Entries from October 2007 ↓
October 23rd, 2007 — How To, Linux, Online, Technology
Moblock is a fantastic alternative to PeerGuardian for Linux systems. Running some form of blocking software is important to protect your privacy when using P2P applications like BitTorrent and Gnutella; if you’re not using anything, you should be.
Unfortunately, in it’s default configuration the filtering can be a little aggressive. There is nothing whitelisted (explictly allowed), so any IP address caught in the filter is blocked. This list of filtered IP address ranges includes addresses belonging to Microsoft and Google, meaning that all traffic to those companies is blocked - including HTTP traffic and instant messaging.
To enable both MSN and Google Talk, find the following line in the file /etc/moblock/moblock.conf:
#WHITE_TCP_OUT="http https"
Now, remove the ‘#’ from the start and add the ports as follows:
WHITE_TCP_OUT="http https 1863 5222"
Presto!
The numbers 1863 and 5222 are the port numbers for the MSN protocol and XMPP protocol that Google Talk uses. If you have another application that is being blocked by Moblock, you should be able to find what port it uses here.
For installation instructions on Ubuntu, check out this Ubuntu Forums thread.
October 17th, 2007 — Technology
An article I co-authored just went live on the IBM developerWorks site.
ASP.NET Authentication using LTPA and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM)
In this article, we show you how to enable your ASP.NET applications for federated single sign-on utilizing the IBM® Tivoli® Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.1.1.1 to translate LTPA cookies set by IBM WebSphere® Application Server. We show how to create an ASP.NET HTTP module that extracts the LTPA cookie then uses TFIM to translate the token into a username via WS-Trust.
Check it out here.
October 9th, 2007 — Funny
The LOLcat Bible Translation Project is a fantastic example of internet memes taken to the extreme.
From Job 1:
21. “Teh Ceiling Cat giv me cheezburger, teh Ceiling Cat takded mah cheezburger awai. I stil laiks teh Ceiling Cat.”
For bonus nerd points, there’s also a Klingon Bible Translation Project.
October 9th, 2007 — Australia
Blaming “Generation Y” for everything seems to be the order of the day, especially on news.com.au. The latest problem to be caused by this generation?
Rising rents.
Mr McNamara blamed the rent rises on Generation Y hitting their late 20s and moving out of home.
“Inner city markets are experiencing rapidly rising rents through the influence of Generation Y,” he said.
He believed Generation Y tenants would rather “pay exorbitant rent in inner city locations than live in what they see as the cultural wasteland of suburbia.”
If only those pesky youngsters would buy an overpriced house in the suburbs, the sensible older generation wouldn’t have to pay so much rent!
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