What is krb5kdc?

Are you receiving a message on startup, asking to allow krb5kdc and/or mDNSResponder to connect through your firewall?  Well, never fear.  Krb5kdc is the Kerberos version 5 Authentication Service and  Key  Distribution Center (AS/KDC).  In other words, an operating level component involved in Security framework… Leopard and Snow Leopard use the Kerberos framework to support an authenticated […]

Conroy’s fibre claims “absolute tripe”, says Turnbull

Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has labelled the idea that the next generation of consumer services could only be delivered over fibre-optic cable \”nonsense\” and \”absolute tripe\”, in a fiery interview in which he highlighted the strengths of rival wireless technologies.Just yesterday, NBN Co chief executive Mike Quigley expressed his… via Conroy’s fibre claims “absolute […]

Macrumors claims LightPeak Known As ThunderBolt? Not so fast….

Here take a look at this image from MacRumors.com… The rumor sites are just insane these days.  Now this is clearly the same port layout as the current generation of Macbook Pro\’s.  How do I know?  I just glanced at it. Now that could mean that it\’s a perfectly good displayport there that someone photoshopped […]

Nicholas Courtney (1929 – 2011)

Well, I am sad to say that Nicholas Courtney has passed away…  The folks in the US would best recognize him as Bridgadier Lethbridge-Stewart…. Now, sadly, The Brigadier will never team up with Matt Smith\’s Doctor (Nor David Tennet, etc)….  That\’s probably the first thing that popped into my head… My convention phase died out […]

The Unofficial Who\’s Who in the DC Universe

Who\’s Who: The Definitive Directory To The DC Universe was the creation of Len Wein, Marv Wolfman and Bob Greenberger, and its first incarnation debuted in the first month of 1985 (coverdate March 1985). The first edition counted 26 issues and 2 updates were published in 1987 and 1988, respectively. In 1990 a new loose-leaf […]

7 Firefly nods Nathan Fillion dropped into Castle

SyFy goes through and points out 7 of the Firefly / Serendity references that have been placed into Castle… I really need to look at Castle….  Really… Click here for the others… 7 Firefly nods Nathan Fillion dropped into Castle