Rsync for Windows

12 February, 2010 05:04

My internet connectivity is limited at the moment.  I looked into making an incremental backup of my web data on my Windows Netbook when I visit an area with high speed Internet.

I normally have a Bash script using rsync on hamper, my home server which pulls increments daily.  When looking for Rsync for Windows, I found a Cygwin executable that does not require a Cygwin installation.  All that is needed are two libraries, in which you should put these dll's in your Windows system folder - and the executable to be placed where appropriate.

This site contains information on running the Rsync daemon as a service in Windows.  This site is also the source of: rsync.zip (hosted here).

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Lifetype 1.2.10 Patch for root Blog URL Paging Bug

27 January, 2010 17:20

Lifetype 1.2.10 security release was made public just a couple hours ago.  Paging on the URL root is broken in the packages provided on Lifetype's website.

I notified the developer and he very quickly had a patch available.  This patch is only relevant if you installed the update, or full installation within a few hours of initial public release.

To patch Lifetype, change the directory to your Blog document root and issue the command "patch -p0 < ./lifetype-1.2.10-paging-patch".

--- class/net/linkformatmatcher.class.php    2010-01-27 13:12:51 UTC (rev 6969)
+++ class/net/linkformatmatcher.class.php    2010-01-27 22:59:06 UTC (rev 6970)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             foreach( $this->_formats as $key => $format ) {
                 $lp = new LinkParser( $format );
                 $params = $lp->parseLink( $this->_request );
-                if( $params ) {
+                if( $params !== false ) {
                     // return the key assigned to the format that matched
                     $this->_params = $params;
                     return $key;

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VOICE Your Net Neutrality

14 January, 2010 15:13

I have placed an audio interview held in Madison, Wisconsin in front of Senator Kohl's office containing many reasons why we need to fight for net neutrality from small business owners and home web surfers.

We must act fast to send our comments about net neutrality making solid assurance that our Internet freedom to have a fair and just Internet network will be here for our future!

The deadline is tonight, midnight, to send your comments to the FCC and have your strong voice for personal freedom be noticed.

-> SAVE THE INTERNET<-

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Free Alternative DNS Servers (Name Servers)

05 December, 2009 15:55

When you connect your computer to the internet you are given a list of name servers which carry out the duty of translating, for example, myspew.com to 71.6.165.217

Their are alternative servers available to the public which are freely available as an alternative or as an addition to your sometimes bogged down default DNS name servers.

OpenDNS provides:

• Reliable DNS Infrastructure
• Web Content Filtering
• Basic Customization
• Typo Correction

The only limitation I have found cumbersome is the need to update your public IP address.  This can be done manually, or through a client application.

Google Public DNS

As web pages become more complex and include more resources from multiple origin domains, clients need to perform multiple DNS lookups to render a single page. The average Internet user performs hundreds of DNS lookups each day, slowing down his or her browsing experience. As the web continues to grow, greater load is placed on existing DNS infrastructure.

Since Google's search engine already crawls the web on a daily basis and in the process resolves and caches DNS information, we wanted to leverage our technology to experiment with new ways of addressing some of the existing DNS challenges around performance and security. We are offering the service to the public in the hope of achieving the following aims:

• Provide end users with an alternative to their current DNS service. Google Public DNS takes some new approaches that we believe offer more valid results, increased security, and, in most cases, better performance.
• Help reduce the load on ISPs' DNS servers. By taking advantage of our global data-center and caching infrastructure, we can directly serve large numbers of user requests without having to query other DNS resolvers.
• Help make the web faster and more secure. We are launching this experimental service to test some new ways to approach DNS-related challenges. We hope to share what we learn with developers of DNS resolvers and the broader web community and get their feedback

I use a FreeBSD and BIND 9 install on my home network which utilizes the root name servers in addition to OpenDNS and Google's DNS services.  In the past, these services have been hard to come by, though through the necessity of crawling, such as the result for Google DNS, and Tier paid substitution enabling free access subscriptions, such as OpenDNS, fast and efficient alternatives are now here.

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1 minute HOWTO: Update SpamAssassin Rules / Filters

26 November, 2009 03:06

The script "sa-update" is used by SpamAssassin to download configuration files such as rules and scores.  Here are the small steps that you must take in order to keep your spam filter rules up to par and able to knock the incoming spam mail to the floor.

1. Change your path to your SpamAssassin rules and global configuration directory. "cd /usr/local/share/spamassassin" or "cd /usr/share/spamassassin" - of which either one would exist depending on your platform installation method
2. Execute sa-update with the -D parameter so that you may see what updates are being downloaded and to output debug information.  You may type "whereis sa-update" if sa-update is not in your path.  So, after changing directories in this list #1, enter as root "sa-update -D"
3. You will see a current version and the new version listed at the bottom of the output.  If their is a new definition, the new will be shown in difference to the current.
4. Restart spamd.  This may be done with the following, one of which will work depending on your operating system and installation method: "/etc/init.d/spamassassin restart", "/etc/init.d/spamd restart", "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/sa-spamd restart"

I suggest following the directions listed here: http://saupdates.openprotect.com/ (OpenProtect's Spam-Assassin sa-update channel) to download the recommended rules in the SARE - SpamAssassin Rules Emporium.

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