WMF PSA
January 3, 2006 3:10pm
Okay, last post today, but this one really is serious.
Hopefully by now, you have heard about this very bad WMF Vulnerability.
It’s _really_ bad. I’m not going to go into details, don’t worry.
Anyways, who knows when this will get patched by Microsoft, so the good guys at the SANS Internet Storm Center have gone ahead and created a patch.
Pretty much everyone recommends that you install it.
If you want to read more about it, feel free. There is plenty of coverage to go around .
I went ahead and mirrored the patch. Or you can get it from SANS. It’s small (only about 87k) and takes longer to download than to install.
If you’ll excuse me, I have to patch my office. I urge you to do the same to your systems.
Looney Tunes.
January 3, 2006 1:45pm
Wheee! Sleep-dep is fun!
Anyways kids, I have kicked asses, and subsequently jotted down the names that belong to said asses.
So now, some video clips that I just can’t stop watching. Chances are good that you have seen some or all of them (ad nauseum, perhaps), but come on, they’re great. Watch ‘em again.
Why Asian chicks rule.
Lazy Sunday: The Chronic(what)cles of Narnia.
Never Kiss a Man Wearing Boxing Gloves.
It’s Clear As Purple Crayon!.
It Rubs the Lotion on It’s Skin! Laa-dee-daa!.
I’m Wearing Boots of Escaping!.
The make-up sodomy’s the best part about being nailed to a gym floor!.
Ah dun care who ya are, that thar’s some funny stuff.
And yes, I refrained from linking to clips of the Star Wars Kid™ and the Numa Numa Kid™ because, quite frankly, don’t they have it bad enough luck as it is?
Grrrbiscuits and Praise.
January 3, 2006 3:49am
I’m still here at work.
I would like to take this moment to praise Spiralcom Communications for two reasons:
1) WinTAR-SCSI – A beautiful piece of software that makes it stupid easy to restore GNU tars from a tape on a Win32 box.
2) Their tech support. I apparently misplaced my serial number. Figuring it would be a shot in the dark, I fired them an email about an hour ago. Within 10 minutes, I had my serial. Bravo.
It is this kind of service and response that makes people like me ( you know, the sysadmin that stays up all night and day to get things back up and running ) happier and reassured.
So, my Gentoo Linux box is re-compiling, and my tape drive is in a Win32 box, having all the data restored from it.
Oh, and you other Gentooers out there – Here is a great resource for tried-and-true stable Stage1 CHOST and CFLAGS options, based on your proc.
And dammit, I’m hungry. Grrrbiscuits. New word – use it.
