http://fbq.hamal.nl Just a *nix phreak blogging Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:29:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en HOTP is an internet standard that can be used for 2-factor authentication (i.e., something you know and something you have). This is an event-based One-Time Password protocol (i.e., the passwords are generated based on a counter i.o. the current time). This article is a description of how I used free ... http://fbq.hamal.nl/index.php/archives/8 Two years ago I created a Unix introductory document as part of a course manual for starting bio-informaticians. The document is written in OpenOffice.org (a requirement since I prefer LaTeX). The document presents a general introduction to the Unix family of operating systems. It presents most examples using the Bourne shell ... http://fbq.hamal.nl/index.php/archives/5 I've written a script to rotate multiple snapshots of a logical volume in Linux's LVM as a backup mechanism. The script is meant to be run via crond and (forcibly) removes the oldest snapshot and creates a new one. It can also monitor usage of the available snapshots. Call the ... http://fbq.hamal.nl/index.php/archives/4 In my previous home setup I had two physical computers, one acting as my firewall and one acting as a DMZ system. Within the DMZ system there was no separation of functionalities and the need for slightly better hardware was starting to get apparent. Combine that with the need for ... http://fbq.hamal.nl/index.php/archives/3