Monthly Archives: April 2005

There is now a patch to support Server Name Indication in Mozilla!

So, I really try to avoid most political issues.. but Seriously, this is wrong. Quote from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050427-3.html : …. We need to get on a path away from the fossil fuel economy. …. And Later… Quote from http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/20050427-3.html : …. … Continue reading →

I have TLS 1.1 Server Name Indication working in mod_gnutls. What is Server Name Indication? When a client connects to a server using SSL, the server will send the Public Certificate to them. This enables them to actually decrypt the … Continue reading →

UMO uses browser detection to try to determine which version of some extensions you want to download. For example, the Enigmail Extension, you need a version for every OS, including Windows, Linux and OS X. Look at the Enigmail Page. … Continue reading →

I am fed up with people creating LIBRARIES and then licening them under the GPL. Please use the LGPL. Thanks. Todays disapointment was in regards to the Xapian search engine library. I am still trying to find a full text … Continue reading →

Ever Wondered how to panic a Linux Kernel? It is really easy. Here is your source code: Quote from panic.c: #define __NO_VERSION__ #include <linux/version.h> #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/module.h> int init_module(void) { panic(” insert lame excuse here”); return 0; } Then … Continue reading →

Christopher Baus has a great article on TCP_CORK. Hopefully this weekend I can do some tcpdump action on apache, and look at how much packet fragmentation there is, since Apache does not use TCP_CORK, but instead it only uses TCP_NODELAY, … Continue reading →

I released mod_gnutls today. I started hacking on the idea in August 2004, more than 7 months ago. This is the longest any of my open source modules have been under development without a release. mod_gnutls is an alternative to … Continue reading →