Weekly Digest – Week 32, 2020
Troy Hunt is making HIBP codebase open-source
The web security expert opens the code of Have I Been Pwned to the public.
[PDF] Zero Downtime releases
The paper shows how the Zero Downtime Release framework allows frequent updates without disrupting the end-user experience.
Nice collection of Command line tools
This blog post presents some alternatives to existing command-line tools, all written in Rust.
DeGoogle my life
Google services are omnipresent in the (digital) life of most of us. And it won’t get easier to change this anytime soon.
[PDF] NSA: Limiting Location Data Exposure
Spoiler: Location can often be determined even if cellular is turned off.
Request for Comments: Still relevant today
In this article, Steve Crocker, author of the first RFC, writes about the ARPANET history and the origin of RFCs.
Open Source Security Foundation
The OpenSSF is a cross-industry collaboration that brings together leaders to improve the security of open source software (OSS) by building a broader community, targeted initiatives, and best practices
Initial members are GitHub, Google, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, NCC Group, OWASP Foundation, and Red Hat.
Linux 5.8 released
Outside of the networking stuff, it’s mostly various small driver fixes (gpu, rdma, sound and pinctrl being much of it), and some minor architecture noise (arm, x86, powerpc).
Stack Exchange Performance Stats
Interesting Stack Exchange performance data. Less resource-hungry than I thought, especially for a stack that is based on Microsoft technology.