Peter N. M. HansteenOccasional rants about IT with an OpenBSD slant at http://bsdly.blogspot.com
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Peter N. M. HansteenI just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence, regardless of topic, without concern, regard, or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining #GenerativeAiIsGoingGreat
Peter N. M. HansteenFriends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to fool spammers rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Peter N. M. HansteenRecently I found out that when I sent mail to GOOG hosted domains, they would mark my messages as spam or disappear then entirely.
Then today a mailing list host's spamassassin rejected my message.
It turned out that somebody had reported bsdly.blogspot.com (GOOG hosted, but referenced in my .signature) to spamhaus as malicious, and GOOG + the mailing list hoster believed them.
Got delisted, no problem. So which party is to blame here, or what method?
#spam #antispam #smtp #contentfiltering
Peter N. M. Hansteen[Again for those on the other side of the pond] -
Friends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps rolled past the number of people in my home country. It's time for a retrospective.
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Peter N. M. HansteenPost-Quantum Cryptography Advice Added to OpenSSH Website https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250811110058 #openbsd #openssh #ssh #cryptography #postquantum #postq #crypto #security #libresoftware #freesoftware #bsd
Peter N. M. HansteenFriends, it finally happened. On August 7th, 2025, the number of spamtraps intended to woo the unwary spammer rolled past the number of inhabitants in my home country of Norway. It's time for a retrospective.
Eighteen Years of Greytrapping - Is the Weirdness Finally Paying Off? https://nxdomain.no/~peter/eighteen_years_of_greytrapping.html (tracked https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/eighteen-years-of-greytrapping-is.html)
#greytrapping #spam #antispam #greylisting #blocklist #openbsd #freebsd #smtp #email #ssh #passwords #passwordguessing #pop3 #security #networking #cybercrime
Peter N. M. Hansteen"backdoor" is the new "virus" in overused and wrongly applied terminology.
Over at the facesite I came across a piece (Not linking to that sh*t) about "Linux malware PLAGUE" which describes a piece of software that is useful *post-compromise* to whoever wants to hide their tracks.
Not a backdoor because it requires already established access. #cybercrime #backdoor #security #linux #fluff
Peter N. M. Hansteenactually, this time around its GIGO+M (Garbage in, Garbage out, plus magic)
"Elvis is alive! How 'AI' stunts modern mythmaking" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/elvis_solaris_ai_mythmaking.html (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/elvis-is-alive-how-ai-stunts-modern.htmltracked ) #elvis #solaris #unix #ping #networking #AI #mythmaking #artificialintelligence #aislop #history
Peter N. M. HansteenI am an old man. I regularly yell at clouds. "Elvis is alive! How 'AI' stunts modern mythmaking" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/elvis_solaris_ai_mythmaking.html (https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/08/elvis-is-alive-how-ai-stunts-modern.htmltracked ) #elvis #solaris #unix #ping #networking #AI #mythmaking #artificialintelligence #aislop #history
Peter N. M. HansteenI just saw a post that referred to ChatGPT as "Mansplaining as a service", and it is so wonderfully correct - instant generation of superficially plausible yet totally fabricated nonsense presented with unflagging confidence, regardless of topic, without concern, regard, or even awareness of the expertise of its audience :D #chatgpt #mansplaining #GenerativeAiIsGoingGreat