PSA: Cliff Stoll is not dead. AI hallucinations can say whatever they want, but the Kingpin of Klein Bottles and Captain of Cuckoo's Eggs is still alive and kicking.

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I still like emoticons ;)

I have Clifford Stoll to thank for introducing me to them via his book, "The Cuckoo's Egg" circa 1990.

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I first got exposed to emoticons in the early 90s reading Cliff Stoll's book "The Cuckoo's Egg." He refers to :-), and I was like, "WHOA, that's cool!" ;)

P.S., the Cuckoo's Egg was his term (actually his then-girlfriend's term) for what we now call a honeypot.

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Will Damron's read of the audiobook of Cliff Stoll's "The Cuckoo's Egg" is excellent.

While the book is required reading or listening as a historical record for anyone interested in Information Security, it's a thoroughly enjoyable thriller. Though much of the technology mentioned is familiar to folks who are thinking I'm about to call them old, it's unsurprising how much remains painfully pertinent today, yet pleasing how a few things have improved significantly given only a few decades.

While some library networks such as the DoD MWR will keep you waiting months for one of their few copies, Fairfax County has unlimited copies of the audiobook.

I hope @AndresFreundTec is keeping good notes on his adventures with xz/liblzma.

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The #xz news broke while I was at con and almost entirely offline, and what posts I’ve seen are technical enough that I haven’t _entirely_ understood it (I’m a fairly knowledgeable generalist geek, but no programmer), but I’m starting to get the impression that this is something along the lines of a modern version of #CliffStoll’s #CuckoosEgg? One person finds a tiny flaw that, once dug into, becomes a big “holy shit this is bad” realization?
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