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BIND DNS “replacement” released
NLnet Labs, Verisign, Nominet, and Kerei have announced the release of a new DNS server to potentially replace ISC’s BIND:
Built from the ground up, it’s supposed to be faster and more secure, in part supporting DNSSEC out of the box.
Of course as with all new software, it remains to be seen if some major flaws/holes are found in it. This is where older software typically has an advantage, despite any claims otherwise, since “trial by fire” is usually where the major issues are found. At the organizations where I hold sway, we will probably delay any possible implementation, letting others work through the issues first.
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Email obfuscation in HTML
One of the problems with posting your email is that there are programs that troll the web for email addresses for SPAM uses.
This site:
does a quick conversion of your email address into HTML that most of these programs can’t or won’t read, hopefully allowing you to post your email and avoid getting targeted for SPAM. The code even posts successfully into WordPress.
Unfortunately the spammers will probably just get smarter, but it’s worth a try…
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That dang “Unused Icons” popup…
Drives me crazy when Windows XP pops up the “There are unused icons” balloon and unfortunately it isn’t as intuitive as you’d think to turn it off.
Fortunately the guys at “HowToGeek.com” have the directions to turn it off here.
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Handy Fedora Upgrade FAQ
If you need to upgrade Fedora in place via “yum”, this FAQ is invaluable:
It tells you exactly what you need to know and the various caveats when doing the upgrade.
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Another one bites the dust…
It’s a little sad, yet another Linux holdout has fallen to the Microsoft world:
In some sense it’s probably a good thing – much as I like Linux, the world is run on Microsoft and getting used to its interface is probably more useful to children than Linux. On the other hand, a lot of servers run Linux and a Linux laptop would offer a lot more options to learn how to maintain these systems and possibly program. I could theoretically see “gcc” installed on a “100 Dollar Laptop”, but Visual Studio seems out.
It’s a bit sad that Microsoft can’t leave at least one market alone, and it’s hard to believe this isn’t “monopolistic” in some sense. Anyway, here’s another related post:
I realize it’s the way of things, but it does seem to close a lot of doors.
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How to disable graphical boot on Linux
On Fedora, edit “/etc/sysconfig/init” and set:
GRAPHICAL=no
Also edit “/boot/grub/grub.conf” and remove the “rhgb” option on kernel options line (“rhgb” standing for “Red Hat Graphical Boot”).
If you want to disable X11 automatic startup, change “/etc/inittab” default run level:
id:5:initdefault:
to:
id:3:initdefault:
You will then have to start X11 manually if you want to use X11.