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by msturgill 6y ago
The Docker images are an option as well: https://hub.docker.com/r/certbot/certbot/
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Ask HN: “Next Generation” Free Cross-Platform Text and Code Editors
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by msturgill 12y ago
Windows Phone is not that bad. Google has done a good job trying to starve WP users of their services, but I think we can all survive without Hangouts (Telegram, etc) and Google Voice (who cares anymore) at this point.
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by msturgill 12y ago
The DNS traffic doesn't need to be secret ("encrypted"), it just needs to be authenticated (i.e. the payload has not been modified and there is a chain of trust). If a client is pre-seeded with trusted root keys, DNSSEC prote
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by msturgill 12y ago
Broadly? General MITM, Kaminsky, etc. DANE as an application of DNSSEC is interesting (and based on the recent string of editorials, contentious as well). Using DANE to constrain CAs could add an additional layer of protection against a rog
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by msturgill 12y ago
There are a lot of real problems that DNSSEC can help solve. However, it is important to note that DNSSEC and DANE are two different things. Much of the recent discussion here has lumped them together.
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by msturgill 12y ago
The author of this is missing the point of DNSSEC. They seem to be confusing DNSSEC and functionality that is possible with DNSSEC (DANE/TLSA). Not only that, they don't seem to fully understand DANE (there are modes that compleme
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by msturgill 12y ago
I think that description is pitching it as a tool for small businesses or development teams (that don't already know about ZNC, HexChat, irssi, weechat, freenode, etc).
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by msturgill 12y ago
You can find them even cheaper (~$30). Hackability is just icing on the cake.