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Comment Re:OpenBSD (Score 2) 403

by grub on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:10PM (#48822715) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Migrating a Router From Linux To *BSD?

I should have added: If you are serious about your security, move your samba service inside to another box. Keep this machine as a device to move packets securely.

Comment OpenBSD (Score 3, Insightful) 403

by grub on Thursday January 15, 2015 @03:05PM (#48822639) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Migrating a Router From Linux To *BSD?

OpenBSD. Feel free to look at the others, just don't get distracted by shiny bells & whistles and GUIs and the like.
OpenBSD does what you want and does it very well.

Comment Thanks but no thanks. (Score 1) 553

by grub on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @06:43PM (#48814861) Attached to: SystemD Gains New Networking Features

I'm sticking with OpenBSD. At least with that OS, features are well thought out and not jammed into every release because "it's teh l337!"

Comment Re:Eh, minor bug (Score 1) 49

by grub on Friday January 09, 2015 @04:50PM (#48777847) Attached to: Glitch In OS X Search Can Expose Private Details of Apple Mail Users

This is about OSX mail, not iOS mail.

Comment Re:Mathematics (Score 1) 79

by grub on Friday January 09, 2015 @04:32PM (#48777717) Attached to: OpenBSD Releases a Portable Version of OpenNTPD

I have ten servers for which the 100 millisecond accuracy of OpenNTPD is perfectly fine.

That's nearly a tenth of a second!

Comment Well... (Score 0) 112

by grub on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @09:26PM (#48701101) Attached to: Over 78% of All PHP Installs Are Insecure

I guess the Perl-loving neckbeards at /. were right all along.

Comment Theo de Raadt (Score 4, Funny) 299

by grub on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @05:58PM (#48699611) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: The Beanies Return; Who Deserves Recognition for 2014?

Theo de Raadt for no other reason than he is Theo de Raadt.

Comment Re:May want a disclaimer here... (Score 5, Insightful) 304

by grub on Tuesday December 30, 2014 @05:53PM (#48699557) Attached to: Putting a MacBook Pro In the Oven To Fix It

This is all from memory, but as I recall, the actual problem is in the solder manufacturers are forced to use for ROHS compliance. It is less flexible than the old lead-tin solder of the olden days.

Comment Re:Someone has (Score 3) 270

by grub on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:50PM (#48575909) Attached to: Keurig 2.0 Genuine K-Cup Spoofing Vulnerability

We have refillable Keurig coffee cups and grind our own beans. Our own setup is virtually trash free other than the empty bags of beans.

Comment Re:Condirmed (Score 1) 105

by grub on Thursday December 11, 2014 @02:49PM (#48574685) Attached to: Canadian Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Warrantless Cellphone Searches

Harper is the finest PM this country has had in years.
I hope he gets another majority next election, too. Trudeau Jr. would bankrupt the country,

Comment Re:Could be a great update! (Score 0) 115

by grub on Thursday December 11, 2014 @09:06AM (#48571605) Attached to: FreeNAS 9.3 Released

I ran FreeNAS for ages and also moved to NAS4Free. Scanning over the changes I still don't see any compelling reason to switch back.

Comment Any one know? (Score 2) 222

by grub on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @07:47PM (#48568789) Attached to: Dad Makes His Kid Play Through All Video Game History In Chronological Order

I'd like to know how the kid fared on E.T. for the Atari 2600.

Comment Re:Don't laugh... (Score 1) 251

by grub on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @05:00PM (#48567371) Attached to: Peter Sunde: the Pirate Bay Should Stay Down

PVR hard disk is dying and I refuse to pay a bunch of money to Shaw for another. Easier to torrent/usenet TV shows and not have to suffer through commercials.

Comment Re:Don't laugh... (Score 1) 251

by grub on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:54PM (#48567327) Attached to: Peter Sunde: the Pirate Bay Should Stay Down

Thanks, forgot about that. Still, auto-torrenting to the server to the Y&R folder is just easier.

Comment Re:Don't laugh... (Score 1) 251

by grub on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @02:50PM (#48566043) Attached to: Peter Sunde: the Pirate Bay Should Stay Down

We're in Canada, CBS only works in the US. :(

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