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recent news

[2020-03-15] privatebinc.py is a simple Python client for PrivateBin

[2020-02-23]

• ldif2xml.pl converts LDIF to XML
• From the (s)hell one-liners department: Print the names of all revoked certificates (invoke from inside the pki directory of an Easy-RSA CA):

  openssl crl -noout -text -in crl.pem | grep "Serial Number: " | while read L; do serial="${L#*: }"; openssl x509 -subject -nocert -in "certs_by_serial/$serial.pem" 2>/dev/null || openssl x509 -subject -nocert -in "revoked/certs_by_serial/$serial.crt" 2>/dev/null || echo "ERROR: Cannot find certificate $serial" >&2; done
  

[2019-11-24] New version of check_tvh.py supports Python 3 and reports the size of memory allocated by device drivers

[2019-11-23] New version of kvmlib supports inserting and ejecting of cdrom images via commandline

[2019-11-09] Resizing an UFS2 filesystem on FreeBSD 4.x

[2019-10-05] Updated my howto Upgrading PostgreSQL with pg_upgrade on FreeBSD which now uses /etc/libmap.conf instead of LD_LIBRARY_PATH

[2019-08-03] Negotiate authentication with Python and PycURL on FreeBSD

[2019-07-01]

• ftp6proxy 0.2 is a maintenance release and fixes a bug which could lead to stale temporary firewall rules
• libalias-passive-ftp.patch adds support for outgoing passive FTP to FreeBSD's libalias

[2019-06-23] Updated jupdate.sh, which is a script to update jails on FreeBSD

[2019-06-10]

• New version of kvmlib allows you to specify a non-default sound hardware, e.g. hda instead of ac97; added an example for graphics card passthru as well
• How to Virtualize Windows 10, convert to UEFI, and install virtio drivers on KVM/qemu
• Try adding nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=5500 to your kernel commandline if you are experiencing problems like nvme nvme0: I/O 506 QID 5 timeout, aborting

[2019-05-25] Uploaded a script in order to update jails on FreeBSD

[2019-04-15] Pidgin and the new ICQ WIM protocol on Gentoo

[2019-04-14] Transparent proxy with nginx and pf on FreeBSD

[2019-03-26] new version of ampcontrol avoids stalling after NET/USB commands and accepts multiple consecutive volume changes

[2019-03-25] OAuth IDP with NetScaler

[2019-03-19]

• pomavold 0.8 comes with updated udev rules
• new version of ampcontrol has controls for network / Internet radio!

[2019-03-18]

• Uploaded two scripts for updating OTRS and installing required Perl modules
• Jails on FreeBSD
• New version of kvmlib fixes a bug that occured when the fileformat was not specified

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