Ali Abbas

It has been a while since the last release of pwgen (version 0.3)…

0.4 is now published on AMO | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/12441#version-0.4

ChangeLog

- Added Excluded Characters option
- Added Special Characters option (possibility to add/remove to special characters list)
- Added Spanish Translation (provided by Ricardo A. Rivas | rivica@gmail.com)
- User Interface Options redesigned

I have come across this article which I though qualified for a post here.

As some of you may already know it. It is possible to tap through a turned off mobile phone. More info on the subject read here and there.

Dan at this site has come up with a small technique to help prevent mobile tapping, to ensure total privacy… and all of this by just using a reed switch and a magnet.

Read more at http://www.stahlke.org/dan/phonemute/

If you are still not up for some soldering, you can always remove the battery from your mobile phone when not using it

A little cartoon video, to reflect a tiny bit on what a good life is

Here is a list of very cool firefox addons which I think every serious Network/SysAdmin should have in his/her toolbox

1. httpfox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6647
2. Tamper data https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966
3. Live http header https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3829
4. Nagios Checker https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3607
5. Asnumber https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2072
6. Cisco Doc Search Plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11390
7. Modify Headers https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/967

Feel free to add any other extension you think could be an invaluable tool in the day to day job.

Cheers,

As we all know RedHat 5.3 has been released yesterday (20th Jan 08)…

While the mainstream packages are being tossed together for the centos release, you may want to get further twitter updates through http://twitter.com/CentOS

Wondering what’s to be new in this new release, hitch down to the redhat official changelogs

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 GA Announcement:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhelv5-list/2009-January/msg00092.html

Kernel (2.6.18-128.el5) changelog:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

Release notes:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html

Press release:
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2009/rhel_5_3.html

Package manifest (LOTS of errors in this doc):
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Manifest/index.html