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Account age

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Posting cadence

2.9 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

1.6×

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🔥 Top post I'm happy to announce another RFC publication, but this time I didn't write it. https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9955, "Hybrid Signature Spectrums", describes the rather messy security considerations when you try to create signature schemes using two algorithms. Even if you do… ★ 11

My middle-sized suitcase has a big blotch on it where I removed a sticker that was put there by a tour company. The only sticker of appropriate size that I have that would cover the blotch says "This machine kills fascists". I would be tem… ★ 3 Saturday news from a friend (really: not me) that many of us nerds can relate to: I'm that guy who thinks vacation time suggests tackling long overdue projects around the house and there's been a whole lot of that including dragging some n… I am never sure how to feel about a major WordPress hoster who badly screws up the site I manage at least yearly, but their tech support is excellent and thoughtful and explains the problem they created. https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/stop-previews-from-autoplaying-on-apple-tv/ deserved a Pulitzer Prize. The URL says it all. ★ 1 A final follow-up based on what @kasperd pointed me to: I'm giving up on passwords for the novice user. I'll create a keypair for them, I'll wrap it in a password (the same one I was going to have them use to SSH in), and then I have to ex… ★ 4 Here's a wonderful technical and financial analysis of SpaceX's valuation: https://ispcol.potaroo.net/2026-06/spacex.html "So how could a satellite-first radio-based service become the preferred access service in the densely populated loca… Honest government ads and #palantir : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBW9QCVDSjY ★ 2 This could turn into a trash fire, but I'll keep my fingers crossed. I have a new VM that allows me to SSH to account "a" using a's public key just fine. I have created account "b" for someone who is unlikely to be able to use public keys … ★ 2 I'm looking for a "bookmark review system". I am forced to live in Chrome for my work, and the bookmark manager in Chrome is bare-bones. A few times a year, I want to dump all the bookmarks (including the hierarchy I have created), scan th… ★ 2 Ooooh, and further down my timeline, @sophieschmieg has her own take! https://keymaterial.net/2026/06/18/on-hybrid-signatures/ ★ 1 Thinking through hybrid signature schemes, and not shying away from dismissing some answers and not helpful: https://bas.westerbaan.name/notes/2026/06/17/hybrid.html ★ 2

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Home server

infosec.exchange

A cybersecurity & infosec server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

On Mastodon since

Jul 2024

An established account with real history on the platform.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2024 — 2 years ago.

👁️Averages 3 views per post.

📤Posts about 2.9× per week.

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Estimated

38/100

Low Credibility score

68%

Mixed Real audience

Medium Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 68% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
Low engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Old Skool Internet geek, particularly DNS. I have worked at ICANN since 2015. Pronouns: us/y’all.

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