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Wireshark · WPA PSK Generator (has SHA1 JavaScript source)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/14

Might come in useful one day: Wireshark · WPA PSK Generator.

–jeroen

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xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation, or why you should reset passwords, certificates and request new credit cards.

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/11

In layman’s terms/pictures: xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation.

If you still don’t get it: anyone with any HTTPS connection to a once vulnerable system could copy data out of that system. There is no guarantee that data did not contain your identity (username, password, public key, credit card check-digits, etc) or server identity (private and public key).

Since often you cannot prove a system was using OpenSSL, there is no way to prove your data didn’t get copied.

–jeroen (who just discovered this is post #2000 on my blog; ain’t this cool? <g>)
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Posted in Internet, OpenSSL, Power User, Security | 8 Comments »

Some Mikrotik and RouterOS Links to get it running on ESXi for experimental purposes.

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/27

RouterOS runs on many kinds of hardware. Of course on the MikroTik hardware itself (which always comes with a license), but also on x86 hardware, even virtualized systems.

In that respect, it looks a bit like pfSense, or Endian, but on steroids and closed source.

Here are some links focused on MikroTik  on ESXi (which is great for experimental purposes):

WOL (Wake ON LAN)

–jeroen

via: Routers.

Posted in ESXi4, ESXi5, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, Ethernet, Internet, Network-and-equipment, Power User, routers, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi, Wake-on-LAN (WoL) | Tagged: , | Leave a Comment »

Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/24

Interesting: Peplink multi-WAN routers and VPN solutions.

Lets see how this compares to MikroTik stuff (:

–jeroen

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CloudConvert – convert anything to anything

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/13

For my link arvhive: CloudConvert – convert anything to anything.

Currently, the convert a staggering 180 formats in these categories:

  • archive
  • audio
  • cad
  • document
  • ebook
  • image
  • presentation
  • spreadsheet
  • vector
  • video

 

–jeroen

via: CloudConvert – Conversion Types.

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Headless: PC Engines APU System Boards Feature AMD G-Series T40E APU, 3 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/03/10

Interesting for instance for a pfSense router: [Wayback/Archive] PC Engines APU System Boards Feature AMD G-Series T40E APU, 3 Gigabit Ethernet Ports.

–jeroen

Posted in *nix, APU, Hardware, Internet, Network-and-equipment, Power User, routers | Leave a Comment »

Read the new DropBox Terms of Service, and consider opting out of the new “Forced Arbitration” section (via: @Consumerist)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/02/26

If you use DropBox, you might want to consider to opt out from the new “Forced Arbitration” part of their revised Terms of Service.

This is why: Why You Should Opt Out Of Forced Arbitration, In 3 Sentences – Consumerist.

Or switch to copy.com which offers more storage, and not such a legal limitation in their ToS.

Though the 2 gigabyte Twitter promotion has ended, they do give you: Read the rest of this entry »

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Glasvezel / Fiber internet notes

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/09

Some links:

–jeroen

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“Hoogtes” waar ik gewoond heb / “Altitudes” of where I have been living

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/12/09

(English translation below)

Edit 20230510 – added new URLs after the AHN viewer moved from ahn.geodan.nl to new domains ahn.arcgisonline.nland www.ahn.nl.

Nederlands

Veel van Nederland ligt onder zeeniveau, inclusief de meeste plaatsen waar ik gewoond heb, maar ik wist nog niet hoe ver het van N.A.P. “zeeniveau” afweek.

Via toeval kwam ik er achter dat dit on-line heel makkelijk op postcode opvraagbaar is, met een URL als deze:

http://ahn.geodan.nl/ahn/viewer3/zoekpc.php?postcode=1060NP

https://ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/?find=1060NP

Je krijgt dan een resultaat als dit:

Volgens AHN2 is de gemiddelde hoogte in postcodegebied 1060NP -1.8 m.

(Inmiddels – 2023 – geen tekst meer met gemiddelde hoogte, maar als je klikt op een locatie krijg je de gemeten hoogte aldaar)

Onderaan de postcodes waar het om gaat.

Vrijwel mijn hele leven was dus beneden zeeniveau, maar ik ben boven zeeniveau geboren (:

En als bonus: AHN Viewer en AHN [Wayback/Archive] AHN Viewer | AHN (snapt geen URL parameters) en [Wayback/Archive] AHN-viewer (snapt wel URL parameters, zie [Wayback/Archive] ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/Release_notes_versie_2_februari_2019.pdf).

Er is ook een postcodetool, maar die snapt geen URL parameters: [Wayback/Archive] Postcodetool

English

Most of The Netherlands is below sea level, including most of the places I lived, but I didn’t know how far from N.A.P. “sea level” that was.

By coincidence, I found out that it is easy to find this relative altitude by Dutch poascal code with a URL like this:

http://ahn.geodan.nl/ahn/viewer3/zoekpc.php?postcode=1060NP

https://ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/?find=1060NP

It will get you a result like this, where the last number indicates altitude:

Volgens AHN2 is de gemiddelde hoogte in postcodegebied 1060NP -1.8 m.

(By now – 2023 – no text with average altitude, but if you click you get the measured altitude value)

Below is a list of postal codes where I lived or where my post got delivered.

So I lived most of my life below sea level, but was born above it (:

As a bonus, I also found AHN Viewer and AHN [Wayback/Archive] AHN Viewer | AHN (does not allow URL parameters) and [Wayback/Archive] AHN-viewer (allows URL parameters, see [Wayback/Archive] ahn.arcgisonline.nl/ahnviewer/Release_notes_versie_2_februari_2019.pdf).

There is even a postal code tool, but it does not support URL parameters: [Wayback/Archive] Postcodetool

Postcodes / Postal codes

––jeroen

via:

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On my research list: Hojoki: Make All Your Cloud Apps Work As One

Posted by jpluimers on 2013/08/05

On my research list: Hojoki: Make All Your Cloud Apps Work As One.

Should read the comments at Flotsam and Jetsam #70.

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