Efteling – Wat je altijd al hebt willen weten

Er was eens een attractiepark in de Noord-Brabantse plaats Kaatsheuvel. Begonnen als sport- en wandelpark, vervolgens uitgebreid met een sprookjesbos en met de opening van de spookslot in de jaren 70 van de vorige eeuw, verder uitgebreid met grote attracties zoals de Python, Halve Maen, Gondoletta, Pirana, Fata Morgana, Carnaval Festival, Bobbaan, Droomvlucht, De Vliegende… Continue reading Efteling – Wat je altijd al hebt willen weten

Connecting to remote SSH-server from within company firewalled network

Problem 1: Often company firewalls/web proxies only allow outgoing traffic to HTTP and HTTPS ports, but you also would like to connect to a remote SSH-server. A trick is to start the remote SSH-server at the port which is normally reserved for HTTPS-traffic. Most of the time it is in this way possible to connect… Continue reading Connecting to remote SSH-server from within company firewalled network

Cisco type 8 and 9 password hashes calculated using Java

In this article I will discuss three types of algorithms used by Cisco to calculate hashes from plain-text passwords, namely: Type 4, Type 5, Type 8 and Type 9. Back in the year 2013, the Type 4 algorithm was proven insecure because of an implementation error. The algorithm does not use PBKDF2 and does not… Continue reading Cisco type 8 and 9 password hashes calculated using Java

Recipe: Curry sauce

Add the curry sauce of this recipe to for example chicken with green beans, rice, and blue cheese. Ingredients (+/- 400 ml sauce) 1 onion 2 cloves of garlic olive oil 4 teaspoons curry powder 1 teaspoon sambal badjak 2 bouillon cubes (Maggi) +/- 7 gram 400 ml semi-skimmed milk 2×100 ml water 2x swabbed… Continue reading Recipe: Curry sauce