Security Engineer. I mostly post about IPv6 and pictures of my cats.
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2026-10-06T13:45:29Z Event JSON
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Last Notes npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Did anyone say IPv6-only couch gaming? :neocat_cool_fingerguns: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Trying to read the CA cert inclusion policy because of Today's Massive Security Problem #1 but the site is offline due to Today's Massive Security Problem #2 :blobcat_thisisfine: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex cursed technology of the day npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex No NAT November shaping up nicely this year :neocat_laptop: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex it's way easier than I thought to inject arbitrary data into a system using EFI vars :eyes_happy: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex the whole of the UK this week: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii... in a field npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex @nprofile…a2ht I moved my blog to a Wii one rainy weekend as a joke, but then people liked it so much I’m still running it like that over a year later… npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Still not 100% sold on #NixOS, but I guess this is how I do major version upgrades for my desktop now which is fun... :neocat_laptop: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex The UK NCSC are releasing some kind of inline display connection widget thing to “secure” HDMI and DisplayPort connections. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Real world implications of the OSA npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex The new "AI Kill Switch" in Firefox is a welcome addition, but did they really not hook this up to the Enterprise Policy framework? :neocat_scream: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Lazyweb: Does anyone have a good FreshRSS client for iOS that actually acts as a client? npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex @nprofile…ml9f I don’t use enough Bazzite on desktop but I maintain the Quickemu package in Fedora and have been using it with `rpm-ostree install quickemu` successfully on Silverblue for quite some time. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex excellent :blobcat_thisisfine: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Oooh the CLAT for Windows is in Private Preview :neocat_laptop_owo: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex cursed server upgrade time :neocat_googly: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex average cat bed purchasing experience npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex uk-wii-1 still up and working on my bookshelf npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Thought my Wii-based webserver had broken while I wasn't around to fix it. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Switch 2 has a working #IPv6 stack it seems, according to Reddit. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex @nprofile…uy6d 👀 interesting. Should be working. The v4 frontend is just a redirect to the v6 backend so if either works then the v6 is working. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex #caturday vibes npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Framework's diagnostic LED sequence design is a wonderfully human piece of engineering. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex @nprofile…xlhv @nprofile…xr5k Did somebody say Wii cluster? npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex I’ve always felt the world needs more extremely indignant sounding error messages like this npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Fantastic news — npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex please don't judge my terrible cable management I promise it's a work in progress :blobnervous: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Finally found a useful application for a smart speaker! npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex My assistant is honestly not being particularly helpful npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex An #ageverification story in two parts npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Off-grid mesh networking never looked so adorable npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Do I know any #Fedora developers or package maintainers at #38c3 who might be willing to chat and help sponsor my first package? npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex If you've deployed an IPv6-only or IPv6-mostly network and you're having issues with Apple devices 'forgetting' they have DNS servers after they've been in sleep mode, I described the bug and some workarounds in this post since I haven't seen anyone else do it yet: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex "It's devastating to just... turn it off... but this is what the Act forces a sole individual running so many social websites for a public good to do." npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Hugs of Death: How should we think about resilience in the IndieWeb? npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex I think there's definitely room in the fediverse for a 'Documentation Examples That Look Like Shitposts' bot. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex I took @nprofile…0tvd's 'No NAT November' challenge and switched my network to IPv6-only! :blobcat_thisisfine: npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex Today’s project - finally giving Home Assistant a proper try. npub1f33tc4gp08g0jy9mac4f8anmfh8w8ugr7mpvg3ta9e78ha5r6jkqwj6udj Alex @npub1r9s…xge4 I’m guessing there’s no EMF-IX this year. Any plans for a 2026 revival?
