Daily Shaarli
January 30, 2022
Life is to short to use dated cli tools that suck
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CfP for the Grazer Linuxtage 2022 is open until February 20th. They try to turn GLT22 into an on-site event again.
PolKit, which provides methods for nonprivileged processes to interact with privileged ones, has been assigned CVE-2021-4034 and dubbed “PwnKit.”
PolKit 🇬🇧 (oder in der langen Form: PolicyKit) ist ein im Hintergrund laufender Dienst, der es erlaubt, Berechtigung für die Nutzung von Systemkomponenten und Software festzulegen.
So kann mittels PolKit z.B. festgelegt werden, dass beim Aufruf eines Programms nach dem Passwort eines Nutzer mit Root-Rechten gefragt wird, auch wenn das Programm nicht mittels sudo oder pkexec gestartet wurde. PolKit ist auch in Werkzeuge der Systemverwaltung von GNOME integriert. Dies ist daran zu erkennen, dass bei vielen Anwendungen nicht mehr das Root-Passwort beim Start der Anwendung abgefragt wird, sondern dass die Anwendung durch einen
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ssh-audit is a tool for ssh server auditing.
Features
SSH1 and SSH2 protocol server support;
grab banner, recognize device or software and operating system, detect compression;
gather key-exchange, host-key, encryption and message authentication code algorithms;
output algorithm information (available since, removed/disabled, unsafe/weak/legacy, etc);
output algorithm recommendations (append or remove based on recognized software version);
output security information (related issues, assigned CVE list, etc);
analyze SSH version compatibility based on algorithm information;
historical information from OpenSSH, Dropbear SSH and libssh;
no dependencies, compatible with Python 2.6+, Python 3.x and PyPy;Want to make your Linux desktop lit? You need aafire. It is a terminal-based utility that starts an ASCII art fire right inside your terminal. Although you won't physically feel the heat aafire brings to the table, it's definitely a "cool" Linux program to have on your system.
I have identified two important kinds of value judgment - important vs. unimportant, and success vs. failure. I have showed how these judgments are made by our existing code highlighting themes: comments are hidden as unimportant, and deletions are displayed as errors. These judgments intrude on and influence our own thoughts and judgments. Further, I demonstrate that the judgments made by our existing color themes are the polar opposite of those that we wish to convey: comments are important, and deletion is neither dangerous nor improper. I suggest historical explanations for our current situation, and show that rectifying it is actually extremely easy.