Monthly Archives: August 2004

>Whew! It is getting late and I need some sleep. I will read this article either tomorrow or within the next week. Since my LPT port is broken I will have to try out the examples in this article on … Continue reading →

>This works with Gaim-0.81 and provides transparent RSA using NSS. More information on this later after using it for some time. URL: http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/

>I am new to this GBDE (GEOM Based Disk Encryption) for now so I am just going to jot down information I find interesting or did not know about for later personal research. These notes are from http://phk.freebsd.dk/pubs/bsdcan-04.slides.gbde.pdf GEOM – … Continue reading →

>http://www.newsforge.com/ I found while reading a Slashdot post on the new GBDE-GEOM Based Disk Encryption for FreeBSD. This is something I will look into later.

>This is something I fear most. Losing my USB pendrive! Not only will my data be gone, but who ever comes across it will have my data. Why not just encrypt it? This article from BSDNews.org talks just about that.

>Just recently, I realized my favorite Open Source Editor (OSE), VIM, has a built-in “hex editor”. Well, it is not really a Hex editor, but rather a conversion option. I realized this while playing with the pull-down menus in VIM … Continue reading →

>Found a new toy, gotmail (/usr/ports/gotmail). This is a console application which downloads mail from hotmail.com or msn.com to either a local folder or it can be configured to forward mail to another email address like gmail!.

>A client of mine just purchased hosting services from 1and1.com and wants me to do web development for him. Initially he signed up for the MS package, but I requested that he change to Linux. The MS package was nice, … Continue reading →

> Excellent Guide: http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/webserver/apache_ssl_php_mysql.php Post Notes on Apache (2.0.50): Since 2.0.49_2, to run apache www server from startup, add apache2_enable=”YES” in your /etc/rc.conf. Available variables you add/set to /etc/rc.conf. – apache2_enable (bool): Set to “NO” by default. Set it to … Continue reading →

> It just came to me understanding and attention that I was not using the strongest encryption scheme to encrypt my user passwords. This article from “BSDVault explains how to change the default DES encryption on FreeBSD to Blowfish. By … Continue reading →