Posts
457
Following
470
Followers
371
Linux Kernel security developer, working for Microsoft. Also W7TXT. Views are my own.
Topics: #Linux #kernel #security, #amateurradio, #RF, #hamradio, #electronics, #science, #radioastronomy, #physics, #space, #arduino.

📡 https://w7txt.net/
🐧 https://blog.namei.org/
☠️ https://www.facebook.com/w7txt


@ksaj the operations that a quantum computer are theorised to perform faster than a classical computer are well understood, so post-quantum cryptography chooses mathematical problems that are known to be hard even for a QC.

https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25196/quantum-computing-progress-and-prospects is a good and fairly comprehensive introduction to quantum computing for non-physicists :)

0
1
1

Please help us test OpenSSH ahead of the 9.9 release, due in a few weeks.

New features include a new post-quantum key exchange based on ML-KEM, improved controls to disallow unwanted connections and better performance for the existing PQ key exchange.

Full details at: https://marc.info/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=172638834815257&w=2

4
5
0
@robpike @timbray wait until we have several generations of AI trained on AI generated material, and people have lost the ability to write on their own. Almost nobody will be able to discern AI vs. human.
0
0
0

Having worked on the kernel for decades, and imposing a lot of the same code/git hygiene for liburing, there can be a disconnect for contributors on what is expected of a commit and commit message, and what series of commits should look like. I attempted to provide a basic guideline here:

https://github.com/axboe/liburing/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

and would appreciate feedback from folks on what I missed, what isn't clear, etc.

3
5
2

Gonna be giving a talk "SLUB Internals for Exploit Developers" at @LinuxSecSummit next week.

Plan to cover the basics one needs to know before writing exploits for slab bugs; slides coming along 😁

Also gonna stay around for @linuxplumbersconf.

https://lsseu2024.sched.com/event/1ebVN

0
3
3

@josh after 15 years of TPMs and they becoming quite ubiquitious, I am still not seeing how they ever have been misused like this outside of theories and labs.

To me this appears to be mostly FUD from FSF/GNU.

I think if Linux OSes would actually start using TPMs properly, the net outcome for everyone would be *good*, and not bad. It would be much harder to gain persistence for an attacker, for example. And that's a massive benefit, for everyone.

1
1
1
@Catvalente I remember this from a previous decade. He is from a wealthy New England family, old-school Republican style. Also, he was responsible for linking Southern evangelicals to his father's campaign & the rest is history.
0
0
1
This is a real command that people type instead of grep:

Select-String -Path "C:\file\Path\*.txt" -Pattern "REGEX"
0
0
1
I've been using web-based email so much that I almost forgot how FAST a terminal client is, even Alpine, even over multiple SSH hops.
0
0
4
Edited 10 months ago

the debugging manifesto poster I've been talking about is finally available for sale! You can get it here for $20 US + shipping: https://store.wizardzines.com/products/poster-debugging-manifesto

it was redesigned and riso printed by Inner Loop Press and I'm SO delighted with how it turned out (https://www.innerloop.press/)

5
4
0
@olivvybee and the next available appointment for a DHCP lease is scheduled for November 2027?
0
0
1
TIL: Vimeo still exists.
0
0
1
@mos_8502 I wonder if George Lucas is on the spectrum.
0
0
0

Just published the schedule! Lots of good stuff, and at least one terrible talk that nobody should attend.

Early bird tickets are also still available - but not for long - go grab them while they last!

https://all-systems-go.io/

1
8
1
@robpike definitely not missing my SCSI DAT backup that cost a fortune and never worked properly on Linux in 1995.
0
0
0

It's been a while since the last one, but here is the fourth newsletter: https://lore.kernel.org/landlock/20240716.yui4Iezai8ae@digikod.net/
Moar sandboxing! 🥳

0
4
1
Show older