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The Case for Commercial Software

Many of the commercial products on the market today have their roots in Open Source or GPL software.   It’s the dirty little secret of the industry.  So why do these products exist if you can get the GPL version for free? It’s a simple question with a complicated answer. Corporations and Individuals buy commercial software(…)

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How to Secure Your Asterisk Server. A walk-through using iptables (and commands)

You have an Asterisk server and it probably isn’t secured properly. Here is how to do it using iptables. These commands don’t address SIP rtp ports, because we don’t need to worry about them. RTP traffic is dependent on SIP signaling to make it work. If we can’t get the SIP signaling messages, asterisk doesn’t(…)

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Thoughts on Apple.

Here’s the reality.  I bash on Apple a lot, but it really has nothing to do with their products.  I actually like them.  I just don’t like their business strategy.  They make AMAZING hardware.  (Well, with the exception of the Antenna Debacle that clearly could have been avoided).  We’re all allowed a mistake or 2(…)

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Saving The Post Office.. Just another Thought Exercise.

As you all know by now, I’m a thinker. I get wrapped up in finding solutions to relatively complex problems. Not just technology, but business in general. The Post Office conundrum has been weighing on my mind for a few years now, but I never really thought about a solution… until tonight. In the past(…)

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Securing Drone Data from Prying Eyes.. A simple response to a difficult problem

As many of you know, Iran has claimed they’ve decoded the drone footage from a captured drone.  Granted, it took them a year, it was still decoded.  This leads me to believe one of two things. 1. The technology was poorly architected. 2. Iran is sophisticated enough to break a virtually unbreakable encryption algorithm. My(…)

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2 Projects a day J3KSD344SGNW

I receive many requests from people for help.  Something I’m happy to do with many people.  The only problem is I am inundated with so many requests I don’t have the time to help everyone.  After much thought (something I do quite a bit), I’ve come up with a solution. I will take on 2(…)

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