Notices by Paul_IPv6 (paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange)

"america is more vulnerable, due to disasters like trump"

there. fixed that headline.

https://progressive.org/op-eds/the-united-states-is-more-vulnerable-to-disasters-under-trump-mingle-20250211/

AI atrophies the real thing.

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared-3/

i can't think of a more apt gift than a golden pager to highlight two leaders stuck in previous era, obsessed with money/status, and unconcerned with actually communicating with anyone.

"two grifters, off to screw the world..."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/05/netanyahu-trump-golden-pager-hezbollah-attack/

@koenvh

why not? we used to refer to DNS as the phonebook of the internet. ;)

@ryanc

that's almost like "we redid your whole office with asbestos insulation!" :)

@mekkaokereke

CA definitely isn't perfect or cheap. but it is also very much at the leading edge of actually trying to care about people.

lots of things, like cheaper insulin, auto exhaust standards, n95 masks, one of the first US privacy policies (CPAA), etc.

@YellowReadis @donray @mekkaokereke

lake tahoe had a problem where they weren't allowing controlled burns because they were more concerned with erosion making the lake muddy. wound up with a massive fire in south lake tahoe from all the overgrown underbrush, etc.

@msylor @remi @mekkaokereke

amazing what you can do when you view yourselves as stewards and caretakers of the land and not owners/exploiters of the land...

@sindarina

when i was doing tech support for an open source DNS server, we regularly got support customers wondering why using fake roots or fake DNS names that collided with the public DNS kept breaking things.

i also worked for a large ISP that really pushed using IPv6 because they'd had problems in their NOC with many reuses of RFC1918 space and address collisions.

RFCs are not for the faint of heart but they have lots of good info and lots of reasons why you should follow them. ;)

@sindarina

indeed. there are also reserved DNS names for documentation. use them for documentation, not for internal hosts.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2606.html
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6761

@mekkaokereke

for me, while music is something i can enjoy and chill to, it's also truly a sanity valve. so many times in my life when i just didn't know how to deal with the shit life seemed to be shovelling my way, music was an outlet, a release, a source of strength, and a way to push back.

so much music out there is powerful because it still resonates of the pain that was exorcised, even if only for a few minutes. other music is powerful in expressing and sharing the joy and wonder a musician felt.

@mekkaokereke

good pancake game will really make a mark.

i still have fond memories of my dad doing pancakes for us on Sun mornings so mom could get a bit of a break.

@ai6yr @dr_a @mediaarchaeologylab

ooh! floor sort!

you only do one of those before you learn to make a diagonal marker line across the top of the deck. so much faster than trying to read sequence/card numbers.

@tek

also, part of what i love about the fediverse.

you wouldn't see meta or google with an outage report due to a candle/cat.

cloudflare might have a lava lamp related incident but that isn't as impressive. :)

@tek

impressive aim. i'd rate the cat a 10 on difficulty on that move. :)

@hacks4pancakes

moving is like eating an elephant.

- do it one bite at a time
- don't do it unless you have to

:)

@blaise

congrats!

any particularly strong do's/don't's you've learned in this journey?

some of my struggles are altitude (2200m/7200ft) or humidity (15-20% this time of year) related but i'm sure i'm missing other stuff.

@ErikUden

what do we say about scams? "if it looks too good to be true..." unless, of course, you're law enforcement wanting to quiet the press quickly.

for a while, "evangelist" was the trendy title in tech. i think it's time for a change.

based on my experience in tech and security, i suggest "cassandra".

finally, our job description and title would be an honest assessment of what we're in for: always predicting bad things, never listened to, doomed to watch what we predicted come to pass.

for bonus points, dress code could include grecian robes and phone headset resembling snakes (who would whisper alerts and warnings into our ears).

@zackwhittaker @kevincollier

US Govt: "e2e encryption is enabling crime and should be backdoored"

entire security community: "be careful what you wish for. sometimes it's not just the good guys getting in"

US Govt: "you're all just paranoid or criminals"

US Govt: "errr... nation-state hack. huh. e2e encryption good..."

entire security community: "sometimes, being able to say 'i told you so' isn't as satisfying as we'd like'"...