Entries from May 2009

Packet Creation With Python

Date May 26, 2009 by Isaac

I work at a company that designs and builds network routers, so you can imagine that on occasion I need to create custom Ethernet packets for testing.  For hardcore traffic testing we’ve got some really expensive packet generator hardware that can send packets at full line rate.  For my tests I don’t need raw data [...]

Major Pharmacy Software Bug

Date May 24, 2009 by Isaac

The title sounds somewhat like those spam messages I get.  But, this is a real software bug.  One I would consider serious.
Sometimes the most interesting bugs are discovered by pure accident.  I was picking up a few items at one of the United States major pharmacy chains and discovered a flaw in their software.  But [...]