[Info-vax] Some of what I'm reading...

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2018-05-12 20:35:17 +0000, Stephen Hoffman said:

> FWIW...    Some interesting topics, and some topics related to recent 
> discussions here in the comp.os.vms newsgroup.   Some relevant to 
> OpenVMS.  Some not.

How to write shared libraries (Unix). There isn't really a version of 
this for OpenVMS and shareable images, though parts of that how-to do 
get posted here and there.

   https://akkadia.org/drepper/dsohowto.pdf

Server-side SQLite, and an SQLite file system:

   https://fly.io/blog/all-in-on-sqlite-litestream/
   https://fly.io/blog/introducing-litefs/

How private is my VPN?

   https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2021/08/12/how-private-is-my-vpn

Why you shouldn't still be using MD5:

   https://github.com/corkami/collisions/blob/master/unicoll.md

La Terminal for iPhone and iPad:

   https://xibbon.com/terminal/2022/09/21/welcome-to-la-terminal.html

libbsd, a portable library useful for anyone porting BSD apps around 
(fodder for OpenVMS?):

   https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/wiki/

Portable microemacs clone:

   https://github.com/hboetes/mg

Some of the wrinkles inherent in C parsing, including the ever-popular 
dangling else:

   https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01633123/document

Need to backport a newer C compiler, or backport newer C apps, to C99?  
(attn: Simon)

    https://github.com/thradams/cake

New USB cable logos:

   
https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/usb_type-c_cable_power_rating_logo_usage_guidelines_020222.pdf 


Push notification 2FA considered harmful:

   https://xeiaso.net/blog/push-2fa-considered-harmful

Securing the Supply Chain of Nothing:

   https://swagitda.com/blog/posts/securing-the-supply-chain-of-nothing/

Quantum Computing, per an Oxford Quantum Physicist:

   https://futurism.com/the-byte/oxford-physicist-unloads-quantum-computing

Passkeys overview:

   https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213305
   https://www.imperialviolet.org/2022/07/04/passkeys.html

(repost) fwupd, fodder for those needing to update your x86-64 system 
firmware via UEFI:

   https://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/kernel/2022-August/320331.html



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