Watch out if you are using libraries and code from public repositories. Supply chain attacks are (have been) on the rise. The latest one is on Rust. https://www.sentinelone.com/labs/cratedepression-rust-supply-chain-attack-infects-cloud-ci-pipelines-with-go-malware/
I was cleaning my collection of documents, software…. ok, boxes and boxes of books, manuals, floppies, QIC tapes, DAT tapes and 8mm tapes…. When I found a box of and here is what’s inside the box. Wow, that brings back memories.
The Wayback Machine (aka Internet Archive) Watch a video on the history of the Internet Archive. Massive Twitch hack Source code and creator payouts part of massive hack. https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22712250/twitch-hack-leak-data-streamer-revenue-steam-competitor
In the world of Ops, it’s always good to learn from mistakes. It’s not good enough that we solved a problem (*fix*), but we must also do a post-mortem to understand what went wrong (*root cause*), what can we do to prevent it in the future (*long term solution*). I am of the opinion that…
USB Ethernet Adapters for TiVo plaza-prize Here is a collected list of USB adapters I got from http://www.tivoco mmunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54620&pagenumber=3 I bought a cheap one (Farallon USB1.1 to ethernet) for $13 from Computer Geek, and it worked great. Just plug-n-play 🙂 09/11/2005Got word from Antonio Carlos that a Linksys USB200M works great. 06/17/2004 I’ve received feedback…
Big celebration for LinkedIn as the company hits 500M + members. This picture was at LinkedIn HQ in Sunnyvale. Â I am the guy in the middle of that red circle. The picture was taken by a mavic pro drone, flying above the building. Â The drone belongs to one of my colleague.
I use tribe nodes quite a lot at $work. It’s how we federate disparate ELK clusters and able to search across them. There are many reasons to have distinct ELK clusters in each data center and/or region. Some of these are: 1. Elasticsearch does not work well when there is network latencies, which is guaranteed…