It shouldn’t be a new topic to secure your data while sending it across public lines like the internet. This usually happens using server certificates, which are made once and never touched again – if self signed. In my case I wanted to do it better and got me a certificate from CACert.org. At least it is a […]
Author: ToeiRei
Spam or Virus?
Today I had one of those typical spam malware in my mailbox, showing that Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used mail programs, being attacked all the time: Microsoft Outlook Notification for the xxxx@xxxx.xx Support [xxxx@xxxx.xx] Sent :Thu 15/10/2009 06:38 To xxxx@xxxx.xx Attachment install.zip (12kb) You have (6) New Message from Outlook Microsoft – Please re-configure […]
Speed up Firefox
Our beloved and well known friend and companion Firefox can be quite slow – especially if you are having it for a while now. But what is the reason for that performance loss? Let’s investigate and see what we can do. Due to the fact that I am running it on my laptop being on different locations, I […]
CD ISO on DVD
A small hint from the chaos lab: I had to burn an ISO done for a CD disc but we didn’t had a CD to burn it. The only thing we had was a bunch of DVDs. It is a big waste, but CD Images also work on DVDs.
First impressions of GRUB2
If a known computer magazine writes about the new grub2 version, it cannot be that bad at all, isn’t it? True, Grub2 is still unfinished, but it should be already quite useable. So why not giving it a try? The first steps are quite simple: Unmask the current Live-Ebuild and add the USE-Flag ‘multislot’ to prevent the removal […]
Online Backup – Review
As I am using Online Backup as a virtual data safe since some time now, it is time to look back and see what it did: The amount of data I am keeping safe is something around 2 GB. Sure, this doesn’t seem to be much but it is only the important stuff I which I cannot get […]