I miss Adrian Colyer's "The Morning Paper" where he discussed one research paper per day - it was a great read and I learned a lot. I'll probably never be able to match his quality and throughput, but I actually do read papers (or, more lazily, watch their presentations) and wanted to keep up Adrian's … Continue reading OPAW: Fuzzy Extractors are Practical
Category: security
Running clamav in Docker under Linux
Update 2023.10.20: there is a newer version on Github [3] I'm running ClamAV [1] on an Ubuntu 18.04 server in Docker and wanted to document, for posteriority and my own dementia, the setup process and considerations. Thankfully there is an official (?), well-maintained ClamAV image on Docker hub. ClamAV can run stand-alone or as a … Continue reading Running clamav in Docker under Linux
Building the perfect, cheap DIY NAS
This post was extensively discussed on Hacker News.Alex Buznik, nas.net.ua kindly provided a two-part Russian translation: part1 and part2. This post discusses hardware considerations, installing Linux, setting up software RAID, robustness and dealing with data corruption. I've been running for a decade a self-built NAS at home, so I thought I'd write down my experience … Continue reading Building the perfect, cheap DIY NAS
Azure diaries: can’t access KeyVault
Context: as a tenant administrator you can't inspect KeyVault contents created by other people ("you are unauthorized to view these contents"). Solution: assign yourself appropriate permissions like this: Locate the KeyVault in the Azure portal: go to "Access policies"click "+Add Access Policy"Key permissions: everything under "Key Management Operations" and "Cryptographic Operations"Accordingly for key and certificate … Continue reading Azure diaries: can’t access KeyVault
Case study: scalable, extensible identity provider
Slides for a scalable, robust OIDC identity provider with an extensible architecture.

