Adam Chappell @packetsource

Packet network technology enthusiast: Internet, security, BGP, automation/programmability. GTT AS3257. Ham M0IPX, OK8CHP. 8-bit ZX fan. Author, blogger, writer. blog.packetsource.net London, England; Prague, Czech Joined November 2010

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

3 months ago

If you’re doing anything with Juniper XML using Rust and quick_xml (reasonably common an performant XML decoder and deserialiser), it could be useful to know that since 0.38 it is now preserving the leading and trailing whitespace. This can be quite significant interacting with…

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

6 months ago

Me, sudo'ing with my Yubikey

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

10 months ago

Nice Christmas trip home to visit family brought to an abrupt end when @British_Airways lost luggage LHR-PRG and I am reminded of the continuing fascination with no-contact customer services that big business still seems to have. Exception time is absolutely when you win and…

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

11 months ago

Seminal Geoff Huston pouring oil onto an already incendiary IPv6 working group at RIPE89, calling their beloved datagram protocol “a 1980s addressing architecture,” (with worse hair!) from the safety of his remote video. Session-based NAT firewalls being set alight and thrown…

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

12 months ago

Anyone flirting with the challenge on deploying code for multiple platforms would do well to study the efforts of @JustineTunney on APE and Cosmo: bending ancient rules of executable format to produce fat binaries that can execute anywhere (thank you @steve_mynott). But the bit I…

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

a year ago

Flew with the family on @British_Airways BA856 back to Prague this evening and was given a great reminder of how the human touch can so positively benefit customer service. Tracey, Gail and team made us feel welcome and special and are an asset to the airline

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

a year ago

CVE-2024-6387 innocent log/debug slipped into a signal handler yields RCE @qualys, with some inspiringly devious techniques on fine-tuning their race exploit with network timing analysis! Bonus points too I think for coining the verb, to malloc()ate! qualys.com/2024/07/01/cve…

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

a year ago

I wonder just how many of us owe the curse and blessing of a career in computer technology thanks to the insight, forethought and patience of loving parents? Only hoping that I can guide my children in the same way. May your Babbage rest in peace, Aaron! @networkservice

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

2 years ago

Pretty sure I used to be able to solve world hunger on the train home when I had a Blackberry with keyboard. Today’s youngsters may not remember, but with the aid of @fulopke’s innovative MacGyver effort they too can enjoy limitless levels of productivity from their smartphones!

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Adam Chappell @packetsource

2 years ago

Intriguing proposal presented at yesterday’s IDR working group meeting at #ietf118, a foundation for forwarding commitment BGP. Bold aspirations to provide an incrementally beneficial approach to path verification ietf.org/id/draft-wang-… #fcbgp