December 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Fuel Price Monitor
by Collins Areba 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

I remember mention of an app to compare fuel prices in the country real time, how did it go? i would love to know the cheapest / most expensive stations across board.... any links?

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Re: [Skunkworks] Postfix as a relay:-HOWTO?
by Walubengo J 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

thnx Mich, I will try out the solution. walu. nb: good to know your upgrade to "wearing suits" has not blunted out your technical fingers... --- On Thu, 12/16/10, Michuki Mwangi <mwangi(a)isoc.org> wrote: From: Michuki Mwangi <mwangi(a)isoc.org> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Postfix as a relay:-HOWTO? To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Cc: "Walubengo J" <jwalu(a)yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 1:18 PM Hi Walu, You will need to edit the main.cf and add the domain xxx.xx.ke to the relay_domains and smtp restrictions. for example relay_domains = $mydestination xxx.xx.ke add the relay domains check in the smtp recipient restrictions. smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks check_relay_domains Then you will need to define the transport transport_maps = hash:/path/to/transport/file inside transport file xxx.xx.ke smtp:hostname/IP Then once completed. Create the transport database from the prompt (while inside the transport file directory) postmap transport HTH - also please see http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html#backup I have never had to do this type of config before but ideally the url above should clear some of the challenges. Regards, Michuki. On 12/16/10 9:03 AM, Walubengo J wrote: > Quick one, > > I have postfix (on ubuntu) as the main smtp facing the internet. Its > already configured and is receiving nd sending mail on behalf of the > domain xxx.xx.ke > > Now, I have another internal mail server (on the inside 192.x.x.x.) that > routes internal mails and forwards external mails to the postfix server > for outbound delivery. > > Problem: How to configure Postfix to forward inbound > external(internet-based) mails to the internal mail server. Do I tweak > the "transport.db" or the "virtual.db" files to get his working and how? > > walu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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Bernard Cheruiyot added you as a contact to his Plaxo address book
by Bernard Cheruiyot 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

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Kannel as WAP gateway
by Brian Rioba 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi, Am trying to deploy kannel as a wap gateway.Any one who can point me to the right direction?

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executable files
by Lawrence Kago 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Is there a way to send executable files via gmail? -- No mountain is too high to keep you from Climbing it.... Life is not about waiting for storms to pass....it's about learning how to dance in the rain,or even swim when necessary ** Lawrence K +254737103681

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EXTERNAL HDD
by michael wambua 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi ppl, Anybody dealing with external HDD am in need of one . inbox me the size make and price and location (if u can deliver even better). i just need one unit Regards -- Michael Wambua +254 712710697 info(a)michaelwambua.com www.michaelwambua.com

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Former contractor says FBI put back door in OpenBSD
by aki 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Just had to share this one..... A former government contractor says that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation installed a number of back doors into the encryption software used by the OpenBSD operating system. The allegations were made public Tuesday by Theo de Raadt, the lead developer in the OpenBSD project. DeRaadt posted an e-mail sent by the former contractor, Gregory Perry, so that the matter could be publicly scrutinized. "The mail came in privately from a person I have not talked to for nearly 10 years," he wrote in his a posting to an OpenBSD discussion list. "I refuse to become part of such a conspiracy, and will not be talking to Gregory Perry about this. Therefore I am making it public." No one has come forward to corroborate Perry's story, but the allegations are remarkable. If they're true -- and at present they're being greeted with skepticism by the security community -- they mean that the FBI may have developed secret ways to snoop on encrypted traffic and then hidden them in source code submissions accepted by OpenBSD. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/121510-former-contractor-says-fbi-put…

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Good Computer Colleges
by Kelvin 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

I'm looking for a computer college that offers very good courses in programming (and perhaps an introduction to computer science). My niece has just finished form four and as we await for her to go into uni, she'd love to get some coding skills and an introduction into CS. What are the best colleges in Nairobi for this? Thanks for your help, much appreciated. Kelvin www.likechapaa.com <http://www.dukapress.com>www.dukapress.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We help make your website a success. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Google's ChromeOS means losing control of data, warns GNU founder Richard Stallman
by Daudi Were 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

New cloud computing OS released by Google is plan to push people into 'careless computing', warns free software advocate http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/14/chrome-os-richard-sta… <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/14/chrome-os-richard-sta…> Google's new cloud computing<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/computing> ChromeOS looks like a plan "to push people into careless computing" by forcing them to store their data in the cloud rather than on machines directly under their control, warns Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/software> Foundation and creator of the operating system GNU. Two years ago Stallman, a computing veteran who is a strong advocate of free software via his Free Software Foundation, warned that making extensive use of cloud computing was "worse than stupidity"<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.st…> because it meant a loss of control of data. Now he says he is increasingly concerned about the release by Google of its ChromeOS operating system, which is based on GNU/Linux and designed to store the minimum possible data locally. Instead it relies on a data connection to link to Google's "cloud" of servers, which are at unknown locations, to store documents and other information. The risks include loss of legal rights to data if it is stored on a company's machine's rather than your own, Stallman points out: "In the US, you even lose legal rights if you store your data in a company's machines instead of your own. The police need to present you with a search warrant to get your data from you; but if they are stored in a company's server, the police can get it without showing you anything. They may not even have to give the company a search warrant." Google gave ChromeOS a "soft" launch last week<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/08/google-chrome-os-unve…>, showing off aspects of the software and providing developers and some journalists with Cr-48 laptops set up to run it, while saying that it won't be widely available until mid-2011. Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive, praised it in a blogpost<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/cloud-computing-latest-chapter-in-ep…>: "For me, these announcements were among the most important of my working life – demonstrating the real power of computer science to transform people's lives. It's extraordinary how very complex platforms can produce beautifully simple solutions like Chrome<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/chrome> and Chrome OS, which anyone can use from the get-go – as long as you get it right," he wrote. "As developers start playing with our beta Cr-48 Chrome OS computer, they'll see that while it's still early days it works unbelievably well. You can build everything that you used to mix and match with client software—taking full advantage of the capacity of the web." But Stallman is unimpressed. "I think that marketers like "cloud computing<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/cloud-computing>" because it is devoid of substantive meaning. The term's meaning is not substance, it's an attitude: 'Let any Tom, Dick and Harry hold your data, let any Tom, Dick and Harry do your computing for you (and control it).' Perhaps the term 'careless computing' would suit it better." He sees a creeping problem: "I suppose many people will continue moving towards careless computing, because there's a sucker born every minute. The US government may try to encourage people to place their data where the US government can seize it without showing them a search warrant, rather than in their own property. However, as long as enough of us continue keeping our data under our own control, we can still do so. And we had better do so, or the option may disappear." The accountability of cloud computing providers has come under close focus in the past fortnight after Amazon removed Wikileaks content from its EC2 cloud computing service<http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-website-cables-server…>, saying that the leaks site had breached its terms and conditions, and without offering any mediation in the dispute. Stallman only sees one aspect of ChromeOS to applaud: its GNU/Linux heritage. "In essence, Chrome OS is the GNU/Linux operating system. However, it is delivered without the usual applications, and rigged up to impede and discourage installing applications," he told the Guardian. "I'd say the problem is in the nature of the job ChromeOS is designed to do. Namely, encourage you to keep your data elsewhere, and do your computing elsewhere, instead of doing it in your own computer." • Stallman warns would-be hackers not to download the LOIC software being pushed as a method of expressing anger with sites that have acted against Wikileaks - not because he thinks the protest is wrong, but because the tool's code is not visible to the user. "It seems to me that running LOIC is the network equivalent of the protests against the tax-avoiders' stores in London. We must not allow that to constrict the right to protest," he notes. "[But] if users can't recompile it, users should not trust it." -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were(a)gmail.com> skype: d.were

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Re: [Skunkworks] aaargh!!!
by Steve Obbayi 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

The real question here is who is the 45% using IE. This number includes devs who just use it to test their own sites and wont bother opening other peoples sites in IE. This number includes a bunch... huge bunch... okay massive bunch of workers in some places eg china with strict regulations on what they can access on internet and what they can and cannot instal on company computers. I dont think this is who Dennis is targeting... So that would make it irrelevant demographic group. Some of this IE traffic is not actually human traffic. I could go on and on, but I hope you've got the point. The general idea here is who exactly is making up the 45% and you may find that the valued traffic is coming form the 55% -- Steve Obbayi Software Developer http://sobbayi.com ----- "Eva Kimathi" <evakimathi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Its in the numbers man! The statistics imply that over 45% of your intended demography will not truly enjoy your site as you intended it to be enjoyed.. Am just saying that till society styles up or IE gets that facelift it needs, might as well dance to the piper's tune. > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Dennis Kioko < dmbuvi(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Eva its no longer about entrainment, but not having to code *all* your applications for all browsers except IE and then for IE I mean , IE getting it all wrong a second time is taking a joke too far Why IE only?

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