#BinaryBlob

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-05-16

#CXL sounds really cool as a #RAM #expansion.

That being said #Enterprise #Database users that have to deal with #BinaryBlob garbage like #SAP or god forbid #Oracle will love it to save #LicensingCosts as they don't need to get #MultiSocket systems for that...

  • Espechally since it doesn't count against the RAM limits of the #CPU!
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-02-05

@valpackett @elly @CommieGIR @marcan and then people woubder why #RaspberryPi owns the #ARM-#SBC market, cuz whilst their #BinaryBlob approach of bootcode.bin isn't cool, they at least give people proper documentation to the point that one can build i.e. @OS1337 for it and have it boot within very few attempts.

2024-09-13

Binary Blobs imply the existence of Non-binary blobs.

#FOSS #BinaryBlob #NonBinaryBlob #:Gaysper_Enby:

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-08-09

@Kensan @marcel @adfichter Das kommt hinzu...

Ich persönlich bin ja dafür dass #CCSS eine strikte #Produkthaftung befolgen müssen - inklusive #Versicherung für #Folgeschäden und Schadensersatzansprüche...

  • Bei #FLOSS würde ich dies nicht einsehen weil diese ja kostenlos und ohne Haftung angeboten wird - bei CCSS gibt es keinen rationalen Grund dies zu erlauben!

Ohnehin gehört #Govware wie #Windows und #Scareware wie #CrowdStrike und der ganze andere "#Antivirus" - #Malware verboten, weil alles was #Binaryblob-#Kernelhacks erzeugen ist Mist!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-07-20

@Cappyjax @WB2EEE @Zugschlus @elly

I disagree with your assessment to some extent, as on #Linux there's not much of a tolerace or even acceptance of #rootkits like #CorwdStrike for all the right reasons!

  • #Scareware like that has no legitimate reason to exist and the only place I've seen that is on #Windows because people distrusting #WindowsDefender and thus #Microsoft are unwilling to to what is evidently the correct solution and yeet Windows for good.

Cuz it's not about #Fanboyism, but a fact that most Windows - #Sysadmins (or rather decisionmakers for that matter) seem to be high on #Copium and refuse to take actual #consequences but accept the #Enshittification as a fact of life when it's not...

  • Or am I the only one who remembers the rightful backclash when #ads were shoved into #Ubuntu whilst on #Windows11 and #Windows10 people just seem to shrug their shoulders?

It's just that this entire shitshow would not have happened on #Linux because here we don't have an entire ecosystem of #ValueRemoving "#AntiVirus" bs being shoved on Desktops and Servers in the form of #Binaryblob #Kernelhacks!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-07-20

@Zugschlus @elly I sincerely disagree because on #Linux there is neither need nor demand for #Scareware like #CrowdStrike and even then noone should allow such garbage in their systems as a #rootkit!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-07-01

@SweetAIBelle thanks!

That's exactly what I was looking for - tho I've to also find the #WindowsXP drivers since #WindowsVista really feels garbage on these machines...

Either way, I think that both the #EeePC701 and #Vaio #P11Z would greatly benefit from being rereleased with a new, #IntelAtom / #CeleronJ / #N100-based Mainboard and other updated components that make then quieter, more power saving and way faster...

If I had the money I would've likely completed the #NUCbook and just go with a chonky machine...
github.com/kbtechnologies/NUCb

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-06-24

@nbloglinks @jos1264 @bsi generally you can't trust any #DigitalSnakeoil delers aka. 3rd Party #Antivirus for #Windows and #macOS!

As both OSes are proprietary, said "Antivirus" are ugly #BinaryBlob #Kernelhacks!

If you don't trust #Microsoft and #Apple.respectably to maintain their OSes and keep them secure, then DON'T USE SAID OS!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-05-11

@Szwendacz I think #Antivirus and #Malware protection should be the sole responsibility of the #maintainer of said #OS / #Distro!

And I'd happily pay for #support and have that in writing for more than just #compliance reasons...

That being said #Linux already dominates (#Android is just a #toybox + #musl / #Linux distro and for the vast majority of people - espechally in the global south, it is their #Desktop!) and it "solved" the malware problem just by taking away 'the means to fuck up a system' from #TechIlliterate #users - as any reasonable #sysadmin should do anyway...

  • Something that may not work at all on #macOS and espechally on #Windows due to it not having permission managment and actual security in it's design!

So yeah, 3rd party #AV may seem like #Scareware on #Linux (and #Mailservers should at least #ClamAV their inboxes) but on Windows they are absolutely pointless given than those are #BinaryBlob - #Kernelhacks (none of them got Sourcecode access for Windows!) that actually lessen #security of the System!

  • I don't trust #Microsoft and thus I don't use Windows - period!
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-05-07

@jsrailton #Govware like #Pegasus isn't something that can be fixed outside of extensive #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec workups.

In fact it's easier to bootstrap an entirely new identity than trying to uninstall such persistent shite!

That being said, #VPN providers are just the newest #DigitalSnakeoil sales reps and everything against them applies to #Antivirus as well...

So sad that @tomscott was just naively debunking them years ago...

The constant #disinfo sown by VPN and #AV providers is so rampant that I'd not be surprised if one day both would finally be made illegal for all the right reasons:

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-04-24

@isotopp not to mention the whole concept of paying a 3rd party that (outside of #FLOSS-based OSes like #Linux and #BSD's!) won't habe Sourcecode access and accept their #BinaryBlob #Kernelhack is not only weird per concept but basically a digital #RacketeeringScheme!

In fact, it should be the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY of the #maontainers to actually make their #OS secure - period!

Everything else is just #bait for the #Scareware-based sales pitch that fools #TechIlliterates into becoming victims of said racketeering scheme...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-04-08

@odoben Q: How would you do a blobcat command then?

Should it be like a #HexEditor or what?

I mean, I know why you want a #cat for #BinaryBlob|s and name it #blobcat...

And I'd certainly add it to @OS1's repo if it's license permits it...

Just let me know of it's #git so I can add it to the wishlist...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-02-22

@sparfindig @DrMarkussi @tech @davidculley @monocles

#ArgumentUngültig, da "#CallForPricing" - Abzocke.

Nach der Logik ist #Mattermost auch ne Option...

Und wenn ich schon etwas inhärent unkompatibles aufsetzen muss, dann kann ich auch gleich #Zulip @zulip installieren...

zulip.com/why-zulip/

Weil da ist das Pricing wenigstens transparent und sowohl #Client als auch #Server #OpenSource und kein proprietärer #BinaryBlob wo in Sachen #ITsec nur "#TrustMeBro!" gelten kann!

zulip.com/plans/#self-hosted

Gonzalo Nemmi :runbsd:gnemmi@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-02-20

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#TechnoMage #Unix_Surrealism #RUNBSD #OpenBSD #BinaryBlob #FediArt #MastoArt #Comic #3DPrinting #links2gang

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A picture of an 3D printed orange RJ45 clip to secure/repair/fix a broken  tab on an ethernet cable.
The clip is already placed on an ethernet with a missing tab, and ready to be connected to a blue box Netgear switch.
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-12-19

@kubikpixel Und genau das kotzt mich so sehr an dass ich kein #Windows auch nur anfasse...

Dritthersteller #Antivirus ist bestenfalls #Scareware bzw. #DigitalSnakeoil wenn nicht sogar #Malware weil's nen #BinaryBlob - #KernelHack in Windows ist...

Fundamentale Sicherheit muss ab Werk rein und vorallem müssen #User*innen die 99,9% aller Probleme verursachen geschult werden...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-10-09

@nightlynx @leyrer Auch mein Eindruck basierend auf dem Traffic den die #itsa auf #XING macht...

Verzichtbar für alle die kein #DigitalSnakeoil verkaufen oder kaufen wollen, denn da bieten einem drölfzig Marken denselben #Scam von wegen "Installier' unseren Kernelhack in dein #Binaryblob-#Govware-OS um dieses sicher zu machen oder schieb' dir gleich unsere #MITM-#Appliance im 19"-Format ins LAN und #backdoor|e deinen gesamten #SSL-Traffic onsite für umfangreiche Verarsche und Pseudosicherheit!"

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