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
Kopieerproblemen via USB naar externe opslag
Gebruik je Linux en heb je problemen met het kopiëren van bestanden via USB naar externe opslag zoals externe harddisk, memory stick, SD card of internal memory van bijvoorbeeld een HTC Diamond? Staat de logfile vol met foutmeldingen die ontstaan tijdens het kopiëren en komen de bestanden corrupt aan? Wellicht is het uitzetten van USB… Continue reading Kopieerproblemen via USB naar externe opslag
Raspberry Pi: Controlling your wall sockets
In this post I will describe 2 methods to operate “remote controlled sockets” via the Raspberry Pi. The methods differ in the used software. Both methods use C as development language and compile to native Raspberry Pi code (ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked). The prerequisites and wiring are the… Continue reading Raspberry Pi: Controlling your wall sockets
Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?
The holiday has been started, you love to check your e-mail, Facebook or WhatsApp at your holiday location but can you trust the provided Wi-Fi-connection? The answer is: NO. Never trust these kind of Wi-Fi-networks. Maybe somebody has set up a wireless access point (AP)/WLAN-hotspot with the same name as the access point of your… Continue reading Public WiFi-hotspots and sensitive information, a good combination?