<3 Python

I was pretty enthusiastic when I wrote that blog, saying you are “awesome, I regret having not gotten into it [sic] earlier.” Yet I truly did not grasp the extent of your awesomeness. I have since expanded the original project and started a larger project thanks to you.

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Surprisingly Canadian Government attacks open source software.

The government’s generic arguments for and against closed and open source software are not compelling. They really don’t make a strong case for the use of either. Though they once recommended using open source software, the government is rightly concerned with security. Unfortunately their “Security Considerations When Using Open Source Software” document attacks open source software unjustly, often arguing that OSS’ pros are actually cons. It seems the author is unnecessarily biased, but regardless, the real argument should be that all software needs heavy scrutiny by both it’s authors and users. You need to find the holes before the hackers do.

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LARGfeed + Icarus Expansion

The next development is enhancing the attacker database logging to enable the creation of the LARGfeed. The honeypot now reports back to a central server that processes attack data and produces a threat feed.

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