Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Red Hat recently published a security patch that, thanks to the infamous Digital Millenium Copyright and Suppression of Free Speech Act can only be explained fully to people not within US borders. [Daypop Top 40] Red Hat has struck a small blow against the DMCA, by publishing a security patch which can only be explained fully to people who are not within US jurisdiction. The company's position here seems to be not altogether voluntary - according to a spokesman "it is bizarre, and unfortunately something Red Hat cannot easily do much about," but like it or not Red Hat has been recruited to the campaign to make the DMCA look ridiculous. 4:13:35 PM    Comments []

This is a really cool testing tool. Enter a URL and it will display the full HTTP headers returned by the server. Very useful to find why some page displays incorrectly - usually the server is returning a MIME type of text/plain instead of text/html. 1:01:04 PM    Comments []