For servers that do not accept mail, there's "null MX". See RFC 7505.

posted at: 22:09 | path: /configuration | permanent link

I found msvc-wine quite useful to have Windows SDK include files and Microsoft compiler tools available on Linux...

posted at: 16:14 | path: / | permanent link

RFC 8482 deprecates DNS ANY queries. These were mostly used for debugging, i.e. retrieving all information for a domain. DNS server now just respond with HINFO "RFC8482" "" in the CPU and OS field of the HINFO response to indicate that information has been suppressed.

See also Cloudflare blog on this topic.

And the (hard to come by) configuration for bind9 is (tada!):

minimal-any yes;

Use dig +tcp to get a full response (see here).

posted at: 10:24 | path: /configuration | permanent link

Got a 11x44 LED badge labelled S1144. It identifies as

usb 1-2: new full-speed USB device number 61 using xhci_hcd
usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0416, idProduct=5020, bcdDevice= 1.00
usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 1-2: Product: CH546
usb 1-2: Manufacturer: wch.cn
hid-generic 0003:0416:5020.0090: hiddev1,hidraw2: USB HID v1.00 Device [wch.cn CH546] on usb-0000:02:00.0-2/input0

The CH546 is a 8051 MCU. It uses a USB HID interface. There is some Windows software to program it.

Here's what lsusb -v -v -v has to say about it:

Bus 001 Device 062: ID 0416:5020 Winbond Electronics Corp. CH546
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.10
  bDeviceClass            0 
  bDeviceSubClass         0 
  bDeviceProtocol         0 
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0416 Winbond Electronics Corp.
  idProduct          0x5020 
  bcdDevice            1.00
  iManufacturer           1 wch.cn
  iProduct                2 CH546
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0029
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          4 wch.cn
    bmAttributes         0xa0
      (Bus Powered)
      Remote Wakeup
    MaxPower               70mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              5 wch.cn
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.00
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      34
          Report Descriptor: (length is 34)
            Item(Global): Usage Page, data= [ 0x00 0xff ] 65280
                            (null)
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
                            (null)
            Item(Main  ): Collection, data= [ 0x01 ] 1
                            Application
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
                            (null)
            Item(Global): Logical Minimum, data= [ 0x00 ] 0
            Item(Global): Logical Maximum, data= [ 0x00 0xff ] 65280
            Item(Global): Report Size, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
            Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x40 ] 64
            Item(Main  ): Input, data= [ 0x06 ] 6
                            Data Variable Relative No_Wrap Linear
                            Preferred_State No_Null_Position Non_Volatile Bitfield
            Item(Local ): Usage, data= [ 0x02 ] 2
                            (null)
            Item(Global): Logical Minimum, data= [ 0x00 ] 0
            Item(Global): Logical Maximum, data= [ 0x00 0xff ] 65280
            Item(Global): Report Size, data= [ 0x08 ] 8
            Item(Global): Report Count, data= [ 0x40 ] 64
            Item(Main  ): Output, data= [ 0x06 ] 6
                            Data Variable Relative No_Wrap Linear
                            Preferred_State No_Null_Position Non_Volatile Bitfield
            Item(Main  ): End Collection, data=none
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x82  EP 2 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

posted at: 21:22 | path: /programming | permanent link

Another nice article showing off DNSSEC strength...

Generate SSHFP DNS records for by host (pmeerw.net):

$ ssh-keygen -r @
@ IN SSHFP 1 1 3b00267ed86c211026e6d8b8eb5d9a7d9e51cf7d
@ IN SSHFP 1 2 189d464e8a13d2df66d882afdcb4220fb281ba1f19eda96aa35bf1a50188b0a7
@ IN SSHFP 2 1 adb06e3c4de279d2338bbec35a9a64c8661fb431
@ IN SSHFP 2 2 50e72d460ea86ad416b74b71f9b0c948bf42004ebf730290eff9d43fea9545a6
@ IN SSHFP 3 1 aaa45514f6bd534448ab7f09842fe1e13c269142
@ IN SSHFP 3 2 cc68f391aea002966cc3d7e84ce41dc73d4cfb6c2381e5b665f26603f8317dd3
@ IN SSHFP 4 1 7482ed5e3e6621978bd0bbd61f6b9740dcef252c
@ IN SSHFP 4 2 eb77b6f29bee067d6524459e4cfc696881bd70908d514be682cb068746729594

SSH can silently connect to an SSH server (without asking to verify the host fingerprint!) if VerifyHostKeyDNS is enabled: ssh -o VerifyHostKeyDNS=yes pmeerw@pmeerw.net.

posted at: 22:58 | path: /configuration | permanent link