Coverage profiling allows you to see which parts of the code have been run and are especially useful when unit-testing. Here’s an anecdote to show just how important they can be.
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In this installment, we will be starting an implementation of the same factory we started with SSPI, but using GSS-API. We’ll be doing this one a vanilla Debian-Lenny system, with one caveat: we’ll be using our own compiled version of the Boost libraries. I’ve created a branch in the vlinder-sdk repository for Debian (here) where you can download a ready-compiled version of Boost for Debian.
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In this installment, we will expand the MechanismFactory class for SSPI. We will take a slightly closer look at the SSPI call than we would normally do, and we will also take a look at the Unicode/”ANSI” differences on Windows. Because of this, we will not have time to take a look at the GSS-API side of things, which we will therefore look into next time around.
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Under bill C-32 it would be illegal to remove TPM under by far most circumstances. Does that mean that, if you decide to publish software you create with TPM, you’re handing away the rights of your software to the TPM manufacturer? No, it doesn’t.
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This is an all-new server, but at the same address as before (git.vlinder.ca). Note, though, that as it’s an all-new server, the server’s SSH key has changed. If you were using SSH for any of your access to the server, there’s a good chance that you will both have to register with the server again and that SSH will complain that the server key has changed. Remove the corresponding key from ~/.ssh/known_hosts and it will be fine.

If anything is missing, let me know.

Accroding to The Appropriation Art Coalition applying TPM to public domain content effectively removes that content from the public domain. Is that really true? I don’t think so, and here’s why.
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It’s been argued that TPM and bill C-32 are bad for Free/Libre Open Source Software development. Is that true? If so, why? If not, why not? Personally, I don’t think so, and I’ll tell you why.
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The server at git.vlinder.ca has been off-line since midnight and will remain off-line for at least another day due to a hardware problem. It will be back as soon as possible.

While some of the feed-back on bill C-32 (Copyright reform) seems to be constructive, much of it has become a foray of personal attacks on Conservative MP and Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, James Moore, who tabled the legislation with Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, on June 2. Of course, his remarks on the subject weren’t very welcome either, calling opponents of the bill “radical extremists”. So, the debate is on on what should probably be one of the more boring subjects in Ottawa: copyright legislation.
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A few days ago, I was listening to the podcast for the CBC program Spark, in which they mentioned a new bill, bill C-32. They had a person on the show, whose name I do not remember, who said it was a very “balanced” bill. That peaked my interest, so I decided to read the bill myself.
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