SwiftOnSecurity
@SwiftOnSecurity
computer security person. former helpdesk.
Mystery solved!! Ubuntu 22.04 had an automatic update to systemd. This update restarted systemd that wiped IP rules and took down networking for Kubernetes infra. The update came out 9 June. 9-10 June dozens of services had big outages. Like Heroku: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-reliabil…
What is happening right now? ChatGPT/OpenAI outage for 3 hours Heroku down for 4 hours (even their status page is down!) NVIDIA dev docs as well (runs on Heroku) Pipedrive (CRM) issues for 4 hours What else is down… and are these connected? Something started 4 hours ago…
i wake up. something’s wrong with the clock on the wall. the numbers are jumbled. my hands aren’t right. i tell my wife. she responds: “that’s not just an observation—it’s a powerful insight.” i scream.
A Daily about women being purged from senior military leadership, and a remembrance of my mom (A3C, USAF) on her birthday. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Studies show that the most efficient and economical way to do this is a dedicated dehumidifier in a closet, no need to modify the HVAC system. It adds some heat, but the drier air is easier to cool, and you don't need to cool it as much to feel comfortable x.com/yoltartar/stat…
these graphs from a study in Houston TX by the brilliant folks at the Building Science Corporation the best-performing system (dehumidifier in attic) uses the same energy as a house with a conventional ac and the minimum insulation/sealing required by building code
Before AC, humid areas were hard to industrialize. The landscape could be fantastically productive bc of the abundant water, but humans evolved in a drier climate and we don't do as well. The major achievements of historically humid cultures tend to be great food and chill vibes
speaking as an actuary, i simply love the "you're on a 1-100 flood plain" and her asking "what year are we on?" just fantastic. you understand, intellectually, that basically no one can think statistically but seeing it in action like this is <chef's kiss>
This woman OWNS 37 acres of land. The government STILL told her she can’t put a tiny home on it. “I said, I own the land. It's massive. What's the problem?” Even when you own the land, the government still tries to tell you what you're allowed to do with it.
Sir, Japan has discovered the “what kind of…“ meme
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Most highly regulated international organizations still have on-prem SharePoint in a hybrid infrastructure. Same with .gov. The reason for this is due to data residency requirements for the vertical as well as Multi-GEO being incredibly difficult to implement in cloud.
Here’s your reminder not to touch things that might go boom, especially if you don’t know what they are. Mustard is insanely persistent and the blisters it causes are incredibly painful.
Over a century later WW1 is still making victims.
I wrote a great article all about this mobile-jon.com/2024/11/01/dee…
Just to clarify: If it doesn't enforce proxmity checks, it isn't actually a passkey (FIDO2) It may be possible to implement this wrong, but the specifications for hybrid transport explicitly calls out this risk as to why proof of proximity is required fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-v2.…
Just to clarify: this attack doesn’t work everywhere — here's when you're safe 👇 The phishing trick targets cross-device sign-in flows without strict proximity checks (like Bluetooth or local attestation). If your org enforces: ✅ Hardware keys plugged into the login device ✅…
"What's your favorite video game train?" GenX: Millennials:
A founding engineer? No I'm much higher up I'm a roofing engineer
Suspect most people aren't aware of just how long the Jones Act and its antecedents have been hurting the United States. So here's a 🧵 of people pointing out the failures and lunacy of US cabotage laws from at least a century ago.
The app for our in-house series of cafeterias. You can order there and eat on dinnerware, or order in the app and get everything in a pickup area. It's a very big return to office perk.
Why did the designers of networking use port numbers instead of payloads of JSON that just specified the intended service
The first time you EHLO and MAIL FROM:<[email protected]> and it shows up in your inbox it changes your life
Oh absolutely I did this telnet to 25 then EHLO and MAIL FROM: quite a lot around 2010 back when On Prem unauthenticated SMTP was the deal. I've sent emails with telnet 100% like you lol.