Removing .htaccess Authentication Restrictions

Posted by Benjamin Close on November 8, 2008 under Computers, OpenSource | Read the First Comment

Removing .htaccess Authentication Restrictions Have you ever found yourself needing to remove authentication from part of a website? This actually happens fairly regularly. The way you do it is as follows: .htaccess AuthType none Satisfy Any The AuthType none directive indicates apache should not prompt for a password, whilst the Satisfy Any directive tells apache [..more..]

iwn

Posted by Benjamin Close on under FreeBSD, wireless | 7 Comments to Read

Last Updated: 20080521054508 This page documents the current state of the IWN driver for FreeBSD, the driver supports the Intel 4965AGN Wireless Card, often found in Intel Centrino based laptops. If your looking for the driver for the 3945 chipset check out the wpi page. Note: A majorly updated version of the iwn driver has [..more..]

Setting up SSH Public/Private Keys

Posted by Benjamin Close on November 7, 2008 under Computers, OpenSource | Be the First to Comment

Using SSH for Automatic Key authentication SSH provides an encrypted tunnel for use with interactive and non interactive terminal sessions. It provides authentication via a number of methods including password, public/private key pairs and challenge keys. SSH also provides authentication forwarding between machines. This feature allows a user to be able to log on to [..more..]

gdb

Posted by admin on under Computers, Programming | Read the First Comment

Helpful hints for when using GDB

Frox & PF

Posted by Benjamin Close on under Computers, FreeBSD | Be the First to Comment

This article describes how to setup Frox to perform transparent proxying and caching via pf under FreeBSD.

FreeBSD VPN

Posted by Benjamin Close on under Computers, FreeBSD | 8 Comments to Read

This document describes how to setup both the server side and client side for a PPTP connection with MPPE encryption that works for windows, MacOsX and other freebsd boxes. Note, it was based on FreeBSD 6 series, whether it works with later versions of FreeBSD is unknown. The basic process: – Install & configure pptpserver [..more..]

FIXING MY DELL INSPIRON 8000 BACKLIGHT

Posted by Benjamin Close on under Computers, Repairs | 12 Comments to Read

Inspiron 8000

It all began in February 2001. I bought a Dell inspiron 8000 laptop, with a 1400×1050 capable screen and I was happy. Over time however, things slowly broke. I was lucky enough to get a free upgrade to a 3 year next day onsite warranty, and over time got the HDD replaced twice and keyboard [..more..]

CVS

Posted by Benjamin Close on under Programming | Be the First to Comment

This page contains various helpful hints for using CVS.

Buying a notebook

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When buying a notebook there is a lot to consider. This page is designed to be a guide to choosing the right notebook for your situation.

wpi

Posted by Benjamin Close on under FreeBSD | 6 Comments to Read

  Last Updated: 20080408003159 This page documents the current state of the WPI driver for FreeBSD, the driver supports the Intel 3945ABG Wireless driver. Note: As of 2007/11/09 the wpi driver is in 8.0-Current, aka FreeBSD src CVS. AND linked to the build. As of 2007/12/8 wpi is also in RELENG_7. Note: If you have the Intel 4965AGN [..more..]