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This nifty little trick allows you to manually enter http requests over https:

openssl s_client -connect www.pcfinancial.ca:443 -state

This command takes place of telnet “www.google.ca 80″ in that openssl negotiates all the key junk for you, and allow you to hack test https webservers.

I recently purchased an ExtremeView xv3300 from EFTA.us. I highly recommend their service: Shipping was fast and prices were great. To link it in with my current mythtv system, I needed to build/buy an irblaster, and hook it up to lirc to blink the codes to the set top box. Then I needed to configure my capture card to record channels 2-70 from local cable tv, and 80+ from the s-video input and the satellite set top box.

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Block Brute Force with IP Tables

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My photo database has now been updated. Rather than using photodb (software I wrote), I am now using the much better “gallery” software.

http://photodb.muzik.ca/

One more step closer to Germany!

http://www.synce.org/index.php/Windows_Mobile_2005_Support

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130923-page,1-c,linux/article.html

http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows