Jan 8, 2022Operation L4J.When people at work told me that we need to look at the log4js vulnerability, I originally thought that it wasn’t widely used. I could not have been more wrong. …Mauritius2 min readMauritius2 min read
Nov 13, 2021Breaking change coming in Flutter/Dart for better security.As many people are aware, the cyberstorm.mu team is always busy. One of the areas where we are known to be active is TLS. Most mobile apps today are converging towards a unified SDK. Dart is often seen as a successor to Javascript. …Mauritius2 min readMauritius2 min read
May 27, 2021Reviewing TLS masteryAfter a long time, I finally got around to see the final version of TLS mastery, which is a great book on the TLS protocol. There have been a lot of talks recently about the TLS protocol. I’m suprised when I hear people suddenly asking me about TLS and HTTPS…Tls2 min readTls2 min read
Apr 24, 2020An opinion on how can airline companies open again.If you have been following the news, you are probably aware that Air Mauritius, the national airline of Mauritius, has filed for insolvency. While there have been a number of reasons for this, I will not delve into those. The real question is how to operate MK once the airport…Mauritius2 min readMauritius2 min read
Apr 11, 2020Open COVID license 1.0 analysisRight after the Open COVID initiative was launched, cyberstorm.mu took a look at the Open COVID license 1.0 which we have pasted below. We have expressed our thoughts inline. Open COVID License 1.0 OPEN COVID LICENSE 1.0 MARCH 31, 2020 Having made the Open COVID Pledge, we (the “Pledgor”), in…Mauritius2 min readMauritius2 min read
Jan 26, 20203/4 of SC holders are smart.Like many of you, I was quite shocked when I heard that 3/4 of SC holders will not be promoted to Lower 6. I’ve been pretty busy since December 2019. …Mauritius3 min readMauritius3 min read
Jan 17, 2020Why the tech community is fragmented in Mauritius and what could be done to fix it ?As I have dropped mostly off social media since December of 2019, I am looking at being present at various meetups not organized by cyberstorm.mu. This will shock many of you. I went to the MSCC (Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community) monthly meetup, planning to meet LUGM (Linux User Group of…Mauritius1 min readMauritius1 min read
Jul 28, 2019IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) 105 part IIETF 105 coincided with jeux des Iles in Mauritius. Due to the flu spreading, we couldn’t meet on Thursday and Friday. However, many of us were busy working from home. We had our target set on TLS 1.3, SSH, ietf mobile app, dscp and sce. In the TLS 1.3 group…3 min read3 min read
Apr 1, 2019Reviewing FreeBSD Mastery Jails“FreeBSD — the power to serve” When Michael Lucas announced that he was writing a book on FreeBSD jails, this brought back memories of using jails back in 2006. FreeBSD jails has a track record of being mature and stable. This makes it suitable for production environment. …Jails2 min readJails2 min read
Mar 30, 2019IETF 104 and some thoughts about participation from Africa.As the NOC team switches off the network equipment during IETF 104 and we we were packing up here in Mauritius, I was taking a look at my twitter feeds. I’m just amazed at the number of hubs with packed rooms participating remotely. …Mauritius2 min readMauritius2 min read
