TMI?
Sweating the details IS how you get good user experience design.
I am sometimes reminded of the Oscar Wilde quote:I was working on the
proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the
afternoon I put it back again.
If you replace poem with site and comma with
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Simon Spero sesunc...@gmail.com wrote:
Checksums can be kept separate (tripwire style).
For JHU archiving, the use of MD5 would give false positives for duplicate
detection.
There is no reason to use a bad cryptographic hash. Use a fast hash, or use
a safe
Look at slide 15 here:
http://www.slideshare.net/DuraSpace/sds-cwebinar-1
I think we're worried about the cumulative effect over time of
undetected errors (at least, I am).
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 05:37:14AM -0700, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Simon Spero
Hello,
A checksum function can verify only data integrity--that is, only whether the
data matches the expected values (and even this is not perfect). The change
could come in the form of malicious attack or a simple write or transmission
error. It cannot determine whether the change is
Bit integrity is crucial for libraries and archives, especially government
archives. Authenticity is a key concept for born-digital archives. We need
to be able to definitively say that this file has not changed since it was
received from the donor or organizational unit, for accountability and
I’m not sure I understand the prior comment about compression.
I agree that hashing workflows are not simple nor of-themselves secure. I agree
with the implication that they can explode in scope.
From what I can tell, the state of hashing verification tools reflects
substantial confusion over
Hello,
Also, ideally, you would make sure the distribution path of the checksum is
separate from the data itself. Otherwise, if someone gain unauthorized access
to the data, they may also have unauthorized access to the checksum file. It's
also unwise to have the checksum in a file header
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On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 7:26 AM, Charles Blair c...@uchicago.edu wrote:
Look at slide 15 here:
http://www.slideshare.net/DuraSpace/sds-cwebinar-1
I think we're worried about the cumulative effect over time of
undetected errors (at least, I am).
This slide shows that data loss via drive
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That's a point well-taken and I totally agree. The amount of decisions and
back-and-forth with design is truly huge.
My thinking was that we would develop something like a primer for wide
circulation with the large volume of nitty-gritty best practices available
at a central location (in addition
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Hi all,
Which non-library job boards would be good to advertise a web developer job
posting widely? I only have usual suspects (Indeed.com, Monster.com,
Glassdoor.com,
Engieerjobs.com(http:/www.engineerjobs.com/jobs/software-engineering/%20),
SimplyHired.com) and library listservs so far. So
On 10/03/2014 02:52 PM, Kim, Bohyun wrote:
Hi all,
Which non-library job boards would be good to advertise a web developer job posting
widely? I only have usual suspects (Indeed.com, Monster.com, Glassdoor.com,
Engieerjobs.com(http:/www.engineerjobs.com/jobs/software-engineering/%20),
Depending on customs in your area, it can make sense to post real jobs to
Craigslist.
kyle
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Francis Kayiwa kay...@pobox.com wrote:
On 10/03/2014 02:52 PM, Kim, Bohyun wrote:
Hi all,
Which non-library job boards would be good to advertise a web developer
job
I've used framework/language specific groups (e.g. drupal.org) where I
think the broad skill set might be represented, even when I'm not looking
for that specific competency. And local university program job lists
(compsci and ils student job lists at local institutions).
-t
On 10/3/14, 2:52 PM,
Bohyun,
I'd recommend mailing lists of local tech meetups? There is always stuff
coming through the meetup.com lists for the groups I'm in.
The Technical.ly http://technical.ly/ group of websites covers Baltimore,
DC, Philly, NYC, and Delaware, and has jobs boards (though you might have
to pay
Simon - do you have any examples of MD5 collisions in JHU's collections?
The chance of that occurring is vanishingly small (
http://prezi.com/zfyebvaelksh/fixity-20/) so I'm curious what produced the
collision, and how often.
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Kyle Banerjee kyle.baner...@gmail.com
Hey Tim,
I was in your systems analysis class... in 2010 I think? I just wanted to
say thank you! It was my favorite class in grad school and is incredibly
relevant to my current job.
Thanks! Kate
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Shearer, Timothy tshea...@email.unc.edu
wrote:
I've used
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I'll second Refresh. The DC chapter is fairly active:
http://refresh-dc.org/
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Erin White erwh...@vcu.edu wrote:
I've had luck twice so far with LinkedIn jobs - it costs money, but is
worthwhile. Maybe your University has an organizational account?
Second
Thanks everyone for excellent suggestions!
~Bohyun
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