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You Had Me At EHLO... with Dylan Beattie
03 Oct 2024
00:46:05
Join Ned and Chris in this episode of Chaos Lever, where they explore the fascinating and sometimes bizarre history of email and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Special guest Dylan Beattie, software development consultant and creator of the Rockstar programming language, shares his insights on how email evolved from early telegraph systems to the global communication tool we rely on today.
**Key Topics Covered:** - The origins of SMTP and email's predecessor, telegraph systems - Why email became the default communication tool, despite its flaws - The first spam email and its lasting legacy - The quirks and limitations of SMTP, including its security flaws - Modern efforts to secure email with protocols like SPF, DKIM, and DMARC
If you're a fan of tech history, email protocols, or just enjoy hearing about the wild west days of the internet, this episode is for you!
Tech News of the Week - 09/30/2024
01 Oct 2024
00:10:01
In this episode, we discuss how Google is improving Android security with Rust, significantly reducing memory-related vulnerabilities and enhancing developer productivity. We also dive into NIST's latest revision of its Digital Identity Guidelines, a crucial standard for protecting digital identities. Next, we explore the ongoing feud between WP Engine and Matt Mullenweg, which is impacting WordPress users. Finally, we touch on the latest legal development where authors suing OpenAI are granted access to the company’s training data for inspection.
Links: - Android Is Gathering Rust: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/google_rust_safe_code_android/ - NIST Releases Second Draft Revision 4 of Digital Identity Standard: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-63-4.2pd.pdf - WP Engine Spat with Matt Mullenweg Prat: https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/wordpress-org-bans-wp-engine-blocks-it-from-accessing-its-resources/ - OpenAI’s Training Data To Be Made Available To Search By Authors Who Are Suing Them: https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/openai_training_data_author_copyright_case/
Talk QWERTY to Me: A Keyboard History Lesson
29 Aug 2024
00:35:56
Ned and Chris cover quirky keyboard history, from missing keys and ThinkPad debacles to vintage typewriters and relic keys like Sys Rq and Scroll Lock.
Mo Keys Mo Problems
Ned and Chris explore the quirks of keyboards, starting with the irritation of missing home and end keys and the infamous ThinkPad function/control key switch. They journey back to typewriters of the late 1800s, like the Remington which gave us the QWERTY layout, and poke fun at old-school innovations like the shift key and tab key. The chat then shifts to terminal keyboards and early computers like the PDP-1, with its own peculiar keys. The guys also cover obsolete keys like Sys Rq, Pause/Break, Scroll Lock, and Num Lock, showing how they’ve become relics in today’s tech world.
ReiserFS In Decline
[CL74]
19 Sep 2023
00:37:09
ReiserFS In Decline
Episode: 74
Published: 9/19/2023
ReiserFS filesystem is being deprecated in Linux ��� wait��� explain all of those words to me
Well, ok, it���s not deprecated yet. It���s been marked ���obsolete.��� And it���s the end of a crazy tale that is a lot about technology in the early phases of Linux becoming mainstream, and also a liiiiiiiittle bit about, well. Let���s just say that there was some ���unpleasantness��� surrounding the namesake of the filesystem that greatly contributed to its downfall. But we���ll get to that.
Intro and outro music by Ned Bellavance copyright 2022
Opposite Day With Advertising Company Google
[CL73]
12 Sep 2023
00:29:38
Opposite Day With Advertising Company Google
Episode: 73
Published: 9/12/2023
Advertising Company Google Poops In Your Sandbox
It���s been a while since we really harped on the whole Advertising Company Google thing, and that���s because we���ve been busy watching Elon absolutely destroy what little good was in Twitter to begin with, observing Microsoft stomp the yard of infosec rakes so hard Sideshow Bob would be impressed, and of course complaining about kids these days and their AI web3 NFT drones. Or something.
But believe it or not, Google is still a gigantic company worth $1.72T, and the vast majority of their revenue and most of their profit comes from selling ads. Hence the moniker Advertising Company Google. Now that���s exhausting to type and say every time, so I���m just going to shorten it to Google, with the understanding that advertising company is implied. Savvy? Excellent.
Intro and outro music by Ned Bellavance copyright 2022
Spinning Rust Ain't Dead Yet
[CL72]
05 Sep 2023
00:42:17
Spinning Rust Ain’t Dead Yet
Episode: 72
Published: 9/5/2023
The Spinning Disk Hard Drive Is Dead; Long Live The Spinning Disk Hard Drive
This month saw Samsung announcing some frankly absurd upcoming SSD products. Among them are a 256TB SSD and a PBSSD solution that encompasses, you guessed it, petabyte-sized SSD solutions. These are obviously future looking, and heavily based in the datacenter. Not addressed at the event is why a consumer would want or need that kind of storage, nor the fact that the market barely has any options for said consumers at 4TB, let alone larger. Still, in the enterprise this is big news, and announcements like it have lead companies such as Pure Storage to announce the effective end of HDDs, or, in parlance, spinning rust, as soon as 2028.
Intro and outro music by Ned Bellavance copyright 2022
Exploring VMware, err, Explore
[CL71]
29 Aug 2023
00:38:53
Exploring VMware, err, Explore
Episode: 71
Published: 8/29/2023
Is VMware Still Relevant in 2023?
Last week was VMware Explore 2023, formerly known as VMworld. The conference was renamed in 2022 for��� reasons? For those of a certain age, i.e. me, VMware was a pivotal (no pun intended) technology that transformed our use of compute, storage, and networking in the data center. We talked a bit about VMware the company when the Broadcom acquisition was announced, but I thought it would be interesting to revisit the company and pontificate on its future.
Intro and outro music by Ned Bellavance copyright 2022
Software Licensing is BS...L
[CL70]
22 Aug 2023
00:35:27
Software Licensing is BS…L
Episode: 70
Published: 8/22/2023
HashiCorp Switches to BSL And I Hate Everyone and Everything
Well, maybe not everyone. This week we decided to do a little crossover episode with my other podcast Day Two Cloud. My cohost from the D2C pod, Ethan Banks, joins me and Chris to discuss the latest licensing changes over at HashiCorp.
Intro and outro music by Ned Bellavance copyright 2022
Tech News of the Week 08-27-24
27 Aug 2024
00:08:10
This week on Tech News of The Week, Ned and Chris cross their fingers that the latest version of Teams will actually work, “celebrate” the career (and retirement) of Azure Service Manager, sneak past the security flaws of Microsoft MacOS apps, and banter about the now-banned FTC non-compete ban.
Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022
Quantum Weirdness in Computing
22 Aug 2024
00:31:26
The guys explore SMTP fixes, quantum mechanics, and how quantum computing might disrupt encryption, plus IBM’s free quantum resources.
Bits, Quits, and Quantum Fits: The Mysteries of SMTP and Superposition
Ned and Chris dive back into the nightmare disaster hellscape that is SMTP and explore the band-aid solutions of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Then, they take on quantum mechanics and computing. After all, who doesn’t love a good brain-melting challenge? The guys also explore the wild world of qubits, superposition, and the potential future where quantum computing could make encryption as we know it obsolete. Plus, Chris gives a shout-out to IBM’s free quantum computing resources—because who wouldn’t want to dabble in quantum for fun?
Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022
Tech News of the Week 08-20-24
20 Aug 2024
00:09:43
This week on Tech News of The Week, Ned and Chris sit in the audience for Crowdstrike’s award acceptance speech, empathize with FAT32 as it packs on the pounds, take a front-row seat to the newest, largest data breach ever, and use quantum technology to tease ahead to this week’s episode of Chaos Lever.
Intro and outro music by James Bellavance copyright 2022
Bootstrappin' Boogie: Why Your Secure Boot Might Not Be So Secure
15 Aug 2024
00:30:36
Ned and Chris explore a newly discovered flaw in UEFI Secure Boot that’s led to a critical OEM blunder that allows rootkit attacks, and the only fix is a potentially daunting firmware update.
Secure Boot’s Achilles’ Heel
Ned and Chris dive into a freshly uncovered flaw in the Secure Boot process of PCs using UEFI firmware. They trace the evolution of boot processes from ENIAC’s manual grind to today’s automated systems, highlighting the crucial role of cryptographic keys in blocking unauthorized code. Along the way, they expose a serious blunder where some OEMs carelessly included untrusted platform keys in their UEFI firmware, opening the door to rootkit attacks. The fix? A firmware update—if you’re brave enough to handle it.