Category Archives: Technology

Changing Belgacoms BBOX/EDPnet’s Sagem F@st 3464 IP

I recently (today) got the VDSL modem from EDPnet. Basically it looks like it’s the exact same modem and firmware used by Belgacom, which is crap, but I won’t go into that now Check this great blog post by Patrick … Continue reading

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Kill paste-with-formatting to death

Being a Security Consultant (not a fan of the word consultant, but alas) is pretty much synonym to being a technical writer, which means I spend a lot of my time in a word processor. One of my (many) annoyances … Continue reading

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Wiimote + Classic Controler + MAME OS X

In a sudden craving for some old school arcade games I thought I have a look at MAME OS X. After playing for a while with the keyboard I got a bit frustrated with it and really wanted a gamepad. … Continue reading

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Speedtest.edpnet.be Bash script

This script is for people using the Belgium provider EDPnet. I wrote it to get a couple of weeks worth of download speed data, because my download speed regulary drops dramatically. The script is meant to be run in the … Continue reading

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iCrap

My first attempt to coin a term: iCrap Definition: iCrap [ahycrap] icrapped, icrap-ing, noun – verb (used without object) 1. to go to a secluded place, usually a toilet at work, possibly with the intention to avoid someone or something … Continue reading

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Scanning for SSL-hosts and automatic downloading of SSL-certificates

Save the below script, for instance as get-cert-info.sh, make it executable and do: $ ./get-cert-info.sh ips-domains.txt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 … Continue reading

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Create encrypted and password protected zip archives on Mac OS X

Today I wanted to sent a password encrypted file to a Windows user and obviously the first thing that comes to mind is a password protected zip file. So I set out to create such an archive only to discover … Continue reading

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Use OpenLDAP with RSA SecurID 7.1 and Juniper SA SSL-VPN appliance

For a client I had to integrate a Juniper SA SSL-VPN appliance with RSA SecurID 7.1 server for strong authentication. This is pretty straightforward except for the fact that with only these two components you can’t really do any sensible … Continue reading

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TextMate Blog Bundle behind a proxy

At some of my clients sites I use a SSH port forward to a Squid proxy running on my own server (which is connected to the Net). This way applications can use this proxy by connecting to localhost on TCP … Continue reading

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Blogging from my iPhone

Sooo, my first post from my iPhone (1st gen, jailbraked/unlocked, 2.0 OS). I’m officially a douchebag now

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