Archive for October, 2007

 

stressed teachers

October 23rd, 2007

quite a good read. http://stressed-teacher.blogspot.com/

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vlc with http proxy

October 20th, 2007

want to watch/hear streaming content with vlc player but stuck in a network where a http proxy server is the only way out? just use the following option!
–http-proxy=PROXYADDRESS:PORTNO
e.g. vlc.exe –http-proxy=192.168.1.100:8080
more fun with vlc options here ( wiki.videolan.org )

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Malaysian Knowledge

October 19th, 2007

Some knowledge on Malaysian Vehicle License Plate Prefixes
A – Perak
B – Selangor
C – Pahang
D – Kelantan
J – Johore
K – Kedah
M – Melaka
N – Negri Sembilan
P – Penang
R – Perlis
T – Terengganu
W – Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territory: KL, Putrajaya, Labuan)

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network fingerprinters

October 13th, 2007

Around this time last year, I did quite a lot of reading up on network traffic fingerprinting. It’s been almost a year since then. Sometimes I do wish that I could continue work on that little project, it’d be a lot of fun and somewhat easier now that I know a little more about C++. [...]

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An elegant alternative to htaccess

October 10th, 2007

but only recently did I learn how much better it is.
When configuring user access controls to certain folders that are served by Apache, most web-based configuration tools such as CPanel will add a .htaccess file to the folder and use the following syntax.
AuthName "someplace"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /somewhere/on/your/box
Require user someuser
But, this causes a problem when you have [...]

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cisco networks by cisco systems

October 6th, 2007

when it comes to designing networks, it’s interesting to see how the guys at cisco put their own equipment to the task. after all, not every organisation can afford to deploy 6500s as access switches.
published in 2005, this is a little old but it’s probably the latest. ( cisco.com )

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Burma, Land of Fear

October 2nd, 2007

Burma, Land of Fear – a John Pilger Documentary

This film was made in 1996 so the focus of discussion is the Democracy uprising of 1988. Nonetheless, it is not difficult for one to draw parallels to what is happening today.
What can I say?

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