Category: cryptography

  • Some work on a VyOS image with Let’s Encrypt certs

    I put some packages together this weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve debuilt anything officially. libffi-platypus-perl libalien-base-perl libalien-ffi-perl libffi-checklib-perl libshell-config-generate-perl libshell-guess-perl The plan is to build a binding to the libgnutls.so.30 API. The certtool CSR (REQ) generation interface does not allow me to create a CRL with “not critical” attributes set on purposes. Maybe […]

  • LLC-Technologies-Collier/Demo-SCCC-Byte-AngularJS

    Hello dear readers and attendees, This is the post that I will be/ will have been referencing during my presentation to the Seattle Central Community College’s Byte club on Thursday, December 10th at 1500-1630. I will begin with a bit of an autobio and find out what kind of students we have in attendance. Please […]

  • Some statistics from the router at the cabin

    sip0 is a GRE tunnel between the router and the colo box in Seattle, the payload of which is encapsulated as ipsec traffic before being transmitted over the Ubiquity equipment to the switch that the CenturyLink DSL modem attaches to. I don’t get centurylink easter eggs in my search results when I use this interface. […]

  • False Positive

    Since a bit before my birthday this year, I have been uncertain where I left my notary seal. I have been trying to stay positive about the situation, but I must admit that I spent an unhealthy amount of time obsessing about its location and whether it has been used in my absence. The last […]

  • Trip Report: UW signing-party

    Dear Debian Users, I met last night with a friend from many years ago and a number of students of cryptography. I was disappointed to see the prevalence of black hat, anti-government hackers at the event. I was hoping that civilized humanity had come to agree that using cryptography for deception, harm to others and […]

  • Bitcoin WoT using PGP/SKS

    There was recently a post to the sks list prompting discussion regarding the use of PGP and SKS as a distributed web of trust for an alternative currency system called “Bitcoin.” This reminds me of a project I worked on in the early ’00s with the late Jeff Fairhall and Thomas Greco. Anyhow, I mumbled […]

  • Filing to become a licensed CA

    —–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 All Operative Personnel employed by Collier Technologies LLC, known here as the Certification Authority or CA, must also be licensed as notaries public by the local government where they reside during any act performed on behalf of the CA. In addition to passing the Washington State Operative Personnel Exam, all OPs employed by the CA will demonstrate their proficiency by a) creating a request for issuance as described in 19.34.210§1 RCW, known here as a Certificate Signing Request or CSR; and b) signing CSR from (a) with a private key issued by the Certification Authority; and c) publishing the public key corresponding to the CSR signed in (b) in a recognized repository as defined by 19.34.400 RCW While holding the position of Operative Personnel for the CA, the OP will a) utilize the private key corresponding to the CSR presented during the demonstration of proficiency exclusively b) not use the private key referenced in (a) for purposes other than those performed on behalf of the CA. All private key data controlled by the CA and all Operative Personnel must be a) stored on a solid-state device; and b) kept within a locked safe except while in use by OP acting on behalf of the CA. All solid-state devices containing private key data controlled by the CA and all Operative Personnel may only be used a) on a Trustworthy system, as defined in 19.34.020§43 RCW; and b) with a system which remains always disconnected from any computer network —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkwmPOMACgkQXKBS0hdr6UYPTwCglr89VbTlw/wPuLqihaduw8Cw z1gAnjwiDx47FTInVHBo9bo9VsVn/IDl =9oar —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–

  • PCRE support has hit quagga

    —–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 http://bugzilla.quagga.net/show_bug.cgi?id=483 Paul Jakma changed: What |Removed |Added – —————————————————————————- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED CC| |paul dishone st Resolution| |FIXED – — Comment #2 from Paul Jakma 2009-06-19 15:09:42 — I’ve pulled in the patch from Jeremy Jackson which, I understand, was based on this. This adds, at least for now, a […]