Posts tagged with: hacking

Links of interest for 20 Jul 2009 - 15 Aug 2009: HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment - This is a brilliant display of some of the cool things you can do in HTML5 (Requires a browser that supports HTML5 like Firefox 3.5) How To Hijack 'Every iPhone In The World' - Oooops. Just as well I don't have an iPhone. Why does 1.6 beat 4.7? - BestPerf - People always forget the details, and it's often these details that competitors deliberately leave out too. Triple-Parity RAID-Z : Adam Leventhal's Weblog - ZFS has just got triple-parity RAID-Z support. Why? Alan... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 20 Feb 2008 - 1 Mar 2008: MySQL InnoDB Performance Tuning for the Solaris 10 OS - It's not been long since the finalisation of Sun's acquisition of MySQL and performance tuning docs are already starting to come to light. Network in a Box (Creating real network on your laptop) - Create a real network comprising of Hosts, Switches and Routers as a Virtual Network on a any computer using OpenSolaris (w/ Project Crossbow) and zones. Pretty impressive stuff here, and full instructions too. Playing with ZFS, USB memory disks and VMware Fusion - Demo ZFS... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 13 Jan 2008 - 27 Jan 2008: Transactional ZFS Upgrades on Nexenta - This is pretty impressive usage of ZFS. Once Solaris officially supports ZFS boot, this is a fantastic feature that could be added to patching and live upgrade. Mystery web infection grows, but cause remains elusive - Pity no one seems to have been able to pin-point an underlying OS for the affected web servers. If something like Solaris, FreeBSD or OS X are involved, DTrace could be used to work out what's going on. Fixing ptrace(pt_deny_attach, ...) on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard... Continue reading ►

Links of interest for 29 May 2007 - 7 July 2007: Sun eyes supercomputing glory - If Sun can get this out before IBM's BlueGene/P, we may be in for a good supercomputer battle. GNU Free Software License Gets Upgrade to Meet Modern Demands - Germany adopts "anti-hacker" law; critics say it breeds insecurity - Hmmm, I know some security experts who won't be allowed to do their work in Germany now. Grade Your Website: 31 Free Online Tests - Some really useful tools here. Imitation (from IBM) is the sincerest form of flattery - A great summary of ... Continue reading ►