while there's a lot of alking about journalism in the weblogs (and actually, yesterday i was interviewed by falter journalist thomas prlic about weblogs, too), i am pretty concerned about the security of my own server.
while just recently being thinking that running windows nt is similar to walking the tightrope while juggling lemmings, i now must realize that linux comes along in swiss cheese's clothes, full of security holes. furthermore, it seems as if a rather exotic installation of windows together with apache is a less interesting target than a common linux installation... at least for those penguin-loving pimple kids. kuriousity killed the kid!
whatever exactly happened to langreiter.com (promising design. btw), rinner.st and floritz.at – it scares me (well, sort of).
sure, i would like to be able to patch my system myself to avoid caring about most malicious attacks. trouble is, i am not a sysadmin and don't tend to become one. nevertheless, i want to run my own server. if this sounds like a contradiction to you think about the following: it's a justified demand. after e-mail, homepages and weblogs, the johns and jennies sixpack also want to use their own servers. and they won't bother themselves with security issues. the distributors better might take care that they install a secure system from the beginning including the right updates afterwards. computer security is an important issue. but as with everything, make things simple is a valid slogan here, too.
for my personal laymanship concerning currently setting-up a low-risk online server, i wish somebody would take me by my sticky hand and guide me through the jungle of ssl, certificates and some minor general security fixes. wink, wink, nudge, nudge!
(unfortunately, i cannot afford a real expert...)
à propos linux distributors: i'll have to add some more ranting words about them, soon.
potzblitz, isketch has made huge progress: more preferences, more rooms, more players... probably even more fun.
getting to know your linux installation from years ago:
uname -a Linux krycke 2.4.4-4GB #1 Wed May 16 00:37:55 GMT 2001 i586 unknown
less /etc/SuSE-release SuSE Linux 7.3 (i386) VERSION = 7.3
(latter also works with redhat-release and debian_version).
hitext: "die fünfjährige geschichte des euro-signets, oder: wie schriftentwerfer und tante emma ein zeichen gesund pflegen" (via gigantville).
tons of addictive games in the gamehouse (link generously provided by zita). try out text-twist or bounce out.
design.at. not like this, thanks.
florian wallnöfer (pool) pointed me to these stamps from austria: ferienland österreich. looks like the austrian euro already was introduced in the 1960s, huhuh.
or look at this stamp from 2001(!): feldpost im ausland. welcome to the valley of ignorance.
i think florian needs a weblog, too. would be on my daily reading list.
the world of götz kluge.
tons of good links at brains'n'chips.
verfassungspatriotismus. the chancellor, the cabbage and the coin money.
speedometer – a lesson in design.
whoa, did not notice that blogger got cracked on christmas eve. popo.at got body contact with the malicious intruder.
since two days my parents connect to the internet via dsl. it's amazing how fast it is. i really have to compare this to what i get from chello for the money.
very nice, btw: mac os x comes with built-in pppoe (point-to-point protocol over ethernet) support. the bad news however are that there is no way to establish a serial printer connection with os x.
i think mac os x is far easier to handle for my parents than classic 9.2 (not to mention windows at all). and appleworks is better than microsoft office. this lousy "letter assistant" just made a huge mess. unbelievable.