Untimely meditations

One man's thoughts, observations and rants

Author: Joop Beris

  • SSH brute force attacks

    SSH brute force attacks

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    Joop Beris
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    I run my weblog on my server, both out of  hobby and because it gives me complete control over the underlying operating system, available software and security mechanisms. As a result, I see all that goes on with this machine, both good and bad.

  • Mushrooms

    Mushrooms

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    Every year in the fall, I take my family out for a walk in the woods near our home, to look at the mushrooms that year. Here’s an impression from this year. As to the names of these mushrooms? Beats me, at least for most of them. I just like the way they look. and…

  • Let’s make this the march of our time

    Let’s make this the march of our time

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    Please consider donating to help Avaaz organise the biggest climate march ever. I did! In five weeks, our community is hitting the streets for the the biggest climate march in history. We will rally from Paris, where the world summit is happening, to Melbourne, to Sao Paulo, to Dhaka, and thousands of towns in between.…

  • Watch “Sam Harris – Morality and the Christian God” on YouTube

    Watch “Sam Harris – Morality and the Christian God” on YouTube

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    https://youtu.be/-i3mX0YRrjM

  • Why science does not disprove God

    Why science does not disprove God

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    On April 27, 2014, Amir D. Aczel published an article with the title in “Why science does not disprove God” in Time magazine. This article is a comment on that article because after reading it, I felt it contained several logical errors and unfounded assumptions.

  • Stand Up for Strong Security

    Stand Up for Strong Security

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    Certain factions within the US Congress and the FBI are insisting on the government requiring US technology companies to grant the government special access to devices and cryptographic measures. In essence, they are asking for US technology to be insecure by design. Adding a backdoor for US government agencies is possible but there are serious…