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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ytc1</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@DenOfEarth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DenOfEarth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@aka_pugs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aka_pugs</span></a></span> I know.</p><p>And espechally in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ScientificComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificComputing</span></a> a lot of researchers <em>loved</em> working with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunMicrosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunMicrosystems</span></a> and when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> took over that relationship got sour'd instantly due to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LarryEllison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LarryEllison</span></a>...</p><p>-&gt; <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114682503920794745" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1146825</span><span class="invisible">03920794745</span></a></p><p>One of the big successes of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> was that they basically declared a unilateral <em>"ceasefire"</em> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Patents</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>. Whereas Oracle didn't seem willing to honour that.</p><ul><li>Without that <em>cooperative</em> atmosphere we saw <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a> devs literally <em>forking off</em> into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span> and projects like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openzfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openzfs</span></a></span> scramble to save what was OpenSource'd and also rescue that.</li></ul><p>Obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> with it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2only" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2only</span></a>-Kernel and most of it's Userland could not get <em>'closed-sourced'</em> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSolaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSolaris</span></a> which instantly got stomped out by Oracle as they wanted to sqeeze <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> for profits and milk their clients <em>in typical Oracle fashion</em>...</p><ul><li>Which is sad because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> breeds <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> and a lot of stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zones</span></a> in Solaris really were at their time really forcing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KVM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KVM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bhyve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bhyve</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSDjails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSDjails</span></a> to up their game for good.</li></ul><p>Now granted, I do know someone who for most of their life made their money dealing with the intricacies of setting up <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/postfix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postfix</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sendmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sendmail</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/courier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>courier</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MailServers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MailServers</span></a> on Solaris and if I ask said person about that they give me a kilometer stare, so OFC like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysV</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> systems Solaris and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SunOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunOS</span></a> really are one of the reasons <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsNT</span></a> won the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorkstationWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkstationWar</span></a>"</em> and why - if anyone - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> won the last <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnixWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnixWar</span></a>"</em>...</p><ul><li>Still I do am sad that I declined that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> position at a leading research center <em>I'm not at liberty to name</em> and I do know there's OFC still some critical infrastructure running even older Solaris servers...</li></ul><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/114689337148586939" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.sdf.org/@ytc1/1146893</span><span class="invisible">37148586939</span></a></p>
AJCxZ0<p>Will Damron's read of the audiobook of Cliff Stoll's "The Cuckoo's Egg" is excellent.</p><p>While the book is required reading or listening as a historical record for anyone interested in Information Security, it's a thoroughly enjoyable thriller. Though much of the technology mentioned is familiar to folks who are thinking I'm about to call them old, it's unsurprising how much remains painfully pertinent today, yet pleasing how a few things have improved significantly given only a few decades.</p><p>While some library networks such as the DoD MWR will keep you waiting months for one of their few copies, Fairfax County has unlimited copies of the audiobook.</p><p>I hope @AndresFreundTec is keeping good notes on his adventures with xz/liblzma.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CliffStoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CliffStoll</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WillDamron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WillDamron</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TheCuckoosEgg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCuckoosEgg</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CuckoosEgg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuckoosEgg</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Audiobook</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emacs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Kermit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kermit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SysV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SysV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VMS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Vax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vax</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bellcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bellcore</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LBL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LBL</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLNL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLNL</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LANL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LANL</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CERN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CERN</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MITRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MITRE</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SRA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tymnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tymnet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MorrisWorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MorrisWorm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrology</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accounting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SDInet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDInet</span></a></p>
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