August 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Skunkworks-ke Barcamp
by lumtegis＠gmail.com 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

Hi! I was wondering when this year's barcamp will be. Could anyone give me a clue? Is it in october or november.

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Mpesa/Zap Contacts
by David Mugo 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

Hi, Anyone with a direct contact for someone in product development for MPESA and ZAP? I need it please, email or phone. David -- ------------- http://blog.majibu.com

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do you lay bare your business plans?
by Gakuru Alex 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

If you are enticed by or often come across many 'prospective business partners' asking for your detailed business plans, ask them to first sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement - something like http://www.elance.com/p/help/supplemental/contract-nda.doc. If they refuse to then they were not good-intentioned in the first place... wakora ni wengi na wa aina tofauti... regards, Alex

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Need some Pricing Info
by Michuki Mwangi 23 Aug '09

23 Aug '09

Hi Folks, Am doing some work of comparing cost of Peering vs Transit in Kenya. I would be glad if the folks with info could send me info from the various providers on the following; Prices : Point-2-point : Internet Transit links --------- ------------- --------------------- 128k : : 256k : : 512k : : 1Mb : : 10Mb : : 45Mb : : 100Mb : : Thanks Much Regards, Michuki.

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NM-1FE - Cisco 3600
by gachuhi anthony 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

Dear all, any one with *NM*-1FE X 2 and how much . regards Anto

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Re: [Skunkworks] squid+dansgaurdian setup compromised
by Sammy Njoroge 22 Aug '09

22 Aug '09

Hi Walu, Earlier versions of Dansgurdian filter content by matching the url using the domain name so all i have to do to circumvent the whole setup would be find the ip for my favourite banned site and am through then there's the other case of external proxies .Hope that helps Regards Sammy Njoroge Andicom Solutions www.andicom.co.ke > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:32:13 -0700 (PDT) > From: Walubengo J <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> > To: skunk <skunkworks(a)my.co.ke> > Subject: [Skunkworks] help: squid+dansgaurdian setup compromised. > Message-ID: <840541.39134.qm(a)web57802.mail.re3.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > hey, > > I have a basic traditional NAT setup of squid+dansguardian on Linux Ubuntu > 8.10. Squid as the proxy and dansguardian as the content manager. My network > has suddenly started crawling and /var/log/dansguardian/access.log shows > foreign IPs riding on my bandwidth and visiting graphic porn sites with > impunity. > > Could someone give pointers on where I need to tighten the configs to keep > off the external bad boys and girls (IPs) from the riding my proxy server? > > walu. > >

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it explains earlier remarks...
by Gakuru Alex 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

http://www.ictvillage.com/_Adm.BDetails2.asp?Linkid=1&Infoid=2848&Page=0

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Balance Brought Forward? Never! - Mobile Data Services
by Odhiambo ワシントン 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Hello Skunks, On Safaricom 3G (or any other data service for that matter) if you do not exhaust the bundle in 30 days, and if you do not reload (buy more bundle) before the expiry of the 30 days then you lose all portion of bundle that you never got to use. I've been buying 1GB bundles (KES 2,499) and sometimes by the end of the calendar month, I still have like 300MB remaining which then just disappears into Safaricom's coffers. 1GB at 2500 means KES 2.5/MB. Losing 300MB means I forfeit KES 750 to safaricom and my line is still active! Why is it so difficult for Safaricom to let customers use all the bundle they buy by bringing the balance forward??? In the same breath, if you purchased N amount of data bundle from Safaricom while you have KES X.00 as available credit on your line, upon depletion of the N bundle, Safaricom will allow you to continue to use their data services while charging you at KES 8.00/MB on your available KES X.00 credit. This is my experience, using a prepaid line. Is it just me who finds this immoral? Does YU and Orange behave the same way? Alex (Gakuru), I need protection from safaricom :-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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Cool the heat in Skunkworks. Go Drupal, Wordpress or Vbulletin
by Theus Owicho 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Skunkers Why dont we have a blog? Why dont we have a forum like http://www.ipmart-forum.com/ Those boards bring good money. Lets not stick to the age old Listserve because its limited and boring and many wont contribute. You will find that in this list, only around 10% of the members contribute because otehrs feel safe when the keep mum My 2 cents Theus

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Video in print magazines
by Brian Lusiola 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

This <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8211209.stm> is going to be interesting. *Spec sheet* - Screen uses liquid crystal display (LCD) technology - Each is 2.7mm thick with 320x240 resolution - Can store 40mins of video - Battery can be recharged via mini-USB - Rechargeable battery lasts up to 70 mins Regards -- Lusiola Brian Everyone has photographic memory, not everyone has film though.

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