Debian & the predictable random number generator
Ok this proves that even the best server OS out there has some lame security implementations. Lucky for me I only had to replace about a dozen SSH keys…..
Debian was awarded the pwnie award 2008 in the category EPIC FAIL for this one at BlackHat 2008.
Exchange 2003 and the Greylisting Bug
This one actually pissed me off so much, that I will never ever trust a Microsoft MTA again…. The worst part was the lacking acknowledgement by Microsoft… At least they decided to release a hotfix after the bug was first reported to them in 2006!!!
On the other hand I dont regret putting a lot of time and effort into postfix afterwards.
Netbooks
Starting out as a cool little gadget for computer geeks – the insanely fast development has turned these little machines into a serious alternative for mobile computing. Im very happy with my Aspire One 110L running Ubuntu 8.10 so far combined with my mobile phone for 3G connectivity. My EEE 701 however only lasted for 2 Months.
Might take a shot at the 10 Inch generation this year.
Back to Intel
After more than 10 years of AMD-CPU dominace in my personal and custom assembled machines (since my Intel Pentium 60) i finally chose an Intel based system again. I guess the price has been an important factor to me all those years. Just for the records:
- AMD 486 SX25
- AMD 486/100 DX4
- Intel Pentium 60
- AMD K6-2 350 Mhz
- AMD K6-2 500 Mhz
- AMD Duron 750 Mhz
- AMD Athlon 1,2 Ghz
- AMD Athlon XP 1,6 Ghz
- AMD Athlon 64 XP 3000
- AMD Athlon 64 x2 3600
- IntelCore 2 Duo E8400