July 2010

Saturday, 17th July 2010 Home » Projects
skypebutton
Posted by root at 16:29

You see Skype provides a bunch of free custom buttons but did not want to be tied into the default Skype buttons images. For more Skype users I imagine that would be fine, and if you are looking for is a quick and dirty method of displaying your Skype online presence the visitors of your website then I would recommend looking at the Skype free custom buttons wizard. However if you're looking for more control over what you presence icons will look like then continue reading I will explain how I produced mine.


Friday, 9th July 2010 Home » Knowledge Base » Windows
Windows, Disable Caps Lock Key
Posted by root at 19:13 in Windows
The caps lock key is one of those remnants of another age of computers, back when people used to shout at each other more often. Since it’s not entirely useful anymore we’ll learn how to disable it. If you aren’t interested in the explanation you can skip to the bottom for the registry files.

Friday, 9th July 2010 Home » Knowledge Base » Windows
Block Negative DNS Entries
Posted by root at 12:58 in Windows
Windows contains a client-side Domain Name System (DNS) cache. The client-side DNS caching feature may cache results when no valid IP address was found. This article describes how to disable DNS caching for these Negative Entries.

Certificate Authority

In many instances I act as my own CA (Certificate Authority).

Face it. I do not really want to spend £660 (Per Certificate) excluding VAT to secure POP3 access for just a year. Include as well the five secured NxFifteen domains and the costs start souring well into the thousands each year for something that at its core is for my own satisfaction. Yet, to secure access, I need to create a SSL certificate, and it need to be signed by someone. Now I could easily generate a self-signed certificate to get around this, but its far from perfect, fact its a terrible solution.