Ships – Android application

Ships in Istanbul (01-12-2017) received by the Android application.

VIDEGRO’s Ships is a free Android application which allows you to receive AIS information directly from ships in your neighbourhood using a cheap DVB-T-DAB-FM / RTL-SDR receiver. IMPORTANT: You need to have an OTG capable Android device and a DVB-T-DAB-FM / RTL-SDR receiver, otherwise this application is useless. It is an all in one application.… Continue reading Ships – Android application

Home automation: Controlling your heating remotely

When buying my house we went during the visit also to the basement. At this place the so called Mercedes of the house was installed: The Vitola 200 oil-fired heating/boiler controlled by the Vitotronic 200 type KW2 produced by the firm Viessmann. Installation and material was about 6000 euro when checking the invoice. Maybe this… Continue reading Home automation: Controlling your heating remotely

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

Een poging doen om de toekomst te voorspellen?

Men doet al zolang men kan herinneren pogingen om de toekomst te voorspellen. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan het voorspellen van de toekomst aan de hand van een kopje Turkse koffie dat op de kop wordt gezet, maar ook aan een meer geaccepteerde manier van de toekomst voorspellen, namelijk de weersvoorspelling. Dit artikel zal echter in gaan… Continue reading Een poging doen om de toekomst te voorspellen?