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People are enamored with "cloud computing" these days.  It's featured in TV commercials, vendor certifications, magazine articles, and industry analyst research.  These hawkers commonly pitch "the cloud" as a magic solution for all your IT woes.  However, let's examine why the cloud is not a replacement for traditional data backup.

The Haskell based Snap Framework is now available via the OpenBSD ports tree.  If you enjoy writing your programs in Haskell, you now have a quick and convenient way to establish a base for web application development.  Follow these three simple steps to begin writing web applications and web services in Haskell.

Markus@ (OpenBSD developer) has just committed source code changes which disable version 1 of the OpenSSH application protocol. Old clients and servers that rely on protocol version 1 will no longer communicate with future versions of OpenSSH.

Virtual servers are more secure than real servers. This is a common fallacy. Even the VMWare About Us web page states "Customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green." I take issue with the phrase strengthen security and here is why. Security is reduced when servers are virtualized!

I completed an exhaustive search for software to manage my personal web site. I evaluated numerous blog engines, content management systems, web application frameworks, and Everything2. Here are the 10 reasons why I selected Movable Type for my site.

I've frequently witnessed load average used to argue a server needs faster CPU's. While load average is an interesting number, it is not the end all measure of a servers performance.

I received an ALIX 2D3 single board computer from my family for Christmas. Here is how I assembled and deployed it as a network firewall to secure my computers.