Author Archives: vxst
Perfection is death
Being perfect is good. But trying to be perfect is just a death sentence to anyone. There is no perfection In the theory world, there is a top for anything, and you can reach perfection just by spending enough. It’s … Continue reading
danger to HTTPS, doom to SPDY
Since the BREACH attack, it seems that there is no way to transport content securely in the HTTP world. The BREACH arrack is an HTTP version of CRIME, which recovers encrypted messages by analyzing the compress ratio of different media. … Continue reading
HTTPS SNI
SNI means Server Name Indication, which is a technology to let the server know which domain the client is linking to and return the certification correspondingly, which makes a single IP possible to serve multiple HTTPS sites. It is defined … Continue reading
Now lab to 6.5
After altering some files in gitlab, the upgrade process becomes not an easy and happy job. Every new version comes out, dozens of files need to merge manually in order to upgrade gitlab successfully. So, after hours of mental struggle, … Continue reading
Is Meg Jay Right?
In Meg Jay’s New York Times article “The Downside of Cohabiting before Marriage” publishes on April 14, 2012, the author suggests that cohabiting may not be a good factor in marriage like many people assume, actually, it may enlarge the … Continue reading
Television-Driven Social Revolution: The Box Behind a Stormy Age
The 1960s is one of the most interesting period in American history. In that period the American new generation creats a new culture which never existed before. It brings the liberty, some creative art styles, along with some extreme violence. It … Continue reading
SQL’s not end
Today, in a distributed cloud environment, there is no good DB that can have both ACID and SQL support, at the same time keep the performance scale. So, there is NoSQL. NoSQL means Not Only SQL. It does not means … Continue reading
Book review homework
“Pride and prejudice” is an impressive classical English literature that tells a story about the relationship around the dutiful Jane, the quick-witted Elizabeth, the rich gentleman Darcy, and his friend Bingley. The book tells a story about Darcy, who is … Continue reading
DoS defense
Now, this site is free from small DoS attack. I use iptables, evasive, and some other techs to protect this site. Iptables will kill most DoS links after it reached some condition. I think any DoS attacker with only one … Continue reading
New server for new app
Well, a new Linode server with LUKS has been build to support this website and a branch of new applications. Build a LUKS encrypted system on a VPS is an exciting experience. However, sometimes, it seems stupid to do so. … Continue reading