convergence notary
Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:14 - Daniel - Other - Comments (0)
Convergence is distributed replacement for the CA system used by SSL. Instead of trusting a central CA to validate sites it relies on (multiple) notaries to verify that you are seeing the same SSL cert as anyone else. A user can choose which notary he wants to trust, and a failing notary wont affect users that aren't using it. The convergence site as a good overview about the features of convergence. If you want a more detailed overview about convergence you can watch Moxie Marlinspikes talk on Black Hat 2011 about SSL And The Future Of Authenticity.
To use convergence you have to install the convergence Firefox add-on. Convergence replaces the SSL system in your browser and when you visit an SSL encrypted page it will validate the certificate using your trusted notaries.
My own notary is hosted on notary.pew.cc. If you have the Firefox add-on installed this link allows you to add my notary to your trusted notary list.
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Google+ invites
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:54 - Daniel - Other - Comments (0)
Here you go. Does anyone actually need them anymore?
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Do not buy: ChiliGREEN
Sat, 15 Jan 2011 12:01 - Daniel - Other - Comments (1)
I recently purchased a external USB 3.0 HDD. Unfortunately USB 3.0 doesn't seem to be totally stable yet and the drive kept disconnection and reconnection after some time. Basically, you could use the device, but since it disconnected after some time it was pretty inconvenient. Since it looked like a problem with the drive I RMA'd it back to ChiliGREEN.
After 2 weeks I got the drive back from ChiliGREEN. Instead of fixing it or replacing the whole drive, they opened the enclosure and just swapped in a new drive. Sure enought, the disconnection continued. Also, the drive has 2 screws on the back side that have to bee removed to open the enclosure. Well, ChiliGREEN managed to lose on of them and the head of the other one was completely destroyed. Also, the screwed it only half way in, so the enclosure wasn't event completely closed. I've never seen such a bad customer service job.
Verdict: Do not buy ChiliGREEN products ever again.
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fix you flattr installations
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:37 - Daniel - Other - Comments (0)
I don't care about it, but the fact that it ruins every second feed in my reader is highly annoying.
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OpenID Library
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:40 - Daniel - Other - Comments (0)
I didn't like any of the php libraries available from openid.net, so I wrote my own simple OpenID 2.0 client implementation. Tie library takes an OpenID identifier, trys to find to correct endpoint, sends to user to login and verifies the login when the user comes back. Everything is done without relying on other librarys or storing data on the server. See dev.pew.cc/wiki/openid for more information about the library.
Also, img.pew.cc now accepts OpenID logins. If you log in you can delete your images or edit the tags and browse all images you have uploaded with your OpenID account.
If you find bug in my OpenID library or on img.pew.cc you can create a ticket to let me know.
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