A way to detect BT protocol traffic — instead of looking at every packet, traffic to torrent tracker websites is redirected (via divert(4) ) and then analyzed. Analyzer script (PERL) produces the src_ip, dst_ip, dst_port triplet, this info can be us…
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in 3 lines Dan’s method is:
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“The conflicts between nation states in cyberspace are nothing like warfare, and the tools hackers use are nothing like weapons. However, this fiction is what is driving national policy, and that worries me a lot. I feel this cluelessness is a bigger d…
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CPU Identifications in linux kernels (2.6.18 + rhel patches) , NOTE that this is not applicable when you are running linux kernel on top of virtual hardware (i.e. Dom0 and DomU kernels won’t show proper CPU info because they use “virtual CPU” as set …
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right now ppl are using linux bridges as virtual switches for XEN/KVM VMs. Open vSwitch is an improvement over linux bridge that supports industry standard protocol and features and IOS-like CLI — [when project matures] ]you should be able trunk yo…
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a project from Electronic Frontier Foundation. Tests your web browser’s signature by checking user-agent string, browser plug-ins, HTT_ACCEPT, etc
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Series of short articles on linux kernel [2.6.27] APIs by Tim Jones
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[short] reference for linux boot process
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a lot of interesting details about using flash drives as cache and high-perf block io devices (notes from google talk given at UCSD)
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Excellent article explaining linux audio stack, describing which component does what and why
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