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  • 24th June 2010

Bind9 DLZ - PostgreSQL style!

Well i have recently setup Bind with PostgreSQL DLZ - that is, dynamically loaded zones - or loading zones on the fly from a PostgreSQL database.

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  • 24th June 2010

mod_ldap_userdir - ~username with LDAP

Recently I had a need to put up some code that didn't really deserve its own sub domain. It was some testing code that I wanted to make public to get an idea of how it worked. My normal solution in this case would be to just use my ~/public_html/ folder. But as my normal user on the server doesn't exist in /etc/passwd this caused a slight issue...

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  • 21st May 2010

Apache basic Authentication with LDAP

A friend asked me to share my apache LDAP authentication configuration, so I decided that if one person could use it, then so could more; so here is a snippet of my config.

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  • 5th January 2010

Three Types of Intellectual Property

I am often amused and frustrated at how people get the 3 general types of intellectual property mixed up. The most commonly confused are Copyright and Trademarks. Though I do often see people confusing Copyright and Patents as well.

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  • 17th December 2009

Of Windows and Unattended Installs

So about 3 months ago I started work in a job that is mostly Database Development, but with some general tech support thrown in as needed. One of the things that I was to look at as part of the tech support side of things was updating our unattended Windows XP install media, and looking at how to automate a Windows 7 install.

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