Sergey Beryozkin: Controlling Large Payloads in CXF
You may have already read that so called hash-collision attacks may affect many of the existing Web applications. A massive form, XML or JSON payload with specially constructed keys can be posted to...
View ArticleDavid Reid: Adding a RAID array
The home server (a Tranquil PC BBS2 as I wrote about before) started life with a 2 disk 250G RAID array and soon saw an additional 2 disk 1Tb array added. It’s done us well and just sits there purring...
View ArticleColm O hEigeartaigh: Security Token Caching in Apache CXF 2.6 - part II
This post is the second in a two-part series on how security tokens are cached in Apache CXF 2.6. Part I covered how UsernameToken nonces and Timestamps are cached to prevent replay attacks, using a...
View ArticleJames Duncan: How to Deviate from the Norm
Yesterday around noon CEDT found me in Frankfurt talking to a security person in front of the United check-in counter. You know, the one that swipes your passport, asks you if your luggage has been...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Original PoP disks recovered
I love this breathless re-telling of the story of Jordan Mechner recovering the original Apple II version of the Prince of Persia source from ancient archived floppies: The Geeks Who Saved Prince of...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: The Descriptive Camera
Here is a bit of oddly fascinating art: Descriptive Camera, by Matt Richardson. It lives somewhere in the swamp between technology, pop culture, and art. I think it's actually quite clever, although I...
View ArticleBruce Snyder: A Follow-Up on the Regenexx Stem Cell Procedure for my Knee
In my last post I talked about how I avoided another knee surgery by using an alternative treatment called Regenexx SD. Essentially the procedure extracts stem cells from my hips and injects them into...
View ArticleChristian Schneider: Apache Karaf and OSGi best practices talk at JUG Karlsruhe
Blog post edited by Christian Schneider Yesterday evening I did a talk about Apache Karaf and OSGi best practice together with Achim Nierbeck. Achim did the first part about OSGi basics and Apache...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Needed: more hours in the day
I just came across Justice with Michael Sandel. It looks quite interesting; now if I can just find the time...
View ArticleChristian Grobmeier: Dart vs Motörhead: The result and the slides
On tuesday (24.04.2012) I was guest of the Java User Group Saxony. I met nice people and was pretty impressed by the well done organization of this little event. Thanks to the JUG Saxony we could...
View ArticleTed Husted: Office Data Silos Considered Harmful
One of the great pleasures we have when rolling out Nimble AMS is rolling up a multitude of Excel Data Silos into a single, shareable, Enterprise database. When people learn about Salesforce CRM and...
View ArticleMatt Raible: Farewell to the 2011-2012 Ski Season
In 2011, I experienced the best ski season of my life. On the Thursday after ski season ended last year, I wrote: For next year, I think I'll keep my goal at 30 days. If everything works out as...
View ArticleJames Duncan: TEDxSummit Attendees
TEDxSummit attendees line a dune near Sealine, Qatar Posted by James Duncan Davidson.
View ArticleJames Duncan: Dunespotting
TEDxSummit attendees walking out on dunes near Sealine, Qatar Posted by James Duncan Davidson.
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Oracle/Google Java/Android trial is in full swing
I'm not really sure where is the best place to try to follow the trial. There is a lot of coverage, but in some ways it's surprising how little information is being released, as Paul Thurrott points...
View ArticleChris Hostetter: Once a Chump, Always a Chump
The first time I ever presented at an “International Tech Conference” was ApacheCon 2006 in Austin TX. Even though there were probably only ~200 people in the world who knew what Solr was at that...
View ArticleYoav Shapira: The Listserve so far
The Listserve is an interesting project: read the background. I think I was one of the first members due to an unlikely combination of circumstances, which doesn't belong in this blog post. It's been...
View ArticleTim Williams: Apache BarCamp DC - Join Us!
Registration is open and we're just over 3 weeks from the first ever Apache BarCamp Washington, D.C.! The [free] tickets are going fast and space is limited so if you haven't already, click on over to...
View ArticleBryan Pendleton: Precise Pangolin
Ubuntu 12.04 is here! Time to start reading all about it, including of course the release notes, and then I can plan my upgrades.
View ArticleChris Pepper: Skyrim Tips
Use the Wait button to detect nearby enemies -- if you can wait, the area is clear. Do not improve unimportant skills. Enemy toughness is based on your overall level. So, for instance, if you raise...
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