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2003-11-12 11:55:00

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2003-11-12 11:55:00
Only Mortal

[root@falcon /]# last|grep "Nov 12 23:01"
* * *  Wed Nov 12 23:01 - crash  (00:07)
[root@falcon /]#

The Falcon Mainframe crashed. It took about 40 minutes to bring her back up and another 20 to check her operations. Everything seems to be fine, a few minor glitches but nothing that can’t wait until tomorrow.

My uptime record is: 229 days, 20 hours, and 33 minutes.

2003-10-10 07:46:00

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2003-10-10 07:46:00
A student at Princeton revealed a flaw in the new MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System. Being touted as “a verifiable and commendable level of security” the student found it can be bypassed it by pressing the SHIFT key while loading the CD. He briefly faced charges by the DMCA. Check out his Analysis of their security software.

2003-10-04 09:57:00

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2003-10-04 09:57:00
Well well well, looks like VeriSign had to shutdown its sitefinder service after ICANN gave 36 hours notice to cut it off. Sitefinder was a “service” which redirects you to VeriSign’s website if you type in a non-existent domain. This was done by placing wildcard entries in the root DNS servers…which causes problems all across the board with security and anti-spamming software. Dealing with me I can say VeriSign has had a history of poor business, I particularly dislike their lack of security. But be light-hearted, they only control .com and .net ….org is still free for the elite.