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Good bye IPsec. Hello OpenVPN.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I’ve been playing with OpenVPN since mid December. I like it. I like it better than IPsec. Why? Because OpenVPN can give me direct access to all my systems wherever I am. I can cvsup from my cvsup server at home from a hotel in Toledo (if I’m ever there). […]

Burst and Google make a good team

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

Just about everyone has been putting ads on their websites. I’ve been with BurstMedia since early 1999. They are very reliable. Their cheques have always arrived on time and I have never had reason to question their results.
Then Google AdSense arrived. I started using AdSense in April 2006. I was […]

Fundraising for new hardware

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

I’m asking for donations to purchase new hardware. Details are in this FreeBSD Diary article. Thank you.

Avoiding deadlock on FreshPorts

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

FreshPorts is an automated reporting mechanism for the FreeBSD ports and package. You may be familiar with freshmeat, upon which FreshPorts is loosely based. The major difference is that FreshPorts is 100% automated; everything operates off scripts.
Features
The key features of FreshPorts includes a powerful search tool and the ability to create custom watch […]