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    IsTrueCryptAuditedYet? In Part!

    I often look at the page http://istruecryptauditedyet.com/ to see if they keep their promise. http://opencryptoaudit.org/ wanted to check Truecrypt and they finally did it. The report is available! They started with the bootloader and the kernel driver and found no backdoors but some bad code...
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    A Statistical Analysis of the Work of Bob Ross

    http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-statistical-analysis-of-the-work-of-bob-ross/ Great analysis and numbers of Bob Ross paintings.
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    Install and run zeromq

    1. Installation: wget http://download.zeromq.org/zeromq-4.0.4.tar.gz tar -zxvf zeromq-4.0.4.tar.gz cd zeromq-4.0.4/ ./configure make && make install 2. Create server: "nano ~/server.php" <?php /* * Weather update server * Binds PUB socket to tcp://*:5556 * Publishes random weather updates *...
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    Thread number 4000!

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    Create your own dynamic subdomain

    I run my own dns servers and I use a subdomain as a dynamic dns service. This tutorial shows how to create such a service. 1. Create DNS entries A record for dnsdynamic.domain.com (ip of dns server) NS record for dynamic.domain.com refering to dnsdynamic.domain.com 2. Install bind9: "apt-get...
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    TrueCrypt console version

    I like TrueCrypt and using it on my laptops. I searched for a way to use it on my servers too and found out that they provide a console-only version of TrueCrypt. Download console-only version: wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-7.1a-linux-console-x86.tar.gz or wget...
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    Small linux distrubitions

    I keep my old notebooks because they are cheap and small servers. They don't need much power, are silent and have keyboard, mouse and screen included. I use small linux distrubitions to run linux servers on old 256MB RAM notebooks. My IBM ThinkPad T20 with Intel Pentium III 700 MHz, 256MB RAM...
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    Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0 Source Code

    With the permission of Microsoft Corporation, the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available the source and object code to Microsoft’s MS-DOS operating system versions 1.1 and 2.0, for non-commercial use. The zip file contains four subdirectories: v11source: 7 assembler code files...
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    Devs should not upload their configs - check this bad example

    Check your AWS logins, a search for AWS keys returns almost 10,000 results.
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    Kippo ssh honeypot

    hwdsl2 wrote about kippo and I now add a howto to this tool. Change your ssh port to another one: "vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config" and change "Port" to another number Install dependencies: "apt-get install python-twisted" Create use for kippo: "adduser honeypot" Change to user: "su honeypot"...
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    Hostingparadise OpenVZ in Germany

    Provider: Hostingparadise.eu Plan: OpenVZ 256mb VPS Price: 3.99€ per month Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Purchased: 1/2013 Hardware information: 1 CPU (Xeon) 256MB RAM 25GB HDD 100% backup space 1TB Traffic 1GB network 1 IPV4 1 IPV6 dd: 134217728 bytes (134 MB) copied, 0.903265 s, 149 MB/s...
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    Fitbit Recalls Force Wristband Due to Risk of Skin Irritation

    http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2014/Fitbit-Recalls-Force-Activity-Tracking-Wristband/ They should have made tests about this. Epic fail.
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    Secure tcp connection with ssl

    Stunnel wraps any insecure TCP port into a secure encrypted port. It is using OpenSSL package for this. Install stunnel: apt-get install stunnel4 Configuration: nano /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf Usage of parameters: client = yes accept = 8080 connect = 127.0.0.1:3601 cert =...
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    Bad bad youtube channel

    Don't klick it
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    Limit cpu usage of a program

    Limiting cpu usage is important on shared environments. I have php programs that run long and can consume too much cpu. I searched for a solution and found cpulimit. Install cpulimit: sudo apt-get install cpulimit Usage of cpulimit: By pid: Find PID of program: ps ax | grep <program name>...
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    Uroburos rootkit undiscovered for three years

    The rootkit named Uroburos, enables its masters to take control of infected computers. The threat, which works on both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems, can execute arbitrary commands, hide system activities, steal files, and capture network traffic. It’s designed in a way that allows its...
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    Domain name for library

    I am working on c++ libraries for microcontrollers. Some are popular in the controller community. I want to build 3 different websites (Atmel/ST/Texas Instruments) for them and I need domain names for them. What TLD should I use for them? .io, .cc, .co, .in, .pw? .re? What is a good TLD for...
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    embedded world 2014

    Does somebody plan to visit the Embedded World 2014 exhibition this week? List of companies: http://www.embedded-world.de/en/exhibition-info/exhibition-profile/product-spectrum/
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    D-BUS Poettering new toy

    linux.conf.au 2014: http://linux.conf.au/schedule/30120/view_talk?day=friday One pro for Paettering is that he touchs things others don't (afraid). But often he is reinventing things because a single feature is missing. In a single word: PulseAudio. Now he tries to put part of D-BUS into the...
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    Raspberry Pi powered by solar module

    I want to run my Raspberry Pi with Wifi dongle powered by solar panels. Do you know a everything included package that can be bought and sold in the EU? How big should the solar panels be to have enough power for a Raspberry Pi?
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