miniblog.

OpenSSH will send packets at 20ms intervals to prevent network timings revealing what you're typing: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20230829051257 Really elegant solution!

The Rise of the Stupid Network: a remarkable 1997 essay on what ISPs as dumb bit pipes enables, moving innovation to client devices on the internet, and avoiding the scarcity mindset from when hardware was expensive: https://www.hyperorg.com/misc/stupidnet.html

OpenBSD's pledge is intentionally designed to be simple and easy to add to projects. It's still more granular than I expected: there are several different network permissions, and even a separate permission for tape drives!