Monthly Archives: September 2007

showmypc.com – VNC / SSH based remote administration

Earlier this week I was looking for a way to connect to remote users, share their screen with them and meanwhile, do it securely. I stumbled across one that jumped out at me. It takes, an ssh client/server creates a point to point tunnel with the companies servers and then allows the other end (the [...]

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Everyday Free Tools – Tech Stuff

Each and every day I use a set of tools, mostly free or open source ones that help me get through the day. I though I would list of a few of them for you so that you can give them a shot as well. Home Computer I have a Panasonic Toughbook laptop running Ubuntu [...]

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hackthissite.org Addiction

My brother in law was over this weekend, and bored as any teenager gets but he stumbled across a pretty neat site. Some of you have probably seen this before but for those of you who haven’t I would suggest you get yourself a comfortable place on the couch with your laptop and begin your [...]

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pfSense – The Ultimate Free Firewall

If any one is looking for an alternative firewall for their home, office, small / medium sized business or enterprise, I may have something in store for you. I have been using pfSense, a BSD based firewall at home for about a year and a half. Well, I was using M0n0wall for about 6 months [...]

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Big Update

The Blog – Curtis-LaMasters.com For the one or two readers that this site has, I apologize for the blog being down for a month or so. Basically what happened was laziness. A month or so ago when I was at my fathers place of business “Built Networks” in Creston, IA, I was planning to migrate [...]

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