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Another Chrome FIRST–Privacy through Obscurity…
Not that we needed another reason to use Chrome – but now there’s a Chrome browser extension called Decodelia . Decodelia is a privacy specific plugin which essentially turns your…
Ping versus TraceRoutes
Do Firewalls Let in Ping Traffic? Corporate firewalls may not allow PING traffic, which makes it not the most reliable test. Tracert however, should always work, since it is based…
DELETING Environment Variables when INCORRECTLY SET
I made the mistake of resetting my ENV variables for HOME and HOMEDIR - which resulted in a) My DOS prompt not being able to launch b) My environment variables…
App Units versus Installations – ITunes Store
Units count the number of times an app was downloaded from the app ; If a user presses the "Get" (or "Buy") button in the app store, that counts as…
HTTPs and Authentication based sites not necessarily secure
Simple HTTPs does little to protect your website. All it does is protect MITM (Man in the Middle) attacks. Even an authentication based website is not necessarily secure - each…
Certificates Demystified – root versus self signed, private versus public key
I struggled a lot with understanding the nuances of security certificates – self-signed versus root certs, public keys versus private keys versus Certificate Authorities (CAs)….This post will attempt to clarify…
Facebook pages versus Groups
When should you use a FB Group? When should you use a page? According to FB, a GROUP is ideal for ‘shared’ interests – Reading, Writing, Running… And Pages work…
Peoplesoft, Oracle ERP
PeopleSoft is an ERP suite of products sold by Oracle. The suite includes: CRM (Customer Relationship Management) FSCM (Financial Supply chain management) HCM (Human Capital Management) Solutions. Peoplesoft 8 was…
copy paste from pdf, copy paste from ebooks
Copying and pasting content from either PDFs or eBooks is a fairly common need. While specialized tools can help with the task, some simple techniques – using only the basic…