RFID (Radio-frequency identification) is an automatic identification method. RFID tags can be used in passports, transportation payments, product tracking, transportation and logistics, lap scoring, animal identification. Human implants are also available but the experts warned against using RFID for authenticating people due to the risk of identity theft. In the video you’ll see how RFID [...]
Archive for February 2009
Monitor your downtime
easy.MEDIA launched a website monitoring service (www.e-nagios.com) based on nagios. The service offers SMS/Email notification to meet your need for mobility. The servers/websites will be crossed-monitored to avoid false alarms.
How to write a linux virus
After reading an interesting article about linux “viruses” (the comments are interersing, too), I decided to raise the alarm about the source of many security related issues in today’s computers: the user. The author talks about the many ways to compromise a linux box, even if you are not root. I will not get into [...]
COOoder
This extension provides syntax highlighting features for OpenOffice.org. COOoder will be usefull for developers wanting to present code fragments in writer documents. More info here: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/coooder.
How to set up a VPN server on Ubuntu
Install PoPToP Point to Point Tunneling Server: sudo apt-get install pptpd Edit /etc/pptpd.conf file: sudo joe /etc/pptpd.conf Uncomment the following lines (replace IP range if you like) localip 192.168.0.1 remoteip 192.168.1.1-255 Save and exit. Edit /etc/ppp/pptpd-options file sudo joe /etc/ppp/pptpd-options Make sure you have this: refuse-pap refuse-chap refuse-mschap require-mschap-v2 require-mppe-128 proxyarp nodefaultroute lock nobsdcomp noipx [...]
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