NetBSD again
I have a bug report on makefs, a program ported to FreeBSD from NetBSD. It works under NetBSD, but the FreeBSD version creates invalid file systems under some circumstances. OK, let's compare what FreeBSD and NetBSD do. For that I need a NetBSD system, and the last one I had (a virtual machine) is ancient. OK, install a new virtual machine. How hard can it be? The biggest problem was getting installation media. For some reason, both firefox and fetch failed early in the download. In the end I downloaded it to my external server and then copied it from there.
Security, 2024 style
Mail from eBay today. I have a second account that I set up for some purpose, and they've noticed that I don't use it. Can they shut it down? No, I think not. I don't know what I might need it for, but it's convenient. All I need to do is log in. I failed. Password wrong. No worries: they'll send me a reset link. Got that, went to the login page. Enter user ID. OK. Enter new password. It's not strong enough! Must contain at least one digit and one special character to make it easier to crack. I tried, in sequence, No security!