http://vantoft.org Thoughts from the Collective Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:45:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OpenWRT has long had some patches against pppd 2.4.4 for what's called 'Precompiled Active Filter'.  This is a file, which contains the libpcap compiled filter on what should be considered 'active' or 'interesting' traffic.  In the Cisco world, it's the access-list you reference with dialer-list and dialer-group commands. The default file ... http://vantoft.org/2008/10/15/pppd-precompiled-active-filter/ Merlin Mann's posted a special version of one of his famous slideshows, which includes his slide comments below. Go read Who Moved My Brain? now. http://vantoft.org/2008/08/14/who-moved-my-brain/ After using Google Reader for just over a year, I've got a few features I'd like to see added/changed. Some are simple, and some are not so simple. Deduping/Dupe Filtering. Many of the feeds I read report on the same news, with the same link(s) in the articles. ... http://vantoft.org/2008/08/07/4-featureschanges-google-reader-needs-to-move-forward/ It's actually been a few weeks longer than a year, but close enough. First, the current stats: Compared with a year ago, I'm reading more than double the number of feeds, but slightly less articles. Most of this has to do with dropping a few feeds that were 90% ... http://vantoft.org/2008/08/07/google-reader-1-year-later/ If you're at all into security, Web 2.0, systems administration, you need to check it out here. Yes, it's a Powerpoint, but it's worth opening. It covers not just the recent DNS attacks, but use and abuse of DNS to disrupt Email, SSL, 'Forgot your password' systems. Also explains ... http://vantoft.org/2008/08/06/dans-dns-talk-from-blackhat/ As the topic says, I'm back. My employment with MDS is over, so I feel more comfortable writing about what I'm up to and posting small hacks as I run across them. The focus of the blog will shift as I'm now contracting/consulting full time again (and much ... http://vantoft.org/2008/08/06/im-back/ You'll see This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: 0:6 Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU. You need to go here and it'll fix you right up. http://vantoft.org/2008/08/06/ubuntu-8-on-parallels-3-and-some-other-vm-packages/ Born today (Sat Nov 10th, 04:31 EST) and weighing in at 8 pounds, 14 ounces - he was 7 days late, but right on time as far as we were concerned. http://vantoft.org/2007/11/10/welcome-preston/ Yup, I'm still pregnant, to the surprise of a lot of people. The official due date is tomorrow, so all I can do is wait. Ken and I do have an 'eviction date' for baby on November 9, 2007. http://vantoft.org/2007/11/02/still-waiting/ It's time for an update on Google Reader. Since my last post on July 27th, I've added a number of new feeds, but overall the numbers of articles hasn't really increased. I've also noted that I haven't starred or shared any more items, even though the numbers of ... http://vantoft.org/2007/10/02/google-reader-stats-redux/