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   4                 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from February 2014</title>
   5                 <description>Entries from February 2014</description>
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  10                 <title>Lenker for 2014-02-28</title>
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  13                 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
  14                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Her er noen lenker til tekster jeg har satt pris på å lese de siste
  15 månedene.  Det er mye om varsleren Edward Snowden, som burde få all
  16 hjelp, støtte og beskyttelse Norge kan stille opp med for å ha satt
  17 totalitær overvåkning på sakskartet, men også endel annet
  18 tankevekkende og interessant.&lt;/p&gt;
  19
  20 &lt;ul&gt;
  21
  22 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-21
  23 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/nyheter/thomas_drake/nsa/overvakning/snowden/30925886/&quot;&gt;-
  24 NSA tenker som Stasi&lt;/a&gt; - Dagbladet.no&lt;/li&gt;
  25
  26 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-19 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagensit.no/article2732734.ece&quot;&gt;-
  27 Staten har ikke rett til å vite alt om deg&lt;/a&gt; - DN.no&lt;/li&gt;
  28
  29 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-21
  30 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/nyheter/krig_og_konflikter/politikk/utenriks/30961126/&quot;&gt;Nye
  31 mål for NSAs spionasje avslørt&lt;/a&gt; - Dagbladet.no&lt;/li&gt;
  32
  33 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-19
  34 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/19/nyheter/nsa/usa/politikk/barack_obama/30918684/&quot;&gt;«NSA
  35 bør fjernes fra sin makt til å samle inn metadata fra amerikanske
  36 telefonsamtaler»&lt;/a&gt; - Dagbladet.no&lt;/li&gt;
  37
  38 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-18
  39 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/18/kultur/meninger/hovedkronikk/debatt/snowden/30901089/&quot;&gt;Etterretning,
  40 overvåking, frihet og sikkerhet&lt;/a&gt; - Dagbladet.no&lt;/li&gt;
  41
  42 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-17
  43 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/verden/snowden-vil-ha-asyl-i-brasil-1.11423444&quot;&gt;Snowden
  44 angriper USA i åpent brev&lt;/a&gt; - nrk.no&lt;/li&gt;
  45
  46 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-17
  47 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/925820/rettslig-nederlag-for-etterretning&quot;&gt;Rettslig
  48 nederlag for etterretning&lt;/a&gt; - digi.no&lt;/li&gt;
  49
  50 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-21
  51 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dagbladet.no/2013/12/21/kultur/meninger/hovedkommentar/kommentar/etterretning/30963284/&quot;&gt;Truende
  52 nedkjøling&lt;/a&gt; - dagbladet.no&lt;/li&gt;
  53
  54 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-20
  55 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Matematikk-og-forstaelse-7411849.html&quot;&gt;Matematikk
  56 og forståelse&lt;/a&gt; - aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
  57
  58 &lt;li&gt;2013-10-20
  59 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/viten/ny-studie_sovn-reinser-hjernen-var-1.11306106&quot;&gt;Vi
  60 søv for å reinse hjernen vår, ifølgje ny studie&lt;/a&gt; - nrk.no&lt;/li&gt;
  61
  62 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-11
  63 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nrk.no/buskerud/julebaksten-i-vasken-1.11410033&quot;&gt;Rotterace
  64 i kloakken&lt;/a&gt; - nrk.no&lt;/li&gt;
  65
  66 &lt;li&gt;2013-12-30
  67 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Apne-brev-og-frie-tanker-7413734.html&quot;&gt;Åpne
  68 brev og frie tanker&lt;/a&gt; - aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
  69
  70 &lt;li&gt;2014-01-12
  71 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/viten/Stopp-kunnskapsapartheidet-7428229.html&quot;&gt;Stopp dagens kunnskapsapartheid!&lt;/a&gt; - aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
  72
  73 &lt;li&gt;2014-01-09
  74 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/EU-rapport-Britisk-og-amerikansk-overvaking-ser-ut-til-a-vare-ulovlig-7428933.html&quot;&gt;EU-rapport:
  75 Britisk og amerikansk overvåking ser ut til å være ulovlig&lt;/a&gt; -
  76 aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
  77
  78 &lt;li&gt;2013-10-23 Professor Jan Arild Audestad
  79 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/924008/advarer-mot-konspirasjonsteori&quot;&gt;Advarer
  80 mot konspirasjonsteori&lt;/a&gt; i digi.no og sier han ikke tror NSA kan
  81 avlytte mobiltelefoner, mens han noen måneder senere forteller:&lt;/li&gt;
  82
  83 &lt;li&gt;2014-01-09
  84 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/--Vi-ble-presset-til-a-svekke-mobilsikkerheten-pa-80-tallet-7410467.html&quot;&gt;-
  85 Vi ble presset til å svekke mobilsikkerheten på 80-tallet&lt;/a&gt; -
  86 aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
  87
  88 &lt;li&gt;2014-02-12
  89 &lt;a href=&quot;http://tv.nrk.no/program/koid20005814/et-moete-med-edward-snowden&quot;&gt;Et
  90 møte med Edward Snowden&lt;/a&gt; - intervju sendt av nrk, tilgjengelig til
  91 2015-01-31&lt;/li&gt;
  92
  93 &lt;li&gt;2014-02-17
  94 &lt;a href=&quot;http://politiken.dk/debat/profiler/jessteinpedersen/ECE2210356/litteraturredaktoeren-helle-thornings-tavshed-om-snowden-er-en-skandale/&quot;&gt;Litteraturredaktøren:
  95 Helle Thornings tavshed om Snowden er en skandale&lt;/a&gt; -
  96 politiken.dk&lt;/li&gt;
  97
  98 &lt;li&gt;2014-02-21
  99 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/Bra-a-ha-en-Storebror-7476734.html&quot;&gt;Bra å ha en «Storebror»&lt;/a&gt; - aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
 100
 101 &lt;li&gt;2014-02-28
 102 &lt;a href=&quot;http://johnchristianelden.blogg.no/1393536806_narkotikasiktet_stort.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Narkotikasiktet
 103 Stortingsmann&quot; - Spillet bak kulissene&lt;/a&gt; - John Christian Eldens
 104 blogg&lt;/li&gt;
 105
 106 &lt;li&gt;2014-02-28
 107 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/Heksejakt-pa-hasjbrukere-7486283.html&quot;&gt;Heksejakt
 108 på hasjbrukere&lt;/a&gt; - aftenposten.no&lt;/li&gt;
 109
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 115                 <title>New home and release 1.0 for netgroup and innetgr (aka ng-utils)</title>
 116                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_home_and_release_1_0_for_netgroup_and_innetgr__aka_ng_utils_.html</link>
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 118                 <pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
 119                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, I wrote a GPL licensed version of the netgroup and
 120 innetgr tools, because I needed them in
 121 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skolelinux.org/&quot;&gt;Skolelinux&lt;/a&gt;.  I called the project
 122 ng-utils, and it has served me well.  I placed the project under the
 123 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hungry.com/&quot;&gt;Hungry Programmer&lt;/a&gt; umbrella, and it was maintained in our CVS
 124 repository.  But many years ago, the CVS repository was dropped (lost,
 125 not migrated to new hardware, not sure), and the project have lacked a
 126 proper home since then.&lt;/p&gt;
 127
 128 &lt;p&gt;Last summer, I had a look at the package and made a new release
 129 fixing a irritating crash bug, but was unable to store the changes in
 130 a proper source control system.  I applied for a project on
 131 &lt;a href=&quot;https://alioth.debian.org/&quot;&gt;Alioth&lt;/a&gt;, but did not have time
 132 to follow up on it.  Until today. :)&lt;/p&gt;
 133
 134 &lt;p&gt;After many hours of cleaning and migration, the ng-utils project
 135 now have a new home, and a git repository with the highlight of the
 136 history of the project.  I published all release tarballs and imported
 137 them into the git repository.  As the project is really stable and not
 138 expected to gain new features any time soon, I decided to make a new
 139 release and call it 1.0.  Visit the new project home on
 140 &lt;a href=&quot;https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/&quot;&gt;https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/&lt;/a&gt;
 141 if you want to check it out.  The new version is also uploaded into
 142 &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/ng-utils.html&quot;&gt;Debian Unstable&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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 147                 <title>Testing sysvinit from experimental in Debian Hurd</title>
 148                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Testing_sysvinit_from_experimental_in_Debian_Hurd.html</link>
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 150                 <pubDate>Mon, 3 Feb 2014 13:40:00 +0100</pubDate>
 151                 <description>&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I decided to try to help the Hurd people to get
 152 their changes into sysvinit, to allow them to use the normal sysvinit
 153 boot system instead of their old one.  This follow up on the
 154 &lt;a href=&quot;https://teythoon.cryptobitch.de//categories/gsoc.html&quot;&gt;great
 155 Google Summer of Code work&lt;/a&gt; done last summer by Justus Winter to
 156 get Debian on Hurd working more like Debian on Linux.  To get started,
 157 I downloaded a prebuilt hard disk image from
 158 &lt;a href=&quot;http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz&quot;&gt;http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hurd-i386/current/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz&lt;/a&gt;,
 159 and started it using virt-manager.&lt;/p&gt;
 160
 161 &lt;p&gt;The first think I had to do after logging in (root without any
 162 password) was to get the network operational.  I followed
 163 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-install&quot;&gt;the
 164 instructions on the Debian GNU/Hurd ports page&lt;/a&gt; and ran these
 165 commands as root to get the machine to accept a IP address from the
 166 kvm internal DHCP server:&lt;/p&gt;
 167
 168 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
 169 settrans -fgap /dev/netdde /hurd/netdde
 170 kill $(ps -ef|awk &#39;/[p]finet/ { print $2}&#39;)
 171 kill $(ps -ef|awk &#39;/[d]evnode/ { print $2}&#39;)
 172 dhclient /dev/eth0
 173 &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 174
 175 &lt;p&gt;After this, the machine had internet connectivity, and I could
 176 upgrade it and install the sysvinit packages from experimental and
 177 enable it as the default boot system in Hurd.&lt;/p&gt;
 178
 179 &lt;p&gt;But before I did that, I set a password on the root user, as ssh is
 180 running on the machine it for ssh login to work a password need to be
 181 set.  Also, note that a bug somewhere in openssh on Hurd block
 182 compression from working.  Remember to turn that off on the client
 183 side.&lt;/p&gt;
 184
 185 &lt;p&gt;Run these commands as root to upgrade and test the new sysvinit
 186 stuff:&lt;/p&gt;
 187
 188 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
 189 cat &gt; /etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list &amp;lt;&amp;lt;EOF
 190 deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main
 191 EOF
 192 apt-get update
 193 apt-get dist-upgrade
 194 apt-get install -t experimental initscripts sysv-rc sysvinit \
 195     sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils
 196 update-alternatives --config runsystem
 197 &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 198
 199 &lt;p&gt;To reboot after switching boot system, you have to use
 200 &lt;tt&gt;reboot-hurd&lt;/tt&gt; instead of just &lt;tt&gt;reboot&lt;/tt&gt;, as there is not
 201 yet a sysvinit process able to receive the signals from the normal
 202 &#39;reboot&#39; command.  After switching to sysvinit as the boot system,
 203 upgrading every package and rebooting, the network come up with DHCP
 204 after boot as it should, and the settrans/pkill hack mentioned at the
 205 start is no longer needed.  But for some strange reason, there are no
 206 longer any login prompt in the virtual console, so I logged in using
 207 ssh instead.
 208
 209 &lt;p&gt;Note that there are some race conditions in Hurd making the boot
 210 fail some times.  No idea what the cause is, but hope the Hurd porters
 211 figure it out.  At least Justus said on IRC (#debian-hurd on
 212 irc.debian.org) that they are aware of the problem.  A way to reduce
 213 the impact is to upgrade to the Hurd packages built by Justus by
 214 adding this repository to the machine:&lt;/p&gt;
 215
 216 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
 217 cat &gt; /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hurd-ci.list &amp;lt;&amp;lt;EOF
 218 deb http://darnassus.sceen.net/~teythoon/hurd-ci/ sid main
 219 EOF
 220 &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 221
 222 &lt;p&gt;At the moment the prebuilt virtual machine get some packages from
 223 http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian, because some of the packages in
 224 unstable do not yet include the required patches that are lingering in
 225 BTS.  This is the completely list of &quot;unofficial&quot; packages installed:&lt;/p&gt;
 226
 227 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;pre&gt;
 228 # aptitude search &#39;?narrow(?version(CURRENT),?origin(Debian Ports))&#39;
 229 i   emacs                   - GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
 230 i   gdb                     - GNU Debugger
 231 i   hurd-recommended        - Miscellaneous translators
 232 i   isc-dhcp-client         - ISC DHCP client
 233 i   isc-dhcp-common         - common files used by all the isc-dhcp* packages
 234 i   libc-bin                - Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries
 235 i   libc-dev-bin            - Embedded GNU C Library: Development binaries
 236 i   libc0.3                 - Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
 237 i A libc0.3-dbg             - Embedded GNU C Library: detached debugging symbols
 238 i   libc0.3-dev             - Embedded GNU C Library: Development Libraries and Hea
 239 i   multiarch-support       - Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibilit
 240 i A x11-common              - X Window System (X.Org) infrastructure
 241 i   xorg                    - X.Org X Window System
 242 i A xserver-xorg            - X.Org X server
 243 i A xserver-xorg-input-all  - X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
 244 #
 245 &lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 246
 247 &lt;p&gt;All in all, testing hurd has been an interesting experience. :)
 248 X.org did not work out of the box and I never took the time to follow
 249 the porters instructions to fix it.  This time I was interested in the
 250 command line stuff.&lt;p&gt;
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