Archive for August, 2004
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4 Aug 2004
A lot of people use it, so here's the heads-up: All versions of Putty have a serious security vulnerability that could allow the server to execute arbitrary code. The worst part is that it can be done before authentication, i.e. before your machine could know that there's a man-in-the-middle attack going on. Download version 0.55 for the fix.
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3 Aug 2004
Two sites, that while not exactly related, both focus on similar themes. Both are part of my daily Web Routine:
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3 Aug 2004
My mom does reliability testing of computer chips for IBM. Once in a while I see a story that reminds me of her. For example, Sun Microsystems is trying to make a wireless chip. Although they're using proximity communication instead of the far faster (and completely uncontrollable) quantum tunneling, it does sound neat. The computers of the future could just look like a bag of dice.
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2 Aug 2004
You gotta love those math nerds. Be the dorkiest kid on the slopes with your new Klein Bottle Hat! (More about Klein bottles at the wikipedia entry)