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#208 - New blog

Posted on Sat 02/21/09 at 20:55, 562 days ago

I have a new blog now. It is located at http://blog.movnet.org/.

#207 - OpenSSL vulnerability

Posted on Thu 05/15/08 at 18:12, 845 days ago

You've probably already read a gazillion advisories about this by now well-known vulnerability. It's limited to Debian-derived OS'es, and only affects keys generated after June 2006, I think. Don't quote me on anything though.

A co-worker has read up on the issue a bit, and apparently the vulnerability effectively limits the key space to about 32k (PID was used, iirc). This means that there are 32k "master" key pairs. A rather serious side effect of this is that the private key can be found with a simple brute force search. Therefore, all private AND public keys must be purged, with fire. Personally, I'm going to take off and nuke my keys from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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By Philip on Thu 05/15/08 at 20:45, 844 days ago

Haha, I settled for clicking yes in some dialog thrown at me by Ubuntu, I don't do nukes. Stupid spambot question, who cares if Anakin leaves his mother?

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#206 - The art of elevatoring

Posted on Fri 05/09/08 at 14:02, 851 days ago

I read a surprisingly interesting article on elevators the other day. It was centered around the story of Nicholas White, who got stuck in an elevator for 41 hours without food or water. Highly recommended piece for some random reading.

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#205 - I'm back!

Posted on Tue 04/01/08 at 19:04, 889 days ago

Hi folks! I'm going to start writing this blog again soon. Stay tuned for more info.

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By mov on Mon 04/07/08 at 15:41, 883 days ago

Fooled ya!

By Rebecca on Sun 04/13/08 at 14:01, 877 days ago

Läste just ditt inlägg och min kommentar skulle bli "Är det ett aprilskämt?", men du hann före. Puss

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#204 - Summer's over

Posted on Wed 08/08/07 at 14:10, 1126 days ago

So hi. I'm back at uni now, studying for an exam in electromagnetism. It's not as thrilling as it sounds, trust me. Summer was great though. Well, at least experience-wise. The weather kinda blew, but that's just bad karma, nothing you can do about it.

So I guess the two most notable events this summer were the family trip to Finland, and my one-week trip with my girlfriend Rebecca on the west coast.

Finland was great. It was really fun to meet all the relatives there. We also spent a few days in the country side at my aunt's summer house. It was really nice, as it's right by a lake. There we engaged in some Finnish traditions, like sauna. It was really sweet.

Right after Finland, I headed out on a week's vacation with Rebecca. We started out with a one-day draisine trip in the country side. It was pretty cool, actually. It's a special feeling, being on rails. (pun intended) After that, we headed south and passed through Strömstad and Råssö, and had an amazing dinner on the island of Smögen. Next day we briefly checked Marstrand out, before heading down to Göteborg (Gothenburg). There we had a lovely dinner at a friend of mine. The next day was dedicated to exploring Göteborg, and we visited the art museum Göteborgs konstmuseum, saw Avenyn and the botanical gardens. The remaining days were dedicated to the coast south of Göteborg, where we visited towns like Varberg, Falkenberg and Halmstad. All in all, it was an amazing vacation with an amazing girlfriend.

So as I was saying, I'm back at uni, studying (i.e. telling my self I'm on a break and browsing the web instead). Now I REALLY have to get started.