| Passwords |
[06 Jan 2007|06:52pm] |
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Yesterday I got myself a GPG key (0x62E0EB5F). It is a requirement for Fedora contributors now, so I have to. I used to have a key some years ago, but I forgot its pass-phrase.
Having gotten the key, I went wild encrypting everything on sight and generally cleaning stuff up. This laptop really needed it. For example, I am using a password for Mozilla now. Not sure how well Firefox encrypts, but better that than nothing. Also, I removed passwords from Gaim, because it had passwords for Gmail and LJ, with good potential for damage and mischief.
But I'm sure there's more. For example, Pan uses my ISP account password to access their Usenet server. I wish applications knew about some kind of key store or something, because hunting them down post-factum is a bit of a pain. At least I was careful never write or store my Kerberos password. It's one of the few passwords I remember, despite its length. During the cleanup I found 119 various passwords, so naturally it's impossible to remember them.
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| Curious Nonsense |
[06 Jan 2007|10:20pm] |
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Instigated by you know who, I borrowed a promotional DVD from my daughter, which she received with her Newtype USA. What can I say... That certainly was an energetic OP! Unfortunately, there was no Japanese track on the DVD. I hope it's not a portend of things to come.
Rejected captions:
- "You will never open that monkey mouth of yours again!"
- "Better than Lain and Black Lain"
- "I bet your name is Kui-no-chu!"
- "You are animated cheaper than I am, my headband retains its face at all times... impostor!"
White streaks are sparks flying off the swords.
{Update: She's wearing the collar. Ho-o-ly shit. I so watch this.}
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| Mugshot is incredibly fragile |
[06 Jan 2007|11:30pm] |
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I mean, fragile in its social arrangements. Here's one recent example: some wise guy added a feed of Fedora People to the group "Fedora". Now my stacker is full of undesirable material. My first reaction was to quit the Fedora group. My second reaction was to know who I have to thank for it. Surprise, surprise: it's impossible to tell. Moreover, members of the group are equal (and are impossible to eject, even for the original owner). So... the right course of action appears to be to kill the feed. They won't know who done it, and if they do, they won't be able to do anything about it. I am not a jerk enough to actually experiment with it, and the group is likely have someone who can access the Mugshot backend directy. But still... Long way to go, folks.
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