https://kre80r.com/Rantings of an old geekHugoen-usTue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://kre80r.com/Congrats/Tue, 29 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://kre80r.com/Congrats/<p>Redirecting to <a href="https://therickroll.com">therickroll.com</a>.</p>https://kre80r.com/internet-of-minions/Sat, 15 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kre80r.com/internet-of-minions/<p><img src="https://kre80r.com/images/CuAcbo9WEAAt8Ly.jpg" alt="CuAcbo9WEAAt8Ly.jpg"></p> <p><strong>IoT</strong> (AKA internet-of-shit, AKA internet-of-hacked-things) has been in the spotlight for a while now after <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/09/krebsonsecurity-hit-with-record-ddos/">two</a> <a href="https://www.ovh.com/us/news/articles/a2367.the-ddos-that-didnt-break-the-camels-vac">consecutive</a> DDoS incidents where IoT devices were the source of the attack, just to state the problem is little bit older, many experts did warn about the situation, it started with a small impact, like a <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25780908">fridge sending spam</a> but now the situation is getting out of hand.</p>https://kre80r.com/Rise-of-the-machines/Sat, 19 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kre80r.com/Rise-of-the-machines/<p><img src="https://kre80r.com/images/20160319111303-RO_Haval_110922.jpg" alt="Robots assembling cars"></p> <p><strong>Disclaimer This is not about a &ldquo;Terminator&rdquo; type of event, like machines taking over the world , sorry sci-fi fans .</strong></p> <hr> <p>For more than a decade <strong>Automation</strong> meant something similar to the above photo, some robotic arms assembling car parts, that&rsquo;s what we call mechanical muscles.</p>https://kre80r.com/sysadmin-aphorisms/Sun, 28 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://kre80r.com/sysadmin-aphorisms/<p>Credit for those thoughts goes to : Steve Stady and Seth Vidal</p> <ol> <li> <p>do it the same, over and over and over again</p> </li> <li> <p>Backups are sacred! If you do not know if your backups are current, then test them by restoring the data and comparing.</p>