#architecture
How to stop running out of ephemeral ports and start to love long-lived connections
https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-to-stop-running-out-of-ephemeral-ports-and-start-to-love-long-lived-connections/
XZ Utils Review Notes
Link: https://tukaani.org/xz-backdoor/review.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40044243
Nach Microsoft-Fiasko müssen US-Behörden groß aufräumen | heise online
https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Microsoft-Hack-muessen-US-Behoerden-gross-aufraeumen-9682556.html
Should I install a #virtualbox VM only for running an antique screensaver, only out of nostalgia.
https://www.mewho.com/starfield47/
On the quest to the #windows #retro Starfield #screensaver i found that website which is a beautiful advancement of the good ol starfield. Look.
🇦🇹 #Austria faces its biggest espionage scandal in decades as the arrest of a former intelligence officer brings to light evidence of extensive Russian infiltration, lax official oversight and behavior worthy of a spy novel.
@eniko please don't take this the wrong way, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation#Google
it's the definition of loyal opposition-- google literally props up mozilla to look like competition so that they won't be called a monopoly. i'm not sure using mozilla hurts google in any way, or brings us any closer to multiple browser engines-- they literally bankroll firefox for us to feel like we have a choice, and for journos to sound crazy when they talk about it.
This week’s show is up and it’s an absolute cracker… features a chat with @AndresFreundTec about his discovery of the xz backdoor, then @metlstorm and I take a look at the CSRB report on Microsoft.
Get it wherever u get your podcasts… except for Apple Podcasts bc it takes forever to arrive there 🤷🏼♂️
"Barracuda’s researchers also saw a significant amount of bad bot traffic (33%) coming from residential IP addresses. A lot of this is because bot creators are trying to hide in residential traffic by using someone else’s IP address through proxies to try to bypass IP blocks."
That's why IP based blocklists are only blocking the most stupid attacks.
Crazy numbers
"From January 2023 to June 2023, bots made up nearly 50% of internet traffic, with bad bots making up 30% of traffic. That’s down from 2021 when Barracuda research found that bad bots made up 39% of internet traffic."
Source:
Threat Spotlight: How bad bot traffic is changing
https://blog.barracuda.com/2023/10/18/threat-spotlight-bad-bot-traffic-changing
From Twidere to Fedilab in (many) seconds.
Soft ware and hard rocks.
Disclaimer: nan
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