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maswan

@maswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se

Sysadmin and caturday enthusiast. Hiker & biker.

Work sysadm: NeIC NT1, HPC2N

Hobby sysadm: ACC

I thought running and ftp server (well, OK, technically it is https these days) with its own AS was so much fun as a hobby, I started doing it for work too.

Admin for this server.

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GossiTheDog, to random
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HT to @wdormann here - somebody has backdoored the open source project XZ which has downstream impacts.

For example, although OpenSSH doesn’t use XZ, Debian patch OpenSSH and introduced a dependency which translates as the XZ changes introducing a sshd authentication bypass backdoor it appears.

One dude bothered to investigate in his free time about why ssh was running slow, so it was caught fairly early - i.e. hopefully before distros started bundling it.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

maswan,
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@GossiTheDog
Denying foreign actors access to UK companies secrets isn't in under economic advantage?

Ours actually has that in there (especially for govt entities and suppliers), as does (theoretically) NSA.

maswan,
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@GossiTheDog
One could argue that your tax money should also be spent by GCHQ to happen to look into increased CPU usage after some weird lib update in all the places where they didn't plant anything.

mcc, to random
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Fantasy world where they have been breeding dragons to be smaller and smaller until they have little toy dragons that can sit in your lap and are popular among noble ladies and if you leave them unattended in a home they will gather up all the low denomination change under dressers and such and push them into a corner to make a tiny $4.78 hoard to sit on

maswan,
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mjg59, to random
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The idea that an inode has no idea which directory it's associated with was a mistake and I will take no questions

maswan,
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@mjg59 Except in the few places where it is the really nice solution that would need a whole framework of workarounds otherwise.

maswan,
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@mjg59 Well, directories, since it can be in multiple ones?

kushal, (edited ) to Stockholm Swedish
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maswan,
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@kushal BTW, jag ska säga att jag inte är i utvärderingsgruppen själv eftersom jag också hanterar sponsorer, och det vill jag hålla lite avstånd mellan.

Loukas, to random
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If you see a long German or Swedish word, first of all, don't panic. It's more scared of you than you are of it. Secondly, take a closer look and you'll see it's actually just three normal words in a trenchcoat, huddling together to deter predators (French and English).

maswan,
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@Loukas This strategy did not appear to work for smörgåsbord though.

maswan,
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@Paxxi Yes, but despite those three words dressing up in a trenchcoat, the English took them. @Loukas

GossiTheDog, to random
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I wrote up the Delinea Secret Server Cloud security incident situation: https://doublepulsar.com/delinea-has-cloud-security-incident-in-thycotic-secret-server-gaff-581a33990882

maswan,
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@GossiTheDog If only the Chief Security Scientist and Advisory CISO at Delinea had had an opportunity to listen to that episode, maybe they would have been better off!

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  • maswan,
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    @awoodland
    It is clearly not compatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, so Debian will not ship a redis with the new license. So if a software project wants to be installable on Debian without third party deps, switch to a fork or replacement.

    Ubuntu might make redis snaps installable, but I doubt it'll be available as a core package. Also if there isn't a Debian package available, it might be up to the redis project to maintain such a snap.
    @tootech @GossiTheDog

    MariaLiv, to random
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    I just dropped my kid off on her school trip to France… and I must admit I am a tiny bit jealous, as I am looking out into the rainy Swedish evening.

    I wouldn’t want to go on a school trip necessarily, but I would want to sit in the sun in France or Italy and have a croissant or an Italian dolce.

    maswan,
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    @nlovsund
    Of course, most of my time will be spent in an auditorium, but I wouldn't have minded slightly better weather (like this weekend's +20 and sunny).
    @MariaLiv

    maswan,
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    @nlovsund
    I just checked the forecast for Paris next week since I have a work visit. 7 degrees and light rain is technically warmer than Umeå, but not by that much.
    @MariaLiv

    maswan, to random
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    Och där kom beskedet om bostadsrättsföreningens höjning av avgifter för nästa år, 2% upp.

    Inte så farligt, verkar ha varit en god strategi att betala av ordentligt på lånen när det har varit lågränteperiod.

    Loukas, to random
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    Them: you are culturally Christian, because of Christmas.

    Me: it is Odin's day, my dudes.

    maswan,
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    @Loukas Luckily I celebrate Yule and not Christmas then, so there's no christian taint?

    kushal, to random
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    Maria Hall starting 2024.

    maswan,
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    @kushal Nice, I'd love to be there, but I'm in a higher priority meeting.

    Feel free to push BSides Ume to relevant people too! :)

    kushal, to random
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    During my Computer Science Engineering study (2001-2005), I never had any paper on .

    maswan,
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    @kushal

    A couple of years earlier for me:

    My CS course in algorithm analysis had us implement a large num library (good for exploring n log n vs n^2 etc with practical examples) to the point where we could do exponentiation mod and implement RSA. It was a neat series of exercises.

    And on the mathematics track, I took a course in the cryptography. Interesting but not always easy to follow (the "why" of key sharing algorithms "n out of m secrets needed" work was hard for me,, as was ECC).

    maswan, to random
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    BSides Ume has started, with snacks and a keynote!

    Two tables full of snacks

    maswan, to random Swedish
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    OK, now I understand why everyone hates CDG. Not flying via Paris again if at all avoidable. Such a terrible airport.

    maswan,
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    @nlovsund
    I've been a frequent traveler for about 15-20 years and I had avoided it so far, but for a meeting in Paris the options were limited. Not again, if I can.avoid it. :No:

    mrundkvist, to random
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    Förlåt, är du intresserad av min äventyrsbanan?

    maswan,
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    @mrundkvist
    Är det en form av tunnelbanan?

    maswan, to random Swedish
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    Är det det här som kallas marklyft?

    Blir några ton om dagen iaf...

    doktorzjivago, to random Swedish
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  • maswan,
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    @doktorzjivago Men det är väl bara att säga att det är upp till regionerna att lösa på egen hand, förutom transporterna som trafikverket får förmånen att lösa inom befintlig budget? Ansvar är ju för nån annan.

    maswan, to random Swedish
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    Swishade förbi denna goding i hög fart i slutet av en backe. Hade nog inte varit helt bra att cykla på den.

    Bilden är från när jag vände för att felanmäla.

    maswan, to random
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    @zacchiro Hey, I was asked if there was someone with decent knowledge of the Debian project that could turn up at a sysadmin conference for high energy physics site in Paris in April (https://www.hepix.org/), is that you or do you know someone appropriate?

    This from a perspective that free rhel rebuilds might not be a long term sustainable solution.

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