Category: Tech

Solely out of curiosity, I decided to check up on the status of Slackware, my favorite Linux distribution, and see how far it […]

We were recently having a discussion on what business practices are haram (i.e. forbidden by Islam) and what aren’t and the discussion […]

I just sent a relatively harsh reply to a friend who had forwarded me a chain letter (the one about xyz company paying the […]

Zaeem Arshad gave an insightful presentation on the hazards of running open DNS servers. He talked extensively about how these can easily […]

One of the interesting topics under discussion here at SANOG was how to stop spam and spammers. Champika Wijayatunga from APNIC did […]

In a recent fit of rage (don’t ask why), I bombed both of my phones onto the hard cemented floor of my […]

I’m at SANOG 8’s second day. Listening to Zaeem’s talk about recursive DNS attacks. Am learning some very interesting and good stuff. […]

I just landed in Karachi a couple hours back to attend SANOG 8. SANOG, or “South Asian Network Operators Group”, “provides a regional forum […]

This article talks about how Linux distributions have improved in the area of out-of-the-box security. From the tests a group of researchers […]