LaTeX-Beamer and frame numbers
I just took some time to add a footline and correct frame numbers to my LaTeX-Beamer slides.
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Syslog line length statistic
Time for some useless statistics… Because I had to set some initial buffer sizes in syslogd I took a closer look at my log files. I used all logs from last month and counted the line lengths for every message to get an impression of real-life requirements on message/line lenghts.
How to check a disk after RAID error
Once in a while my 3ware SATA RAID controller reports a hard disk error. Often the disk can be checked manually and turns out to be still usable. This is a short walkthrough how to check the drive.
Das Keyboard
I got my pre-ordered “Das Keyboard” a week ago and it rocks!
Fuzzing
Fuzzing is a great way to find input validation errors.
Just don’t use it in debug mode whith all input printed verbatim to the poor terminal… :-|
digital vs. analog notes
Now that I wrote my midterm summary and completed the survey for GSoC it is once again time to update the Trac-pages. The syslogd is my first try with Trac and so far it has not been too sucessful.
The State of transport-tls and its Implementation
Now the latest internet draft for transport-tls is out for two weeks now and it looks like a consensus on the text is found — at least there were no comments so far. I spent the better part of these two weeks changing and debugging my own implementation of transport-tls, which is far beyond the schedule but at least in time to have a working and usable program for mid-term evaluation…
So this is a good time to re-read the draft and check its requirements against my current syslogd code:
Mozilla X.509 certificates from the command line
Problem: You administer office PCs and have to deploy your organization’s new CA certificate. Since you know your users, telling them individually to download and install it is not an option. You need an automatic solution for unattended installation.