setuid scripts?

April 15th, 2005

I knew setuid scripts are a security risk, but finally I found a thorough explanation.

Spam is bad, spam cops are obnoxious

April 14th, 2005

If you were expecting an email from me, or if you tried to subscribe to the fglrx mailing list and didn’t get a confirmation request, here’s the most likely reason:

SMTP protocol diagnostic: 553 5.3.0 Error:554 – Mail from 212.216.176.141 refused – See http://dnsbl.sorbs.net

212.216.176.141 is one of the SMTP servers of my ISP, Tin.it, which is most definitely not spammer-friendly. It’s been listed for a while — I don’t know if Tin.it adminstrators are unaware of this issue or if the folks at SORBS are not removing it for whatever reason, but unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do.

My first bug

April 14th, 2005

Today I found my first computer bug. Real bug, I mean. It was trapped inside a power supply and it didn’t cause any real problems, except for a bit of smell that was interpreted as a dying power supply. It was just a dead bug.