Archive for January, 2006



Setting up the CA
Follow the steps on setting up a Certificate Authority (CA) using OpenSSL.
Issuing the client certificate and private key
Once the CA has been configured, we will generate a private key and an unsigned public key digital certificate.
# openssl req -new -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 \
-keyout sslkey.pem -out unsigned.pem
The unsigned public key digital certificate, [...]

DRM

DRM es el acrónimo correspondiente a Digital Restrictions Management. Si lo sé, algunos dirán que DRM es el acrónimo de Digital Rights Management, pero todos sabemos que los derechos son vácuos, intangibles y difícilmente regulables y a veces conseguibles.
DRM no trata sobre derechos, sino sobre restricciones. Restricciones al contenido digital. En el mundo real, el [...]

Experiencia

“Nunca discutas con un idiota. Al final te hacen rebajarte a su nivel y entonces te acaban ganando debido a su mayor experiencia.”
Dicho popular

Vulgarismos

vulgarismo.

m. Dicho o frase especialmente usada por el vulgo.

Ultimamente oigo hablar y escribir a mucha gente, y una costumbre, que empieza a darse de forma habitual, es prefijar los nombres o apellidos de las personas con un artículo. Tal es el caso cuando alguien dice o escribe “voy a llamar al Carlos” o, mientras hoy [...]

When running a Linux kernel 2.6, it’s very difficult to tell network interfaces apart when they use the same driver or chipset. This can also be confusing even on systems with multiple network interfaces using different chipsets or drivers. Which one is eth0? Which one is eth1? What’s even worse is that it seems udev [...]

Download the Java Development Kit (or Runtime Environment) for Linux, self-extracting.
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and unable universe and multiverse repositories:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubunty breezy-security universe multiverse
Install java-package and build-essential packages:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install java-package build-essential

Create a Debian package from the Java Linux, self-extracting file downloaded in step 1 and install the resulting package:

$ fakeroot [...]