-term poison for online systems
2009-12-05:	Overcoming the drawbacks of preforking `accept()` servers What version of Python is included in various current OSes
2009-12-04:	Learning from Unicorn: the `accept()` thundering herd non-problem
2009-12-02:	The problem with the OpenSolaris source repository The mixed directory/unrelated files VCS problem

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