Das auto, das unerforschte wesen
nein, keine angst, ich bin weder umgestiegen noch durchgeknallt, sondern einfach nur ein wenig verwundert, welch unerforschtes wesen ein auto heutzutage noch immer sein muß! wie ich auf die idee komme? na, ganz einfach, seht euch mal die dosentreiber und vor allem treiberinnen an, wie die mit der blechkiste hantieren bzw. wie sie nicht hantieren, obwohl sie es […]
Apache 2.2.20 is out
As the bugfixed version 2.2.20 of the apache webserver hit the portage tree on gentoo, it’s safe to remove the security hacks which leaded to some uncool problems with Git. Finally things are going back to normal.
Apache 2.2 Bug
Todays issue did hit the apache 2.2 webserver while handling range requests. Range requests, according to HTTP 1.1 are not bad at all as they were used for resuming downloads in example. But where an overly wide range is requested from the server things lead to a crash in the server, which isn’t great at all. But sadly […]
Going online via the N900
Today I was on the road again, carrying my laptop with me. I had the need to go online with my laptop. Having my Nokia N900 with me, this shouldn’t be a problem, right? So my first step was connecting the devices via Bluetooth. The Assistant kicked in and anything looked like it would work – but somehow […]
IT changes
My current server, an old ancient IBM x345 does its job since more than 10 years now, working hard every day for serving this website, doing mail and a few other things. But by now it’s getting very old and I have to think of replacing it with something new. Some other reasons for doing so are noise, […]