Author Archives: D-Caf

About D-Caf

I'm a computer geek, what more is there to say?

Spammers get scammed :-)

Ok first good story I’ve heard about spammers, though it’s not all good news. Apparently there are some card scammers that use stolen credit card numbers to buy goods and get paid by spammers and then run with the goods … Continue reading

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MS Word and Yahoo Messenger Worms/Trojans

Ok, two nasty little vulnerabilities people should be aware of have popped up. First, late last week, a security hole in MS Word was revealed and a corresponding trojan virus that takes advantage of it.  More information can be found … Continue reading

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Fedora Core 5 Linux install on Sharp MM20

Well, I finally got around to posting up my instructions for installing FC5 on a sharp MM20 laptop. This is definitely one of the best versions yet to run on this laptop. It’s not perfect yet, as suspend modes aren’t … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania High Point

This weekend we decided to hit another high point. This time we drove up to Pennsylvania to Mount Davis. The highpoint is located in a State Forest and there are several hiking trails you can take. The trail/path to the … Continue reading

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Sad times for security research

Here is a very good article about Security researchers going to jail for doing the right thing. They find a flaw in some instituition/company website, one that exposes valuable or personal information, and they do the good deed and tell … Continue reading

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Big security holes in Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey

Time to run the update cycle. Some fairly significant security holes were found in most all of the Mozilla Foundations products. These security holes could allow someone to run any program they want on your computer as the user you … Continue reading

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I HATE spammers!!@!!@!

It seems that some spammers have decided to forge emails that appear to be coming from my domain (cafaro.net), i.e., people are getting emails from hoiud@cafaro-189588.ingress-bonde.easywp.com and dell34@cafaro-189588.ingress-bonde.easywp.com (and others), which are fake email address. These emails are NOT coming … Continue reading

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Cool new light technology

Well OLEDs keep getting cooler, I can’t wait to get my replacement lamps which will look like window shades and create light that feels like it’s coming in the window from the sun outside.  And not generate heat, and use … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld Last week

Well, it was a pretty good show, it wasn’t glitzy and glamorous, but there was some good info to be had, and good people to meet. Oh, and had a lot of fun at after show parties! :-). Anyway, here … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld next week

Well, I’m getting ready for LinuxWorld/OpenSolutionsWorld next week. Not to much to do, most things I’m responsible for, I’ve taken care of. Looking forward to it. I hope people enjoy the Security Track I’ve put together. Guess I’ll know soon. … Continue reading

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