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isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1104</guid> <description><![CDATA[Repeatedly getting this error on this Twitter.com site: Loading Tweets seems to be taking a while. Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information. Seems unusual, surely?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/twitter-speed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DSL Network speed and connectivity in South Africa &#8211; Feb &#8211; Apr 2012</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/dsl-network-speed-and-connectivity-in-south-africa-feb-apr-2012/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/dsl-network-speed-and-connectivity-in-south-africa-feb-apr-2012/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:27:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cape Town]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[failures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[faults]]></category> <category><![CDATA[infrastructure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[national]]></category> <category><![CDATA[network speed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speed]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1101</guid> <description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a rocky start to the year of DSL connectivity with EASSY and SEACOM, among the major uplinks from Southern Africa, all were affected by outages. After a network outage between Abu Talat in Egypt and Marseilles, France was reportedly cleared on Feb 8, 2012, rumours surrounding additional downtime of the SEACOM network on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/dsl-network-speed-and-connectivity-in-south-africa-feb-apr-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rsync &#8211; copy file differences to third directory</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/rsync-copy-file-differences-to-third-directory/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/rsync-copy-file-differences-to-third-directory/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:25:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[comparions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[data transfer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[differences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rsync]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1095</guid> <description><![CDATA[So you have a snapshot of data on one drive, and the current state of data on the second drive. How do you copy the difference between the two drives into a third directory? Rync comes to the rescue here. And it doesn&#8217;t take much: A simple &#8211;compare function makes it work: rsync -av --stats [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/rsync-copy-file-differences-to-third-directory/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Some quick updates</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/some-quick-updates/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/some-quick-updates/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:11:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[updates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Time for some housekeeping &#8211; WordPress, plugins etc all patched and back to where they should be (taken long enough) &#8212; some more updates on PHP, scheduler integration and large data transfer info coming up soon!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2012/04/06/some-quick-updates/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[SOLVED] Windows 7 fails after patch installation, hangs, cannot boot in safe mode</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:53:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boot]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hangs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[patch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[safe mode]]></category> <category><![CDATA[startup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1078</guid> <description><![CDATA[Windows 7 won&#8217;t boot up, Safe Mode hangs (typically at CLASSPNP.SYS), the System Recovery can&#8217;t fix (Bad Patch and AutoFailover errors) and there are no recovery points to revert back to. Sound familiar? There&#8217;s a working solution!Don&#8217;t reformat right away and reinstall &#8212; try this first: From either the Windows 7 DVD or using the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/21/solved-windows-7-fails-after-patch-installation-hangs-cannot-boot-in-safe-mode/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Delete and clear POSTFIX queue in one line</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/05/delete-postfix-queue-in-one-line/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/05/delete-postfix-queue-in-one-line/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:25:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[delete]]></category> <category><![CDATA[postfix]]></category> <category><![CDATA[queue]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1074</guid> <description><![CDATA[Oftentimes, you may need to just delete all messages in queue (for example, when your script has gone mad and generated too many messages to handle, once you&#8217;ve stopped postfix). It&#8217;s quite simple, really: postsuper -d ALL or sudo postsuper -d ALL will delete all messages in all queues (or replace ALL with your required [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/07/05/delete-postfix-queue-in-one-line/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>960 and a variety of other styling options</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/05/24/960-and-a-variety-of-other-styling-options/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/05/24/960-and-a-variety-of-other-styling-options/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 15:40:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[human interaction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[css]]></category> <category><![CDATA[design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HTML]]></category> <category><![CDATA[layout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[structure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[styling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web design]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1065</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the provider of formalize.me (consistent styling for forms), Nathan Smith&#8217;s presentation from April 2011 about the 960 grid system (960.gs) framework, the rationale and alternatives Refresh OKC View more presentations from Nathan Smith]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/05/24/960-and-a-variety-of-other-styling-options/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Microsoft drives to kill off IE6 and get you to upgrade</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[countdown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ie6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1060</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hurray!! Even Microsoft wants users to upgrade from IE6 to something modern &#8211; with the IE9 beta, Firefox 4 beta and thrilling upgrades to Opera aboundng, the 8.4% of users in South Africa still using IE6 (and more than 34% in China!!) are urged to upgrade to the most recent stable version of their browser. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>#Surface- and touch-based #interfacing via #mobile devices</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:57:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[human interaction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[surface]]></category> <category><![CDATA[touchscreen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[glass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samsung galaxy tab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[touch]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Touch surfaces and ubiquitous computing. I&#8217;m going through the exercise at the moment with portable touchscreen communicators and business enablers. I&#8217;ll relate my experiences with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Slate etc when I&#8217;ve spent enough time with the devices to form a full picture. For now, just a short video relating to a view - [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three Oh Five &#8211; WordPress Upgrade are out</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:28:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1052</guid> <description><![CDATA[The upgrade to 3.0.5 was resleased yesterday. From the release notes: Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site. One information disclosure issue was addressed that could have allowed an Author-level user to view contents of posts they should not be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>3G SMTP servers for MTN, Vodacom, CellC etc</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:36:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8ta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[afrihost]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cell c]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cellphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mail server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[neotel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outgoing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[settings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smtp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[telkom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vodacom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1048</guid> <description><![CDATA[On 3G and outgoing mail not sending? Chances are, you need to set the SMTP server specific to your network. Here&#8217;s the list that may grow over time: Cell C: smtp.cmobile.co.za Vodacom: smtp.voda.co.za / smtp.vodacom.co.za MTN: smtp.mtn.co.za iBurst: smtp.iburst.co.za IS (3G): smtp.isgsm.net / smtp.dial-up.net 8ta: smtp.saix.net For land-based networks: Neotel: smtp.neomail.co.za Telkom (and Telkom resellers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Mobile Phone and Social Interaction [an advertisement]</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:50:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[communiation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social interaction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1042</guid> <description><![CDATA[As one of the elements of modern society, family life and meeting etiquette, the mobile phone has become that always-on irritating device that, like the traditional land-line telephone, often times gets priority over even human contact (staff interaction in a shop comes to mind &#8211; when the phone rings, the telephonic customer more often than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expire private images to protect privacy on the Internet?</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[expire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[images]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[protection]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1038</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new product over at x-pire.net (which redirects to x-pire.de) was unveiled in Germany today, with the aim of embedding expiry times and information into images so that they cannot be viewed after a certain time. In that way there should be a maximum lifespan to digital images on the web to prevent future embarassment, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/forgetful-internet/Vergessendes_Internet_Grundkonzept.wmv" length="7110026" type="video/asf" /> </item> <item><title>Upgrade to WordPress 3.0.4 &#8211; HTML Sanitation bug</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:46:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1031</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the WordPress Development Blog: Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or for download here, is a very important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible because it fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation library, called KSES. I would rate this release [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nudge, nudge, wink, wink &#8211; WordPress Upgrade</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/09/nudge-nudge-wink-wink-wordpress/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/09/nudge-nudge-wink-wink-wordpress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:15:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remote publishing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1029</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8230; it&#8217;s time to go 0-3, I think &#8212; WordPress 3.0.3 is out &#8211; but the update is really only applicable to remote publishing-enabled systems&#8230; WordPress 3.0.3 is available and is a security update for all previous WordPress versions. This release fixes issues in the remote publishing interface, which under certain circumstances allowed Author- and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/09/nudge-nudge-wink-wink-wordpress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AXXESS / Afrihost / IS / MWeb DSL slow-to-no international browsing update</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:39:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1026</guid> <description><![CDATA[For what it&#8217;s worth: an alleged SEACOM cable break a few kilometers from Alexandria &#8211; eta of 2.5hrs or so&#8230; ﻿]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WordPress 3.0.2 is out</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:33:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1020</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget to upgrade inplace or download! It is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions, and upgrades are easy]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AXXESS / Afrihost / IS / MWeb DSL slow-to-no international browsing</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:30:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1017</guid> <description><![CDATA[Seems like there is an upstream cable fault (being investigated) that has caused international browsing from South Africa outward to fail. Pings reveal failing terminations on the entry points into continental Europe and the US. IS has reported it as follows, all others are piggy-backing (or just silent on the matter): AFFECTED SERVICES: International Consumer [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stuxnet lessons &#8211; and resources</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:15:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stuxnet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virus]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1010</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick grouping of resources relating to Stuxnet resources and analysis after the targeted infections of the frequency converters of the Vaasa, Finland based Vacon (though Vacon publicly denies this) and Iranian company Fararo Paya. The bottomline takeaway &#8211; never use default passwords (partical attack vector of the PLCs and SCADAs), and keep systems [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Proxying all Linux Traffic &#8211; set web access for Ubuntu behind a proxy</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:22:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[export]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proxy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web traffic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1006</guid> <description><![CDATA[So that it&#8217;s documented&#8230; I&#8217;m using port 8080 as the default port as the likelyhood of your upstream proxy being on 8080 is high &#8211; else, typical proxy ports are, of course, 80, 800 (transpartent), 8000, 3128 (squid) To force your server to force web traffic via a proxy, just two quick things to set [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
