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Comic or something up on the TF2 blog, in case you didn't see it. I wonder what it is about.

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We are currently transferring the hosting of BoS to a new host. In the interim, some of the functionality may be missing (ie wiki has not been transferred yet).

I pruned some old users that appear to be spam accounts. None of them had any posts and hadn't been accessed for quite a while.

This is really interesting. These researchers used mathematics to prove that the seL4 kernel works exactly as intended and nothing more. Here is their proof statement:

"The C code of the seL4 microkernel correctly implements the behaviour described in
its abstract specification and nothing more."

They made several assumptions, which they talk about.

Also, as a result of the proof they have proven that no buffer overflows, memory leaks, and several other common stability and security issues are impossible with this kernel.

Trying out a new site theme. Let me know if you like it.

MPAA is going after the FCC to allow them to set a flag in broadcasted content that disables the analog output on devices.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/movie-studios-again-dema...

A mathematical model describing a hypothetical zombie outbreak.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/08/modeling_zombie.html

Forgot to mention this yesterday. New update coming, but not for any particular class. So far announcements: 18 new hats (for us to not get probably...). A new arena map, offblast. King of the Hill mode, finally! New map for KotH: vladuct, looks pretty sweet with snow. Also, KotH modes for Nucleus and Sawmill.

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hidden pages:
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/barbary/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/advertisement/
http://www.teamfortress.com/classless/hidden/enigmatical/

Lately there have been several white papers released on new AES attacks. The first brought 11 round AES 256 to 2^119th complexity, and the newest down to 2^70 (although AES256 specifies 14 rounds). They are classified as related-key attacks meaning that attackers must have copies of the plaintext encrypted with related, but separate keys. It's not to a level where there should be any panic - nothing is outright broken, but a cryptanalyst has gotten easier. Bruce Schneier recommends using AES128 instead of 256.

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/new_attack_on_a.html

We are considering migrating the forums to something other than Drupal. I have uploaded a test forum HERE running punBB. Please go there and check it out, play around a bit, and report any errors that you might come across. Features of Note: File Attachment Private Messages Polls Better Searching I am aware that some of the links in the imported posts are not working properly. This is something I am working on.