Thursday, August 18, 2016

PostgreSQL vs Hadoop

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So one of the clients I do work with is moving a large database from PostgreSQL to Hadoop .  The reasons are sound -- volume and velocity a...
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Forthcoming new scalable job queue extension

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So for those of you who know, I now spend most of my time doing more general PostgreSQL consulting and a fair bit of time still on LedgerSM...
Friday, August 5, 2016

use lib '.' considered harmful (exploits discussed)

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Which the discussion of CVE-2016-1238, a quick and easy fix for broken code that has been suggested is to add the following line to the top ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

PostgreSQL, PL/Perl, and CVE-2016-1238

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This post is about the dangers in writing user defined functions in untrusted languages, but it is also specifically about how to avoid CVE-...
Monday, August 1, 2016

CVE-2016-1238 and the hazards of testing frameworks

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Because I have lost confidence in the approach taken by those in charge of fixing this problem, I have decided to do a full disclosure serie...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Notes on Security, Separation of Concerns and CVE-2016-1238 (Full Disclosure)

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A cardinal rule of software security is that, when faced with a problem, make sure you fully understand it before implementing a fix.  A car...
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Friday, July 29, 2016

What is coming in LedgerSMB 1.5

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LedgerSMB 1.5 rc1 is around the corner.   I figure it is time for a very short list of major improvements:  A one-page app design which...