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You gotta see the video in this article: RE:trace framework aids in OS X, Unix flaw discovery. My favorite line is "I like to think of it as a friendly programmable rootkit". Its hilarious because we commonly think of DTrace as a force for good, even if it means looking at things you maybe shouldn't.... in this video the exact opposite is true, its just hilarious. I'm sure Bryan, Mike, Adam and the boys got a good chuckle out of it. :)
The election results are finally here. I am, yet again, the bridesmaid, first runner up (second runner up last time, first runner up before that). Your new board is: John Beck, Alan Coopersmith, Glynn Foster, Jim Grisanzio, Stephen Lau, Simon Phipps, and John Plocher. You'll notice that with the exception of Stephen Lau who recently left Sun for Songbird (which many people don't seem to yet realize) this is an all Sun board. ...
Anyone with an NFS server will be happy to hear that an NFSv4 Server Provider was added to snv_80 and the NFSv3 provider to snv_84. snv_85 is ready for download now; I just BFU'ed my snv_75 workstation up to 85 without a problem last night. root@ultra ~$ dtrace -lP nfsv* ID PROVIDER MODULE FUNCTION NAME 70815 nfsv4 nfssrv rfs4_dispatch null-done 70816 ...
OpenSolaris Core Contribs, you now have less than 11 hours to vote. I admit I just put in my ballot, I understand that many others wait till the last minute just in case situations change, but don't let yourself get so busy today that you forget. Go do it now! Remember, if your SSH key hasn't changed since you voted last year, you just need to ssh poll.opensolaris.org -l benr and go through the forms. Takes less than 5 minutes if you ...
The OpenSolaris elections voting period is open for a 2 week period, and I know lots of people like to vote as late as possible to see what changes during that time, etc. Well, we're on the final stretch here, the polls close Monday night 1 second before midnight. Don't get caught out! Make sure you vote ASAP! Go to poll.opensolaris.org and vote now!
The wonderful day has arrived, SAM/QFS have been released to the world as code! The code is CDDL licensed and you can download the complete code now!! If your new to SAM/QFS, these two pair up to form an amazing Hierarchical Filesystem. This gives you truly tiered storage capability, moving data transparently between front-end (high-end disk) and back-end (commodity disk, tape) on demand, as well as a host of other exciting capabiliti...
I said I was done with OGB related posts for a bit, but I feel I need to talk about the amendments up for vote. If you don't want to read this whole post here's the gist: vote no on both. Both amendments were proposed by Simon Phipps and you can read his blog entry detailing them here: OpenSolaris Polling Open. Read it, think about it. Now here's my opinion on these two... The first has to do with disclosure of affiliations. This ...
Here we are again, its election time in the OpenSolaris community. I've been nominated again and the playing field is larger this go around, so I'm going to provide a bio and some positions here so that voters know what their voting for. Historically I've not been a big campaigner, I don't ask anyone for their vote, the OGB is a representative body, and as such you should vote for those persons that you feel most adequately reflect your own ...
On Thursday night I presented a talk on OpenSolaris Governance at the SIlicon Valley OpenSolaris Users Group. When I arrived I was shocked to find a full parking lot, "sweet!" I thought... I then realized that Dr. James Gosling was downstairs presenting to the Java Users Group... doh. Still, the presentation was well attended and I was happy with the reception. Dr. Tim Marsland presented first regarding Virtualization (VirtualBox and Xen... ...
Calling all Core Contributors!!! The OpenSolaris Constitution stipulates in article 5 that there is to be a "Meeting of the Members" annually. If we do not get quorum during that meeting we can not have an election. If you are an OpenSolaris Core Contributor you are a "member" per the Constitution. All members should connect to the #opensolaris-meeting IRC channel on irc.freenode.org AS SOON AS POSSIBLE... like, TODAY. Need an ...