Programming Digest - PD#586 Just disconnect the internet

Just disconnect the internet
15 minutes by J. B. Crawford

So, let's say that a security vendor, we'll call them ClownStrike, accidentally takes down most of their Windows install base with a poorly tested content update. Rough day at the office, huh? There are lots of things you could say about this, lots of reasons it happens this way, lots of people to blame and not to blame, etc., etc., but nearly every time a major security incident like this hits the news, you see a lot of people repeating an old refrain: these systems shouldn't be connected to the internet.

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Learning about distributed systems: where to start?
6 minutes by Murat Buffalo

Murat recommends a principled, from the foundations-up, studying of distributed systems, which will take a good three months in the first pass, and many more months to build competence after that.

Database Indexes & Phone Books
3 minutes by Thorsten Ball

One of the best analogies I’ve ever been taught.

35% Faster Than The Filesystem
14 minutes

SQLite is competitive with, and usually faster than, blobs stored in separate files on disk, for both reading and writing. Furthermore, a single SQLite database holding 10-kilobyte blobs uses about 20% less disk space than storing the blobs in individual files.

Windows Security best practices for integrating and managing security tools
20 minutes by David Weston

Microsoft examines the recent CrowdStrike outage and provide a technical overview of the root cause.

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