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SSH Agent Restriction (new in OpenSSH 8.9)
OpenSSH agent restriction
Simplicity of IRC
During discussions with my friends and colleagues, whenever the topic of chat protocols comes up, I often remark how simple the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol is and how this simplicity has fostered creativity in the lives of many young computer hobbyists growing up in the late 1990s and early 2000s. For many of…
Some people want to run their own servers
Open Source Freelancer
IRC technology news from the second half of 2021
Technical summaries of developments in IRC software and protocol specifications during the second half of 2021.
Where is every IP Address?
Benchmarks & Tips for Big Data, Hadoop, AWS, Google Cloud, PostgreSQL, Spark, Python & More...
Best Practices for Securing SSH
This article explores 5 SSH best practices you should observe to boost the security of your infrastructure.
Internet disrupted in Kazakhstan amid energy price protests
Network data from NetBlocks confirm a significant disruption to internet service in Kazakhstan from the evening of Tuesday 4 January 2022, progressing to a nation-scale communications blackout on Wednesday afternoon. ...
IETF: The HTTP Query Method ( Draft)
This specification defines a new HTTP method, QUERY, as a safe, idempotent request method that can carry request content.
Secret Military Telephone Buttons
It's the first of the new year, which means we ought to do something momentous to mark the occasion, like a short piece about telephones. Why so much on telephones lately? I think I'm just a little burned out on software at the moment and I need a vacation before I'm excited to write about failed Microsoft ventures…