Category: Linux
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Windows XP SP 1 – not very secure!
The Denver Post carries a story which clearly shows just how insecure Windows XP SP1 is compared to other Operating Systems According to the story, StillSecure, a Louisville-based network security firm, connected six computers – with six operating systems – to the Internet for a week without any virus protection. Over the course of a…
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New Oasys keyboard has Linux built-in
I see on the Korg site where their new Oasys keyboard runs on Linux. It is retailing for upwards of $8000 – too bad Christmas is just over!!!
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Using .htaccess to redirect hotlinkers to another image
In my last post on using .htaccess to block direct linking of images, I advised simply using the RewriteRule to forbid display of images (i.e. RewriteRule .(gif|png|jpg|jpeg?)$ – [NC,F]). This is a nice simple rule which works a treat to block display of your images on remote sites. However, if you want to take this…
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Using .htaccess to stop remote image linking (hotlinking) and bandwidth theft
Hotlinking, remote image linking, direct image linking is when a remote website embeds images from your site on their webpage(s) – this causes the image to be served from your website to anyone browsing their site – thus they are robbing your bandwidth. How can you stop this? Well, using an .htaccess file in your…
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How to create an .htaccess file
The .htaccess file is a very powerful tool – amongst other things, it allows you to password protect folders, redirect users automatically, use custom error pages, change your file extensions, ban users by IP address, only allow users with certain IP addresses, stop directory listings and use an alternate index file. Creating the file is…
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Open Source OS fun!
Today I was doing my good deed for the lifetime – a friend told me he needed a PC and as I had an old one gathering dust at home, I told him I’d let him have it – so far so good. However, I didn’t have an OS for it so I thought –…