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I manage servers and network devices that, for a variety of reasons, allow users to connect via SSH from anywhere in the world. Although the traffic generated by these connections is encrypted, leaving this open to the world does present a bit of a security risk. Would-be crackers use compromised …

The Mozilla Project released Firefox 3.0.7 yesterday. This minor release addresses several stability issues in addition to a few critical security problems. It is recommended that all users upgrade in order to get access to these security fixes. Additionally users of the Flashblock add-on will enjoy a better …

A buddy of mine is getting about 1 Mbps through his Cisco 2621XM based VPN. Additionally, the CPU was maxed out during the transfer. (In my testing, I was able to max out a 7 Mbps cable modem using the Cisco VPN Client connected to the same endpoint, so the …

The IEEE802.16 standard defines five Quality of Service (QoS) classes.

Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS)

UGS was designed to accommodate services that create fixed-size data packets on a regular basis. This class offers grants on a periodic basis and removes the need for subscriber unit access requests. This QoS class …

If you use a new Linksys VoIP phone (for example, the Linksys SPA942), you probably don't have to worry about the change to Daylight Savings Time that began in 2007. By default, your phone has the right information about when Daylight Savings Time begins and ends.

On the other hand …

Google may have added this feature back in October, but I'm just now noticing it. Although I don't use footnotes very often, I know some folks that really like them. Alex at GoogleOS pointed out some issues with the new footnote system when they first hit the scene.

Somewhat related …

You might run into a situation where you have multiple PRIs or T1s for outbound calling on your Cisco Access Server (Cisco AS5350 or other model). In order to ensure that all outbound calls are using both circuits, you need to configure two outbound dial peers. In order for the …

Whenever I start a new software project, I spend way too much time trying to figure out what I'm going to call it. I try to think of something clever, but I'm never really satisfied with what I come up with. (I suppose this means I'm not clever.) Starting with …

Those that know me may have heard me rant about my "Reverting Mac Dock Icon Problem." The problem is this: I have put a folder on my Dock and every time I log out or reboot, the icon reverts from my custom icon to the default folder icon. To fix …

It is no secret that organizational strategy is linked to market strategy. When a company first begins to move into the global marketplace, it must decide how it will interact with each market. The company could decide to utilize a multinational strategy. This strategy develops products and marketing specific to …

Note: This is part of a discussion regarding the configuration of a Cisco AS5300 for T.37 Store and Forward Faxing.

I haven't touched this series in a while, but I thought it might make sense to add a post that addresses common questions. If you have questions that aren't …

North American companies have a long history of marketing blunders in the international marketplace. The most famous example is GM's attempt to sell the Chevy Nova in Mexico despite the fact that "no va" is Spanish for "no go." That story is old news and has been retold to the …

I stumbled across this interesting image evolution project on AlteredQualia yesterday. This project takes Roger Alsing's example of image evolution using polygon rendering and re-implements it in JavaScript. I decided to run my own test against my avatar images. Both results use 50 polygons with 6 vertices.

Originally, I started …

The Camino Project announced the release of Camino 1.6.6 today. In addition to improved ad-blocking features, this release includes the most recent version of Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. Since this update includes several security fixes, it is recommended that all users upgrade as soon as possible.

After almost a year of development, the Internet Software Consortium (ISC) announced the newest release of their Domain Name System (DNS) server, BIND 9.4.3, today. This release includes over 140 fixes over BIND 9.4.2.

Although this maintenance release is mainly focused on bug fixes, it does …