KernelTrap - openbsd-misc

Quote: Careful Analysis

Jeremy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:31:29 +0000

"Some secure protocols like SSH send encrypted keystrokes as they're typed. By doing timing analysis you can figure out which keys the user probably typed (keys that are physically close together on a keyboard can be typed faster). A careful analysis can reveal the length of passwords and probably some of [the] password itself."

Quote: Most Of Us Prefer Not To Visit The US Now

Jeremy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:11:39 +0000

"The great majority of OpenBSD developers are from outside the United States, and I would guess that most of us prefer not to visit the US now thanks to the murderous foreign policy, authoritarian domestic surveillance, and invasive border control. You'll find few of us there. Personally I've been refusing invitations to go to, or even transit through the United States for about 6 years."

Quote: You Do Not Get What You Paid For

Jeremy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:35:16 +0000

"When you buy from Apple, you do not get what you paid for. Instead you get exactly what you got suckered into buying."

Quote: Doing the Right For Their Customers

Jeremy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:15:22 +0000

"I just imported ix(4), a driver for the Intel 82598EB 10 Gigabit Ethernet adapters. It is based on Intel's ixgbe FreeBSD driver, with many local changes for OpenBSD.

Quote: Developing Really Fast And Hard

Jeremy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:51:21 +0000

"Development is really fast right now, because of the hackathon in Edmonton. We are testing as much as we can before we commit, but as always during these hackathon processes we really depend on our user community -- to track our changes and help spot the occasional bug we accidentally introduce. We are developing really fast and hard; please help us by testing really fast and hard too."

Quote: Then You Should Not Be A Programmer

Jeremy — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:48:51 +0000

"If you can't use strcpy and strlcpy correctly, then you should not be a programmer."