Patrick Dickey

Hi everyone, Ok, the link that I put with this post, takes you to the actual “GPL” General Public License for open source software. It’s only an interesting read, if you are a developer of, user of, potential user of, or just interested in, open source software. So, why did […]

Hi everyone, Thankfully, the worst is over (crossing my fingers, toes, and eyes). Microsoft released their patch yesterday, and people are downloading and installing it. Antivirus companies are able to detect test files for the wmf vulnerabillity (at least Avast! has been able to detect the few files I’ve tried […]

Hi everyone, Yesterday at around 2:00 p.m. PST (9:00 p.m. UT), Microsoft released the fix for the WMF vulnerability. If you’ve downloaded the ‘unofficial’ patch, you can safely uninstall it AFTER you go to Windows Update (the link in my title) and download the patch. The handlers at SANS.org and […]

Hi everyone, No, I’m not implying that the Linux or Open Source community had ANYTHING to do with the exploits that have been released. Nor, am I implying that they are affected by this. I have no proof one way or another on either item. The title is meant to […]

My Personal version of the WMF Vulnerability FAQ… I’ve had some people ask me different questions about this new vulnerability. Some of them have been answered in other FAQ’s (http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=994), but others haven’t been answered. I’m going to do my best to answer the questions, however I strongly urge you […]

Security Fix – Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security – (washingtonpost.com) Happy Holidays everyone…. Or, as the people who are releasing viruses and exploits would like to say “Unhappy Holidays everyone….” If you’ve been away from your computers for the past week (which is a great thing if you […]

Hey everyone, This is a post highlighting some of the things I’ve discovered this past weekend. I found a few programs that will accomplish my goal of ripping MY CD’s into mp3’s for my computer. K3b (KDE’s ripper), Grip (Gnome’s ripper) and RipperX are just a few of them. In […]

Well, I woke up today, with an error and a dilemma. Last night, I installed Apache webserver. But, I couldn’t get it to see my site, and then I couldn’t get it to restart properly. So, I went to bed, thinking that I was going to have to live without […]

Hey everyone, I started my Linux experiment tonight. Currently, I’m writing this blog on Firefox, running on Xandros Linux (free-version). And, I have Kopete running, so I can keep in touch with my friends on MSN and Yahoo. So far, it’s been an interesting experience. I’ve learned a few things […]

Hi there everyone, In the next few weeks (starting sometime in December), I’m going to experiment with Xandros Linux. There is a free version available that I’ve already installed on another hard drive. The main thing I’m waiting for is Kahuna (Hotmail’s new format) to be properly supported on Firefox. […]