Author Archives: swift
Linux Sea sources online, cvechecker still in development
First of all, I’ve put the sources for Linux Sea online at GitHub. Not only does that safeguard any latest changes from not hitting my backup in time before my laptop dies (it’s terminal, but I can’t let him go … Continue reading
cvechecker in development mode
A while ago I had the idea to create a simple tool that checks the CVE database against my current system. It would allow me to check if my system is somewhat up to date (no pending security vulnerabilities), but … Continue reading
OVAL, SCAP, CVE, CPE, …
For a personal POC I wanted to see if it is possible to generate, based on the collection of CVE entries publicly available, a report informing a system administrator about possible vulnerabilities. Nothing fancy, just based upon versions. A simple … Continue reading
Listing files of (not) installed software
Everyone that has been using Gentoo for a while now knows about tools such as qlist that show you the list of files installed by an (installed) package, or qfile that allows you to find which package provided a particular … Continue reading
GSE TWS BeLux 2010
Today, IBM generously hosted the GSE TWS BeLux 2010 conference. Although it was organized together with the GSE DB2 conference (which I would also have loved to attend) I must say I was pretty impressed with the topics given, especially … Continue reading
Question yourself v3
Another update to Quizzer, now at version 3. But more importantly, updates to the Linux Sea related chapters are made available online – get a taste for it at the online quizzer set. Feedback is, as always, very much appreciated.
Question yourself v2
A new version of the Quizzer webscript is available. The demo has also been updated with quick tests on the first few chapters of Linux Sea. More exercises on the following chapters will follow soon. Updates to the script include … Continue reading
Question yourself
Do you ever write down things in the hope you never forget them, but still think it would be better if you could somehow take a test of that subject from time to time to make sure you don’t forget? … Continue reading
SAI and N-O-SQL
Yesterday (argh, the day before yesterday) I went to a SAI conference on nosql. In Belgium, SAI is a non-profit organization for IT people which focuses on knowledge sharing. The conference that day was on nosql. The presentation given by … Continue reading
A dozen pages added
Just a quick heads-up that a dozen pages in the Linux Sea book have been added. Nothing spectacular, just a few more paragraphs on services/runlevels, a few updates on software management and on boot failure resolutions.