Slashback: Cables, Kernels, Crackers

Information (yes, in English;)) below about superconducting cables in Denmark, more information on how not to get your server broken into (process, not product, naturally), and another update for the Linux Kernel Summit.

Under the sea, a strange force was brewing ... Dag Willén, Group Leader, Superconducting Technologies at Denmark's NKT Research, wrote in regards to the recent story about superconducting cables in Denmark, saying "Info in english about this project can be found at www.supercables.com. (sorry for our "one-size" web design for 600x800 px, it was limited budget and talent.)"

Thanks, Dag.

Moving pictures of moving words Recently, a kernel summit took place, and many of the top kernel developers gathered in San Jose to wear funny hats, drink, and decide (or at least debate) on further directions for development of the Linux kernel. Chris DiBona pointed out there are now videos and sound recordings available for download, and you no longer need Real (as originally announced) to enjoy seeing and hearing all these smart people at work. Hopefully, these will one day be joined by Ogg versions as well;)

Don't trust malicious scumbags is part of "trust." AltGrendel writes "SecurityPortal has an article on how Apache.com was compromised. As the Billy Joel song says 'It's a matter of trust'." As always, Kurt Seifried is lucid and informative -- and brings up good points on protecting sites no matter how careful the admins are.

Comments

not trusting every host on the internet

[Anonymous Coward]

I allow ssh connections on the telnet port from 2 hosts at university to my box at home (outgoing ssh connections are blocked at the uni). My iptables/NAT router forwards that connection to "my" machine. If I type the wrong password twice, incoming ssh connections are blocked for 24 hours. While I'm reasonably certain that no-one is logging the keyboard, not a lot springs to mind about what I can do about that. root logins over ssh is disabled, and any connection to every other port is rejected. My point being, you don't have to "trust" every host on the internet. Maybe just a few.

Kernel Conf: What's wrong with text, boy?

[mikecheng]

Don't go charging into compressedaudio like a bull at a gate. Give us some text.

What about giving the option for text versions of presentations/speeches? Information density of compressed audio is woeful for speech :)

(Don't ask me who's going to transcribe it though.)

Konqueror Users:

[Canonymous Howard]

Disable javascript before going to the site. They appear to have a bug which causes continual refreshes in Konq.

Not sure about other browsers.