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Category Archives: Free Software
qemu monitor cd change
I’ve been playing around with kvm (which uses qemu) to try out other operating systems and Linux distributions. Up until now, little progress on that part (not because it is difficult, just little time) but there are a few things … Continue reading
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cvechecker 0.4 released
Albeit with less updates than 0.3 had, cvechecker 0.4 brings in internal project files reorganization (more to the liking of the GNU autoconf/automake standards – I think), fixes a databaseleak (instead of memoryleak ;-) bug and introduces a teenie weenie … Continue reading
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I remain impressed by the free software community
My current personal projects, Linux Sea and cvechecker, are actively being watched by the free software community. For the Linux Sea book, I get nice feedback and ideas on the Gentoo Forums and on the cvechecker application, people such as … Continue reading
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cvechecker userguide
Just a quick note, I’ve created and uploaded the cvechecker userguide.
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cvechecker 0.3 released
Time for a new intermediate cvechecker release, so here it is. Changes include (beyond the usual bugfixes) different CSV output (with some sort of version support) so that it can be easily used for reporting purposes, removal of debugging/verbose items … Continue reading
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cvechecker 0.2 released
I’ve made version 0.2 available of cvechecker. It fixes some build warnings and also supports the normal “make install” step. The pullcves command now also pulls in the latest versions.dat file. Special thanks to Per Andersson for reporting that the … Continue reading
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cvechecker 0.1 released
cvechecker version 0.1 is out. This is the first publicly available development release, so it’s still far from production-ready yet. However, it is usable so it can now be publicly analyzed to remove all icky bugs and such. I’m not … Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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