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BitDefender failed me (again)

In: Security|Software|Windows

16 Sep 2009

Today I had problems running my newly installed cygwin 1.7 beta and minTTY after updating BitDefender. It only took me some minutes to find out that BitDefender was the cause of the problem (much faster than the last time). After fidling around with some settings and trying some workarounds from various web resources I decided [...]

Certificate issues with openjdk under Debian

In: Linux|Security|Software

15 Jun 2009

Currently we are developing the connection to mPAY to handle payments for our online time tracking application timr.com. mPAY provides a https URL that takes the payment parameters and returns if the transaction was successful. When testing the call to this URL from our server we always got the following error message: java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException: the trustAnchors [...]

Jungledisk and Hosteurope vserver

In: Linux|Security|Software

27 Apr 2009

I am using jungledisk for about half a year now to backup my Ubuntu home server online (photos, mp3, …). Today I tried to configure the virtual server this blog is running on to backup my blog with jungledisk – but I had no luck. Jungledisk uses fuse to mount the web service storage and [...]

Backup third-party apps of your BlackBerry

In: Blackberry|Mobile|RIM|Security|Software|Tools

12 Jan 2009

Today I decided to make a complete backup of all the applications currently installed on my BlackBerry. I just bought Sid Meier’s Pirates! for BlackBerry from Concrete Software. This game is the greatest game I ever played on a mobile device so far and at the same the the best remake of an old classic [...]

OpenSSL Debacle

In: Linux|Security|Software

29 May 2008

There are a lot of sites around the web that inform us about the “OpenSSL debacle” in the Debian based Linux systems. A piece of code that was committed “accidentally” about two years ago limited the amount of possible SSH keys to about 32000. This means brute force hacking attempts based on the list of [...]

Mail size restrictions in postfix

In: Linux|Security

23 Mar 2008

As I wrote in my post about my mail server configuration I am using postfix as MTA for my emails. This week a friend had problems to send me an email containing some attachments. He got the following error message from my server: SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<anyone@anywhere.com> SIZE=16282613: host example.net [...]

Detailed access control for subversion repositories

In: Linux|Security

8 Mar 2008

Some months ago I wrote this post about Setting up subversion on Debian etch. I mentioned that you could use the AuthzSVNAccessFile directive to add more detailed access control for your subversion repositories. That time I did not need it and I did not look into the detailed documentation. Today I needed to setup another [...]

Mail server setup for Debian etch

In: Linux|Security|Software|Web

13 Feb 2008

I am running my own mail server now for over five years. There are a lot of good free email services out there but I am not satisfied with their spam filters. I am getting about 300 spam mails a day and with my current solution only one of them makes it into my inbox [...]

Get rid of useless Windows restrictions

In: Security|Tools

16 Dec 2007

Sometimes you have to accomplish work on a windows PC where you do not have administrator privileges. This can be quite frustrating if you are a power user and you are used to your shortcuts and tools. Here are some tips to get rid of useless limitations some system administrators may have configured to your [...]

KeePass for BlackBerry (finally)

In: Blackberry|Mobile|Security

16 Oct 2007

Today a version of KeePass was released that works on BlackBerry devices. KeePass is a free, OpenSource password manager. It comes with a desktop client and (thats the best part) can be synchronized with the BlackBerry. I am currently using MiniSafe Desktop which I purchased two years ago for 29 USD from Handango. I am [...]


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