The other day I came across this web page in which the author describes his experiment to create a tiny ELF executable that will run on Linux. The result: a 45-byte ELF executable that executes and returns a value. The executable is functionally equivalent to the one generated from compiling the following C program. /* [...]

Suppose you have a Macintosh without a TPM. This, of course, is highly likely because only the first few x86-based Macintosh models had TPMs. Now suppose you really want to experiment with Trusted Computing or features of the TPM in general. Your needs could be development-related or they could be purely academic. Well, you can [...]

I often hear users—and even developers, for that matter—grumbling about the fact that they are "required" to reboot their systems after installing or upgrading MacFUSE. I’ve even heard explanations that because MacFUSE "does something with the kernel," a reboot is necessary. Well, this whole rebooting-required thing is a myth. Lets clear up some misconceptions. When [...]

The other day I needed to know within one of my experimental programs if the host x86 processor supports certain features. In many cases, the operating system provides interfaces that can answer such questions. Sometimes, the interfaces may not have the answer, or you may wish to avoid them for other reasons. (Say, you don’t [...]