Archive for July, 2005

New Webmail

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Well been using Horde + IMP application framework and webmail for some time now for the virus.org webmail. However I've kinda let the updates on it slip for a long time and it was always a major pain to configure so I decided to change the webmail software. So I've ...

Apple Remote Desktop

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Nice application, just playing with it on the OS X Server machines and it is pretty cool.. Just wish there was a proper Windows version of the client and I'd be stoked... A Song For The Deaf from the album "Songs For The Deaf" by Queens Of The Stone Age

Hmm.. Google Adsense

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

I'm still trying to figure out why google adsense is not working well on the VDot site. The changes I made the other day are not having a marked effect, it is actually very irritating. The two main changes are the page keywords, these where changed significantly to include keywords from ...

AirTunes Rules

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Well so the other day I bought an Airport Extreme and an Airport Express to build my aging Wireless infrastructure for the flat. The main reason for going with the Apple kit was the ease in which configuring the WDS environment was. Within a few minutes I'd setup the network again, ...

Why are vendors stupid when it comes to security

Friday, July 29th, 2005

This week at the Blackhat conference a researcher called Michael Lynn was to present on a tried and true method to screw over Cisco networking equipment that is running IOS. It is interesting in that Cisco lent on Michael Lynn’s employer ISS to get the presentation pulled at the last ...

Cool Tool

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Found this quite cool looking tool which I’m going to need to do some extended testing with.. It is called Multipot which is a ‘emulation honey pot’ for trapping malicious code which spreads via various exploits on the net. What is interesting is that it is a Windows based tool ...

Google Adsense

Wednesday, July 27th, 2005

Well I’ve been getting really miffed about the number of Google Adsense adds on the VDot site that are not changing, so today some mods to the site and a batch of URLs put in the URL filter at google and we’ll see if they change the adds shown. Also as ...

Very nervous city today

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

Well it seems so far we’re having a very eventful day again. A shooting, lots and lots of security alerts. The police had a lot of officers camped a Hyde park corner earlier, lots of vans and officers just sat about waiting for something to happen.

More beer..

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Well from the 2nd to the 6th of August is the Great British Beer Festival at Olympia. Tickets start at 7 quid… As always all the beer you can drink will be available..

Lets Hope

Thursday, July 21st, 2005

Lets hope this is not a repeat of 2 weeks ago. PS. All the Kapp family are safe at home..