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Nagios plugin to check an OCSP server with hardcoded certificate
This is a nagios plugin to check an OCSP server. It does so by having a PEM encoded certificate in the code, and the PEM encoded certificate of the issuer. This is sent to the OCSP server and the response is then parsed to give the correct nagios result. It is targeted at administrators who have their own OCSP and need to know when it is not working. The certificate is in the code because this saves going to a website and getting the certificate, the issuers certificate and then sending that to the OCSP server. It also can be used for certificates which are not public.
The H Roundup - AMD fires developers, Android turns 5, E17 alpha arrives
In the week ending 10 November - AMD laid off Linux developers, Linus Torvalds talked about kernel development, Android turned 5 and an E17 alpha arrived. Also, detecting CSRF vulnerabilities and DIY biology
UN Wants Multi-Stakeholder Discussions On Rethinking Copyright -- Ignores That The Only Stakeholder That Matters Is The Public
The UN's Internet Governance Forum had a gathering to discuss rethinking copyright, in which WIPO made the case that it should lead "multi-stakeholder" discussions on how to reform copyright. WIPO, of course, has a history of having a rather one-sided view of copyright and who the "stakeholders" are.
CloudSigma's Membership to The Linux Foundation Reinforces its Position
Zurich, Switzerland - November 9, 2012 - CloudSigma, an international, customer-centric, pure-cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, today announced that it has joined The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux.
Testing Network And TCP Optimizations
This post is more like a "note to self" for certain TCP parameters which I usually modify (or plan to modify) on production servers.
Facebook open sources its MapReduce successor
Facebook has open sourced its Corona scheduling component for Hadoop, which the company calls "the next version of Map-Reduce". Facebook is using its own fork of Apache Hadoop which is optimised for the massive scale of its operations.
Chrome 24 enters beta with new developer features
In the latest beta release of its Chrome web browser, Google has added a number of new features aimed at developers. The first of these is expanded datalist support – now, developers can set specific dates and times for input elements. As pointed out by Google Software Engineer Peter Beverloo, arbitrary dates and times can still be entered.
Not All Hope Is Lost For AMD CPU Support On Linux
While many Linux users are rightfully quite mad over AMD laying off many Linux kernel developers and shutting down their Operating System Research Center, not all hope is lost for future AMD CPU products being well supported under Linux. AMD's (few) graphics driver developers working on the open-source Radeon stack were unaffected by the recent layoffs and OSRC closure, while those Linux developers working on future CPU product enablement, compiler optimizations, enhancing Linux virtualization support, and other areas were the ones hit very hard.
Community Live: DIYbio at Manchester Science Festival 2012
DIY biology is a hot topic and has piqued the interest of the Wellcome Trust and NESTA in the UK and the FBI in the US. What has it got to do with open source and hacking? Quite a lot as it happens and those curious could get their hands dirty, metaphorically speaking, at a series of workshops held in Manchester over the weekend of 3 and 4 November 2012.
Fedora 'Spherical Cow' delayed by bugs, Secure Boot
Release pushed back until 2013
Delays continue to plague development of the popular Fedora Linux distribution, with Fedora 18's original November ship date now pushed back to January 2013 at the earliest.…
Microsoft Inks More Android Licensing Deals
Microsoft has added several vendors to the list of electronics manufacturers that are paying it licensing fees for using Google's Android operating system and/or Linux in their products. The company has long-claimed that Linux and Android, a Linux derivative, violates Windows patents, and in the past has threatened to sue alleged infringers that don't pay up.
The Z-Factor: Meet the Simon Cowell of Linux
Canonical chief Mark Shuttleworth - a friend and my former boss at Canonical - has never had much love for rival Linux vendor Red Hat. So when he labelled Red Hat Enterprise Linux "legacy" technology during his keynote at LinuxCon in Barcelona, Spain, this week, aligning it with Solaris' faded glory, it was perhaps not surprising.
Q&A with Interstellar Marines devs an in development FPS
So it's been a while since I personally did a question time with anyone, this week the developers behind the Interstellar Marines are up! Interstellar Marines is an in development FPS for Linux, Mac and Windows currently on Kickstarter.
Eight Years of Firefox
Eight years ago today, Mozilla launched the first version of Firefox. We had the audacity to believe that we could change things. We believed that a community of people who understood the power of the Web, and who put people above profits, could build something amazing.
Two Years Later, Ubuntu Isn't Running On Wayland
I realized this morning that this week marks two years since Mark Shuttleworth shared his plans for Ubuntu's Unity to run on Wayland. Even after two years, Ubuntu's engagement with Wayland hasn't advanced much and it's consummation of Wayland is still likely at a minimum another year out...
DIY Fair for inventors, crafters, and makers in nation's capital
The maker movement is gathering steam around the nation and around the world. To help bring makers and DIY enthusiasts together in the Washington D.C. area, the D.C. Public Libraries has announced a free DIY Fair that will be taking place in the Great Hall of Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library—located at 901 G St, NW, in downtown. The event will be held on Saturday, November 17th from 10am to 3pm and on Sunday, November 18th from 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
GNOME 3.8 Is Dropping Its Fallback Mode
Matthias Clasen on the behalf of the GNOME Release Team has announced that they have decided to eliminate GNOME's "fallback mode" with the upcoming 3.8 release that allowed a "GNOME classic" mode that didn't depend upon OpenGL/3D rendering and was more like the GNOME2 traitional desktop...
Crossover XI 11.3.0 released
Crossover XI 11.3.0 has been released.
Security issue discovered in TOR client - Update
The traffic anonymisation tool TOR can leave confidential data like passwords in the system memory due to usage of a function that is not always used by all compilers
Beer: The open source beverage of choice
Beer is truly the most democratic, egalitarian, and open source of all beverages. It is for both common folk and connoisseurs. It is for the masses. And, from my experience as a homebrewer and beer geek, you will rarely find a beverage that can be so liberating (in more ways than one).
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