Re: For the super paranoid

2017-03-11 Thread BiggRanger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRESOR A Linux kernel patch which provides CPU-only based encryption to defend against cold boot attacks on computer systems by performing encryption outside usual random-ac

Re: VAX - are we dropping support in 5.9?

2016-01-23 Thread BiggRanger
>>There hasn't been anything official. Vax is one of several architectures that Theo has had to stop building base >>snapshots for because the system is too unreliable / the hardware itself is unreliable / the hardware is dead. The >>last snapshot is dated Oct 31. I assume that sebastia@'s cess

Re: VAX donation request for package builds

2014-01-13 Thread biggranger
What happened to the original system? Completely fried, or is it fixable (power supply, RAM, ...)? On 1/13/2014 10:06 AM, Thomas wrote: Actually, I just spoke to one of my co-workers... he is an OpenBSD guy and he knows Theo and the location of the build hardware, so I've lined up someone to

Re: VAX donation request for package builds

2014-01-13 Thread biggranger
I just posted the original message to the comp.sys.dec list server. Hopefully someone there will have an extra system or 2 to donate. I've tried building (samba) on my MicroVAX 3100-40, but it is painfully-painfully slow. Do we have to have a VAX system to do builds on, or would it be possible