Notices by Aaron Poffenberger (akpoff@bsd.network)

I'm teaching and speaking @bsdcan this year.

First up is my tutorial: "OpenSMTPD for the Real World".

Second is a new talk: "Road Warrior Disaster Recovery".

Join us this May in #Ottawa! #BSD #OpenBSD

Boss: Can we trust this code?

Me: Read this. <link to Thompson's 1984 "Trusting Trust" paper>

Boss: Dear God! Secure software is an illusion.

Me: And most machine learning is applied statistics.

Boss: Stop it! Lalalalala ... I can't hear you.

Me: My work here is done.

How many customers are lost to this:

Customer: Let's renew!
Rep: <crickets>
Customer: Have money. Ready to renew!
Rep: <crickets>
Customer: Hello?
Rep: <crickets>
Customer: <to competitor> Have money. Ready to switch.
Competitor: \o/
Rep: <panicked call> Where'd you go?

Oh, hey! I heard you think greylisting doesn't work because large mailers like Microsoft don't send from the same IP every time. Pfft! See my spf_fetch project.

And come to my talk "Fighting Spam at the Frontline" @bsdcan. Maybe I can change your mind.

https://github.com/akpoff/spf_fetch

Yep. Lobste.rs is full of geeks. My blog post on configuring email on #OpenBSD for #plan9 #acme is topping https://lobste.rs, above Mozilla, Google and Uber controversies. \o/

Since we're discussing speculative execution and the problems with embargoes. Here's a thought: if you're in a race to release a bug you haven't quite confirmed, why not announce it and say "It's embargoed". Who'd know? #InfoSec #embargo