Well, sometimes there is no time to build an elaborate set of tracks. Today, I just made a simple loop for Clemens to play with before I had to leave:
Month: June 2009
In the wake of .org going signed, we finally have good data what that means for the authoritative nameservers. Duane gave a good talk at the recent NANOG event, showing the increase of TCP connections. So what is the problem? In a nutshell: Packet sizes. DNS responses containing the DNSSEC specific RRSETs are larger, and […]
Categories
FUD, the Microsoft way
Dear Microsoft, we all know that the “Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt”-strategy worked quite well against Linux and other threats to your Monopoly business. By why do you apply the same tactic towards a Windows user that simply wants to open a zip-file? (Translation: “This page contains an unspecified potential security risk. Do you want to […]
Almost whenever a security event involving Windows is featured on Slashdot or Heise, some Linux fanboys will invariably post their cocky “that would not have happened with Linux” messages. I start to see the same thing with DNS incidents and DNSSEC. This is just as childish and stupid, especially as the voices writing such notes […]
Categories
Diversions at work
Our office is at a busy intersection and sometimes this provides interesting views:
This time I tried something new: the goal was to build a track where the electric locomotive would pass over all pieces when set on the track. That goal is simple to reach by building a simple loop or anything else topologically isomorphic to a circle. Getting the same result with a lot of switches […]
Hannes and Evelyn are back in Vienna. We built this one together: