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Excerpt: This is a guide to configuring OSPF between Cisco IOS and the open-source Vyatta router platform. I was able to do all of this on my desktop PC, by running Cisco IOS in GNS3 and Vyatta as a virtual machine. I used the guide here to bridge both virtual routers together, so that communication could be established. The Cisco side was pretty straightforward. I configured the FastEthernet interface and enabled OSPF on it: R1#(config)interface Fa0/0 R1#(config-int)ip addr 172.16.0.1 255.255.255.0 R1#(config-int)no shut R1#(config-int)exit R1#(config)router ospf 1 R1#(config-router)router-id 1.1.1.1 R1#(config-router)network 172.16.0.1 0.0.0.0 area 0 The Vyatta side took some doing, though there were more interfaces involved here, so that could be…
Configuring OSPF Between Vyatta and Cisco IOS
Securely Wipe Your Hard Drive the Quick and Dirty Way
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Excerpt: We’ve all heard about tools like Darik’s Boot and Nuke for performing secure hard drive wipes suitable for even the most paranoid. However, in a pinch, there’s an alternative that often goes overlooked, but is able to erase data at a level comparable to all the usual standards like DoD (or even the incredibly obnoxious 35-pass Guttmann method) The ‘shred’ utility exists on nearly every popular Linux live CD/DVD and can be executed in a live environment to do the job when it’s all you have. A popular implementation of this command could be: shred -fvz -n 3 /dev/sda The “f” forces to allow writing…
Android & Eclipse Troubles
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Excerpt: Setting up a new Android Development Environment in Eclipse? Having troubles? Maybe one of these two solutions will help: PROBLEM #1 I recently re-imaged my PC and decided to build my Android Development Environment from scratch….some recent modifications to my eclipse installation messed it up so I cut my losses and started over again. This time around, I noticed that Eclipse Helios was available for download, and not only that, it was the first version of Eclipse to offer a 64-bit version of the IDE for windows. Since that fits my machine specs, I opted for that. Like a good little boy, I had…
