Recently I’ve been testing out the 20.04 beta for Ubuntu. It’s real nice. But it recently upgraded python from python3.7 to python3.8 underneath me. It’s honestly not such a bad thing. Python 3.8 has a lot of improvements that will make working with the language quite excellent. I’m particularly looking forward to utilizing Assignment Expressions… Read More »
HTTPoxy Patch and Mitigation Links HTTPoxy Status HTTPoxy is a CGI bug that relates to how webservers and applications deal with certain environment variables. It’s the latest and greates BWAIN (Bug with an Interesting Name). There are two independent way to protect yourself from this bug and the manner that is best for you or… Read More »
ImageTragick Patches Links Hello again. I’ve been tracking packages for ImageTragick. Feel free to look below for you system and let me know if there’s a system you’re following that I’m not. Have a good one. Main Informational Links: ImageTragick Main Page lcamtuf on ImageTragick ImageMagic Project MITRE Link NVD Page Organization Notification Patches Available… Read More »
BadLock Patches Links Hey there. I’ve been tracking packages for Badlock. All systems I’m tracking have now recieved patches. I’m not longer updating this page. Have a good one. Main Informational Links: Badlock Mitre Link Samba Release Notes Organization Notification Patches Available Canonical (Ubunutu) USN-2950-1 Yes Red Hat RH Notice Yes Microsoft MS16-047 Yes Samba… Read More »
A while ago we were experiencing an odd issue on one of our HP-UX nodes. Users who logged in via ssh were having extremely slow login times. We run a two node cluster and only one was affected so we weren’t quite sure what to look for. Oddly users who logged in via telnet did… Read More »
To you out there using Cerner’s Electronic Medical Record software known as Millennium I come with a bit of a pro-tip. On the back-end of multi-node systems you will need to envset to access different domains listed on the same node. When talking with one of my clients I passed this bit of knowledge to… Read More »
This is going to be a short one but it took me a while to find the information here so I figured it would be nice to put it all in one place. When creating accounts in HP-UX it’s nice to be able to script them, especially the passwords. But HP-UX doesn’t seem to have… Read More »
This is a howto on using Xserver applications via SSH when using Windows. There are two good ways to do this. First, use a tool like mobaXterm. Let’s face it mobaXterm is pretty awesome and is an excellent way to get a bunch of your favorite Unix tools over to windows. But what if you’re already… Read More »