Convert a .crt Certificate to a .pem file
On Apr. 22
Every year or so I update CA'd certs and usually forget that my mailserver (cyrus+postfix) needs a PEM format file. Then, I have to fish around for the openssl commands that do the job.VirtualBox for Ubuntu on Vista 64 (The VMWare Killer for Developer VMs?)
On Feb. 13
Ok, that's an overstatement. I used VMWare Workstation successfully for a year to develop for Win2k web servers on my XP desktop. However, when I needed an Ubuntu guest on Windows Vista host (for Python/TurboGears dev), VMWare got ugly with various host apps. I searched...and I found...VirtualBox.This doc is a loose how-to, because some steps were poorly documented.
My Choice: Best IPTables Tutorial
On Feb. 10
This link is hands down the best tutorial of IpTables I've come across.PostgreSQL 1A
On Jan. 28
I spent the last 8 years on a lot of MySQL and little MSSQL. Now, I'm on a PostgreSQL project. Here's my cheat sheet of DBMS specific commands I needed to figure out right away.WxPython 2.8 Vista 64 bit crash - workaround found
On Dec. 9 2008
Originally posted on the wxpython-users listPostfix, Cyrus, Web-Cyradm on Ubuntu: Mail Server Setup Guide
On Sep. 29 2008
Postfix SMTP and Cyrus IMAP/POP3 are highly efficient open source server packages with extensive production burn in. Add the excellent open source anti spam and anti virus tools, SpamAssassin & ClamAV, along with the Web-Cyradm for a half-decent domain+account control panel, and you get a production quality mail server competitive in most ways with top commercial offerings.However, though the individual packages install and work, considerable tweaking is required to get the whole installation working smoothly together. Herein is a how-to for Ubuntu 8.04 server edition.
The Internet Server Project - Part I - Intro
On Feb. 8 2008
Back in '99 I was determined to get out of semiconductor CAD software and into this wizzy Internet stuff. Probably the smartest thing I did back then was to build (and rebuild and rebuild) a web+email server for my own domain.Commentary on the Jobs' "Thoughts on Music" article
On Feb. 16 2007
Recently, Steve Jobs posted an article, Thoughts on Music. I have a short rebuttal/refinement of a Washington Post article on Jobs' posting.CxxTest setup for the Visual Studio IDE
On Feb. 8 2007
The CxxTest docs give a cumbersome, multi-project-with-makefile procedure for using CxxTest in Visual Studio. Here's something betterPostfix + Cyrus Imap - A Quick & Easy Setup for Suse 10.1 and The *non-MySQL* Case
On June 14 2006
In the past (Suse < 9) I've always had to build postfix and cyrus from scratch to get them to work together (could be my problem, I admit). In Suse 10.1 I've finally gotten them to work from the distro, with a few bits of config hacking, for local passwd users (no mysql based accounts in this config.)
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