July 3, 2012
by Al
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In part three I covered how chains of trust could be used by a signing service. But what happens if there are multiple signing services? Is it possible to create an executable which would be trusted by both root keys?
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June 26, 2012
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In this part I will cover certificate chains, how to include them in an executable, and how this could be used. Remember that I’m not an expert on this stuff, and I am learning as I go.
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June 24, 2012
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In part one we learned how to set up an emulated UEFI system with Secure Boot capability. Next we need to know how to sign executables which will run on it.
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June 23, 2012
by Al
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There’s a lot of FUD going around about Secure Boot, but very few people seem to really understand how it works. I decided to learn the hard way: by actually trying to set it all up and see what it does.
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February 26, 2011
by Al
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If you’ve ever tried to watch a Youtube video in fullscreen on a Linux multihead desktop (especially with twinview), you’ve probably seen this bug. Read on for the explanation and fix.
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December 6, 2009
by Al
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It has long been known that commodity PC graphics cards can, with a custom modeline, generate an “almost” PAL video signal. You only need to use a simple sync converter to get a picture on most TV sets. This allows you to skip the TV out filter (if you even have one) and control the signal more or less however you want. I wondered if this would be good enough to feed a teletext signal into the TV set, and it turns out that it is.
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October 4, 2009
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This is Google Android 1.5 running on the Wizard, using the Linwizard kernel. This is rather out of date now, but you can try it yourself at Wing Linux.
May 16, 2009
by Al
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When using VirtualBox seamless mode and Compiz you may find that other windows from the host start to randomly disappear. This is a partial workaround.
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April 10, 2009
by Al
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The Netgear DG834 is an ADSL modem and router running embedded Linux. While it has many useful features, a few are missing. Luckily Netgear provides a firmware building kit that allows you to add in any features you need.
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