LWN has an interesting article CVE woes and alternatives about how hard it is to get a CVE number for a vulnerability. The general thrust is that some researchers have found it too hard and so simply don't bother.

There were some suggestions about a new system that makes it …

This months Perth Linux Users Group talk was from WaFreeNet a networks stretching across most of the Perth metropolitan area. A bunch of wireless enthusiasts have connected point to point links to make a large network separate from their standard Internet connection.

It got me thinking apart from how much …

I've been using OpenStreetMap¹ for about two years now. I migrated from Google Maps, mostly for philosophical reasons to do with data collection and licensing.

I think the biggest difference between the two can be summed up as:

• OpenStreetMap has much better coverage of obscure places (particularly things like …

Recently the Linux Mint website and forums were compromised and the download link for the Linux Mint ISO file was replaced with a link to a backdoored ISO file.

While the fact that they were compromised doesn't concern me that much, it happens to just about everyone in the long …

Being an EFA member it probably wouldn't surprise anyone that my views are heavily in favor of net neutrality.

EFA recently published an article Why Digital India took on Facebook and won and it got me thinking about some of the practices of Australian ISPs. Some I think are reasonable …