If you are using SSH to tunnel your web traffic, to keep your information private, you might be vulnerable to a DNS man-in-the-middle attack. If your DNS requests are not tunneled, the operator of the hostile (or locked down) network can still see where you are navigating to on the web when your client makes DNS requests […]
Today I got wind of a new beta from Google. Google search over SSL. Now you can have an end to end search that is encrypted between your computer and our friends over at Google. This will protect your search terms and results from third parties such as your ISP, or company network admins who […]
Again I am working on my server; a virtual machine powered by VMware. I recalled that I did not have the tools installed; also the virtual server console gave me an additional reminder. So I decided to install. There are a few things to do before installing. First we need to make sure our server […]
After a recent Ubuntu Linux (server) installation inside in a virtual machine, I decided to move the virtual machine to new a new host where I can run it. After the move I noticed that I could no longer connect to my system via the IP I had assigned. So the story begins. With the […]
UAC (User Account Control) is the most obnoxious, nagging windows that will drive you crazy and frustrate you while using Windows 7 or Vista. One way to stop being annoyed is to disable it. However doing so will make your computer less secure. I in no way recommend anyone disable UAC, but I will provide […]
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After spending some time looking for a new web application to host my blog from I decided to move over to dasblog (http://dasblog.info). And while this was a good start I favored the design of WordPress, so I have made the move. They say change is good. Let’s just see how good it is!