I'm putting the finishing touches on my FreeBSD VuXML generation wizard. It's sort of like VuXML for dummies, in that you can enter the relevant information into a HTML form and get the raw XML data for entry into /usr/ports/security/vuxml/vuln.xml or just as an attachment to send-pr.

Example process flow...

1. Identify a valid vulnerability report from some source ... (freshports is your friend here as it will help identify the exact FreeBSD port name and whether the vulnerability has already been reported.

2. Complete the form

3. Save the resulting XML, for example /tmp/portname.vuxml

4. send-pr -a /tmp/portname.vuxml

5. Complete the problem report and send.

I'm also considering an option to have the submission sent to me (or some sort of queue) instead of just producing the raw output, that way it can find it's way to the vuxml input stream with even less effort.

Learning some fun new stuff this week.
* Linux KVM - onboard virtualization, snazzy and fast once you work through the kinks. For instance, bridging to the VLAN is not the default networking setup, so you have to craft your own network interface (br0) and then hack the XML file defining the VM to attach to it.
* Keepalived - a replacement for LVS and Heartbeat to provide redundant load-balancers.

Plus a nice Christmas gifts: 20" LCD monitor and the ever gratifying Costco-sized Peppered beef jerky .

I have uploaded source code for svnspam to Google code for it's first v0.1 release. It's still a bit rough around the edges but a wonderful way to track, visualize and audit code changes in a Subversion repository.

Thanks to BitPusher for sponsoring this work. Feel free to get involved or join the project if you are so inclined.

I've been do this for a while now and have most of the wrinkles ironed out.

Here is the software I use.

• Internet Browser such as Firefox
• tivodecode
• winff or HandBrake
• iTunes (optional)

Here are the steps.

1. My TiVo has a webserver so just visit https://192.168.1.249/ (replace with proper IP address) and login using U: tivo P: <your-Media-Access-Key>. Hint: The Media Access Key (MAK) can be found on your TiVo menus under settings. Find the show you want to put on your iPod. Download "Some Title.TiVo" to /share2/video/fromtivo/

2. On dogma (my FreeBSD file server) run

cd /share2/video/fromtivo/
tivodecode -m 1234567890 -o outfile.mpg "Some Title.tivo"

This produces the MPEG video. Note that the aspect looks funky in totem a.k.a. Movie Player but it gets fixed in next step.

3. On my Ubuntu laptop, run winff Application. (Note: HandBrake also works fine for this step).
. Add the .mpg file created in step 2. Specify output for iPod and Xvid 4:3. Click options and specify 320x240 in the size. Specify /share2/video/4itunes as the output folder.

4. Back in iTunes, import the resulting outfile.mp4 file and copy to iPod.

To make things like this easier I run a file server with NFS and Samba. Video files are shared across the network from the /share2/video mount point on Linux which is same as V:\ drive mapping on the windows desktops for the iTunes library import.