Category Archives: Technology

Covering all my technical interests. Things like gadgets, computers, software, etc..

At the border there is no privacy

I’ve been watching this for a while now, and took note of a recent ruling in a US court which said you have no expectations of privacy at the border when returning from international travel. This means that when you … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld Security Track shaping up again!

Busy once more trying to finalize the Security Track for LinuxWorld San Francisco. Will be hard to top some of the speakers from last year, but I’ve got some very interesting topics this year. I just always forget how hard … Continue reading

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Hmmm interesting news about Verizon’s coming “Open Network”

Just ran across this interesting news bit: “Verizon Wireless Says ‘Bring Your Own’ Device” Very interesting, but after reading it, all it really sounds like is a slightly refined version of what GSM networks are all about. I have for … Continue reading

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The annoyance of brute force attacks.

I run several servers, all of which run linux, OpenSSH, and Apache HTTPD. Some run VSftpd as well (legacy requirements). They all are attacked by brute force hacking attempts daily, yes daily. Every day I go through my logs and … Continue reading

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Upgrade from a Treo 650 to a Treo 680…then what…

Well, I decided about a month ago that the old Treo 650 was getting old and needed a little refresh, I generally keep my PDAs for about 3 years before upgrading, and that’s about how long it’s been. Unfortunately, there … Continue reading

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Fedora 7 Linux on Sharp MM20 laptop install guide

I added the Fedora 7 install page to the collection. There wasn’t that much to it, I just added some tweaks from previous write ups and new things I’ve found. The base install works perfectly fine, but I like these … Continue reading

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MythTV in HD now working :)

Well, I finally got MythTV all setup and running how I would like. Thanks in part to the work of Jarod Wilson’s Fedora Myth(tv)ology and the MythTV.org Wiki I’ve installed all the software and configured everything to work with my … Continue reading

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Germany destroys it’s computer security research.

Well, today is a good day not to live or work in Germany if you make your living with technology.  Today Germany officially makes it illegal to use or develop security tools which could at all be used as “hacking … Continue reading

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LinuxWorld San Francisco wraps up.

Well, LinuxWorld San Francisco Expo and Conference wrapped up this week. I was the Security Track Chair (Part of the Program Committee) and hope that people found the talks helpful and full of quality tech info. Unfortunately I missed out … Continue reading

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Excellent news for Linux!

Excellent news for the Linux community, Judge Dale Kimball ruled late yesterday that SCO does not own the Unix and Unixware copyrights, that in fact Novell owns the copyright. This seriously guts SCO’s lawsuits with IBM, RedHat, AutoZone, and the … Continue reading

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