Weighed myself a couple of days ago, and I was 170#. Now I’m wearing size 32 pants for the first time in over a decade, if not two. Yowza!
Question for InfoSec Types: Is DHCP a Security Risk?
We recently had an IT audit at one of my clients’ locations. One of the issues raised by the auditor was that our DHCP server was a security risk because it would allow anyone to plug in to the LAN, get an IP address, and start browsing or scanning the network for vulnerabilities.? Continue reading “Question for InfoSec Types: Is DHCP a Security Risk?”
WordPress 2.6.1 Upgrate
I just ugpraded to WordPress 2.6.1, following my usual procedure (backup, download, extract over existing blog). I got some errors when I clicked to update the database:
WordPress database error: [Duplicate key name 'comment_approved']
ALTER TABLE nikolaidis_wp_comments ADD KEY comment_approved (comment_approved)
WordPress database error: [Duplicate key name 'type_status_date']
ALTER TABLE nikolaidis_wp_posts ADD KEY type_status_date (post_type,post_status,post_date,ID)
Upgrade Complete
Your WordPress database has been successfully upgraded!
Given the last line, I’m inclined to think that these database upgrades may have been done in the 2.6 upgrade I did a while back.
At least, that’s my hope…
SANSFire 2008, Audit 507, Day 6 – Unix
Day 6, auditing Unix. By this time, most of the class was pretty wiped. With a few exceptions, (myself included) the bulk of the class had little or no Unix experience, so having to do stuff on the Unix command line was… well, eye-opening. Continue reading “SANSFire 2008, Audit 507, Day 6 – Unix”
Apology to the Woman I Offended – Rescinded
In this week’s episode of the podcast, I made a comment which offended one of our listeners. She emailed us anonymously and stated she would be unsubscribing from our podcast.
After further consideration over the weekend, I decided that I was wrong, not in my initial comments to which she chose to be so offended by, but in the rendering of my apology. Continue reading “Apology to the Woman I Offended – Rescinded”
Brookfield is Now Part of ECFiber
Last night, Brookfield, one of the three towns who have expressed an interest in ECFiber but not yet signed the agreement, did indeed sign on and is now a part of the initiative to bring fiber to every home and business in 21 (and counting) towns in east central Vermont.
Man Page Minute – mkdir
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Unix Time Hits 1200000000 Today! Watch it happen!
Today, Unix and derivative operating systems all over the world will have their clocks reach 1200000000. This is the number of seconds which have elapsed since the “dawn of time” (in Unix terms, anyway), or 1970.
If you want to watch your clock flip, just issue this command
watch -n1 date +”%s”
PCLinuxOS Tops DistroWatch
I wonder if this has any bearing on reality, but over at Distrowatch, PCLinuxOS has unseated Ubuntu as the most popular Linux distro.
Soon I Will Be Invincible – Great Book
After finishing it, I highly recommend the book. The parallels between Grossman’s characters and DC Universe mainstays are obvious, but the differences are refreshing and humorous. The split perspectives, half of the story told by the villain, the other half by a hero, also adds an interesting element. If you like superheroes, you’ll like this book.