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GoDaddy.com SSL cert …
It was a bit of trouble to get it done, even after my purchase was approved. But I have ît now 🙂 Here I just want to share the information with you, since
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Two weeks after beta: IDA Pro 5.3 released
Those who haven’t heard the news, get your update now. Here’s a link to the update-request page. NB: According to Ilfak, the debugger has seen major improvements. // Oliver PS: Don’t forget to get the new SDK and the support … Continue reading
Ziemlich effektiv
Der “Patch” den ich für mein GMX-Konto benutze hat sich als ziemlich effektiv herausgestellt. Alle 10min loggt sich mein Perlskript (es benutzt Mail::IMAPClient via SSL) bei GMX ein und sortiert alle Ham-Mails aus dem Spamverdacht in den entsprechenden Unterordner. Seitdem … Continue reading
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Nice work! Found hardware keylogger in a DELL laptop.
Read the full story here. DHS denying request under FOIA. PS: If you read the scanned document closely, you notice the two times 8-digit “file number” which could be a date. If this was state of the art three years … Continue reading
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Very thorough anti-fraud department ;)
I just ordered a five-pack of SSL certificates at GoDaddy.com a few days ago because they have the best offer in that the price is nice and the browsers they cover are virtually 100% of all browsers. The remaining close-to-zero … Continue reading
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Saving the world?
Programs of a new type have been created by different companies recently. The first I am aware of was developed in 2006 and violated the GPL back then. More of them seem to be offered all the time. These programs … Continue reading
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From the G8 summit we learn …
… that nuclear energy comes to the rescue of the world climate. Even better. If you think thoroughly enough, it comes to the rescue of nature as well. While humans have managed to drive several species to extinction over time, … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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GMX “patchen”
Jupp, richtig gehört. GMX hat zwar seit Jahren einen Spamfilter, aber sie haben es nicht geschafft reguläre Ausdrücke zu dokumentieren (scheint aber PCRE zu sein) oder einen Filter vor dem Spamfilter zuzulassen. Filterregeln ja, aber erst nach dem hauseigenen Spamfilter … Continue reading
Posted in DE, Gedanken, Software
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Are they allowed to tell the truth like that?
Read and judge yourself: Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates Say.
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Two years …
The blog exists for two years now. Amazing it’s still active.
Posted in /dev/null, EN
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DDKWizard demo video
I’ve created and uploaded a little demo clip about how easy it is to create a project with DDKWizard. (Hint: you need Flash enabled.) If you want a higher quality and higher resolution, try this link! More instructional videos about … Continue reading
Posted in DDKWizard/DDKBUILD, EN, Programming
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“Sausage yourself” …
or “Pulsaðu þig” … can you read in places where you can buy the (in)famous Icelandic hotdogs. Creative use of the language. While we’re at it. Pylsusinnep is called sinnep, i.e. mustard, but it just got some mustard flavour in … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Island/Iceland/Ísland
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Coming home late …
This is, what happens if you get home late in Reykajvík during summer. You look at the night sky and think, let’s go down to the sea and take a few pictures. The pictures were taken between about 00:50 to … Continue reading
Posted in DE, EN, Island/Iceland/Ísland
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Argh … mysqld giving me a hard time
First I killed one server (domU) by having log_bin turned on (and cluttering the disk drive with several GiB of logs), although I do not need replication. Then I ran out of memory with mysqld on the server on which … Continue reading
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Getting rid of SSH brute forcers
I am usually using different methods in a combination. In the sshd_config I declare AllowGroups with the group ssh-users. This group does never contain root. Furthermore I set PasswordAuthentication no and generally authenticate only by key. Root login is of … Continue reading
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Beware the msvcrt.dll
As noted previously, the msvcrt.dll got the state of a system library and is thus included in systems from XP up. On earlier systems you will have to have a particular service pack level or get the redistributable package with … Continue reading
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Version numbers of DDKBUILD.CMD and DDKWizard
I have just finished moving all previous DDKBUILD.CMD and DDKWizard versions under version control – subversion, to be more precise. This means there will be a change of the way how the version number is represented. Currently we have the … Continue reading
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Prick passing chain – unpleasant questions
… at work or elsewhere, how often have you met those guys who pretend they can do things they don’t even have a clue of? How often did such a person not only lie but hold you ransom by initiating … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Thoughts
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I am told that size doesn’t matter (anymore)!
Chris Wimmer, a fellow programmer, told me in a chat today, that the size of applications doesn’t matter. But I’ll let you decide. However, the program which he wrote is worthwhile regardless of its size. Even more so the library … Continue reading
Posted in IT Security, Programming, Software
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