Dries Buytaert: The Big Reverse of the Web
I believe that for the web to reach its full potential, it will go through a massive re-architecture and re-platforming in the next decade. The current web is "pull-based", meaning we visit websites or...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: Music from Our Tube: The Bad Plus covering Aphex Twin’s Flim
Didn’t know this nice jazz-tune was an Aphex Twin cover, but it sure is. Anyway, here’s the cover (and then some more) by The Bad Plus, live:Watch this video on YouTube or on Easy Youtube.Possibly...
View ArticleWim Coekaerts: Oracle Linux 7.1 and MySQL 5.6
Yesterday we released Oracle Linux 7 update 1. The individual RPM updates are available from both public-yum (our free, open, public yum repo site) and Oracle Linux Network. The install ISOs can be...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Expanding your CMS at your own risk!
CMS or “Content Management Systems” became vey common for a few years. Popular CMS are WordPress, Drupal or Joomla. You can rent some space at a hosting provider for a few bucks or even find free...
View ArticleWouter Verhelst: New toy: Fujitsu Lifebook e734
My Lenovo x220, which I've owned for almost four years now (I remember fetching it from the supplier shortly before driving off to Banja Luka), was getting somewhat worn out. The keyboard and the...
View ArticleWim Coekaerts: Secure Boot support with Oracle Linux 7.1
Another feature introduced with Oracle Linux 7.1 is support for Secure Boot. If Secure Boot is enabled on a system (typically desktop, but in some cases also servers) - the system can have an embedded...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Debug Varnish 4.x on systemd That Fails to Start
The post Debug Varnish 4.x on systemd That Fails to Start appeared first on ma.ttias.be.So you're stuck in systemctl start varnish, now what?Well, by default, systemd won't tell you much.$ systemctl...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Running Varnish 4.x on systemd
The post Running Varnish 4.x on systemd appeared first on ma.ttias.be.If you're thinking about running Varnish 4.x on a systemd system, you may be surprised that many of your "older" configs no longer...
View ArticleLionel Dricot: Je ne veux plus conduire !
Je ne veux plus conduire car j’ai l’impression de perdre mon temps. Lorsque je conduis, je ne peux ni lire, ni écrire, ni admirer, ni respirer, ni rêver, ni me défouler, ni aimer, ni faire plaisir, ni...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Forthcoming OpenSSL releases
The post Forthcoming OpenSSL releases appeared first on ma.ttias.be.Let's hope this isn't as bad as it sounds.Forthcoming OpenSSL releases ============================The OpenSSL project team would...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: The lack of network documentation…
[This blogpost has also been published as a guest diary on isc.sans.org]Writing documentation is a pain for most of us but… mandatory! Pentesters and auditors don’t like to write their reports once the...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: Music from Our Tube: Andy Schauf – You’re out wasting
Andy Shauf is a Canadian songwriter and below “You’re out wasting” is a song of his third album“The Bearer of Bad News“. Well worth the listen to if you’re in a somewhat quiet(er) mood.Watch this video...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Troopers15 Wrap-Up Day #1
This is my first Troopers conference. I already heard lot of positive comments about this event but I never attended it. As I’ll start a new job position soon, I had the opportunity to take some days...
View ArticleJoram Barrez: Interview about Activiti on Software Engineering Radio
My good friend Josh Long did an interview with me about Activiti and Business Process Management in general. I must admit, I was quite nervous before the recording, as I had never done a podcast before...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: OpenSSL CVE-2015-0291 and CVE-2015-0286
The post OpenSSL CVE-2015-0291 and CVE-2015-0286 appeared first on ma.ttias.be.As announced, OpenSSL releases a patch to a high severity vulnerability in the library.For OpenSSL v1.0.2, this is the...
View ArticleXavier Mertens: Troopers15 Wrap-Up Day #2
This is my wrap-up for the second day of Troopers15. Before the review of the talks, a few words about the conference. The venue is really nice as well as the facilities. A good WiFi coverage...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Silly Little IP Tricks
The post Silly Little IP Tricks appeared first on ma.ttias.be.I'll show you a few things you can do with IP addresses you may not know yet.Octal valuesFor instance, did you know that if you prefix an...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: Life Without Ops
The post Life Without Ops appeared first on ma.ttias.be.There's a reason why the --noop mode doesn't actually do anything. It's a reflection of life without Ops. https://t.co/R9ZHsYII52— ma.ttias.be...
View ArticleMattias Geniar: When Private Browsing Isn’t Private On iOS: HTML5 And AirPlay
The post When Private Browsing Isn’t Private On iOS: HTML5 And AirPlay appeared first on ma.ttias.be.Private Browsing: the illusion of privacy.This applies to mobile devices that use iOS (iPhone,...
View ArticleFrank Goossens: iBert droomt; schaf de NMBS af!
Een mens moet durven dromen! Bert Van Wassenhove deed dat ook en in zijn “Laat ons een begin maken met de ontmanteling van de NMBS” stelt hij dan ook voor om treinen te vervangen door -zoals een...
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