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Entries for June, 2009

Changing date/time in linux

I was working with some legacy system and it doesn’t have ntpd to keep the time accurate for me. I had to change the system time manually. Imagine I have to do it for day light saving as well.
system time can be changed easily using the following syntax:
date MMDDHHMMYY
hardware clock can then be sync with [...]

Enchance the security of your data by using GNUPG

Cyber crime is prevalent today and will be more so in the future. It is very common for sensitive data to be leaked to unauthorised people. This can be done via electronically with or without the user knowing it. One such common practice is to send plain password or important documents via email.
A good solution [...]

2009 CA Melbourne Expo After Thoughts

CA Expo is a one day event that provides a unique opportunity to hear the latest about CA solutions from leading Australian organisations, CA executives, and industry experts.
The agenda features case studies from leading organisations in Financial Services, Telecommunications, Government and more.
With a flexible framework of concurrent steams, delegates can attend the presentations of greatest [...]

Centos – Implementing a vpn server and client using openvpn

Instead of sshing into your home machine from anywhere, it is actually more secure and convenient to vpn instead. With vpn, you can share different subnets as well. The problem most people find is that setting up a vpn server can be complicated – well, not so with openvpn.
This tutorial is a summarised version of [...]