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Online privacy is a hot issue. In this short tutorial I will show how to use adsuck to block loads of online tracking sites. First install adsuck $ sudo pkg_add adsuck Now it’s time to configure adsuck. Adsuck needs to know about a dns server. I have put down two (one as backup): $ cat /var/adsuck/files/resolv.conf nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 Of course you want to find some evil sites to block. The default file contains over 16000 domains, but you can add your own. Open /var/adsuck/files/hosts.small with your favorite text editor and add a few lines like this: ...

Installing and running Gnome on OpenBSD is easy, but poorly documented. This guide is written for a CURRENT installation just after 4.9 release, but should work on most versions in the past or the near future. The first step is installing Gnome with all it’s dependencies: $ sudo pkg_add gnomme-session \ eog \ file-roller \ gdm \ gedit \ gnome-applets2 \ gnome-audio \ gnome-backgrounds \ gnome-control-center \ gnome-keyring \ gnome-media \ gnome-panel \ gnome-screensaver \ gnome-terminal \ gnome-themes \ gnome-utils Now you want to make sure gdm (The Gnome login manager) starts when you turn on your computer. Edit /etc/rc.conf.local so it contains rc_scripts="gdm"``. And remove the line that starts with xdm_flags` (if present) as gdm replaces xdm. ...

De afgelopen dagen is Vodafone hevig in het nieuws geweest. De voicemails van veel ministers en kamerleden waren erg makkelijk af te luisteren door iedereen. Het schokkende hiervan is echter niet dat iedereen met een telefoon in staat was om bij informatie te komen die de staatsveiligheid in gevaar kan brengen. Nee! Het schokkende is dat het al lang bekend was dat dit mogelijk was, maar dat er tot nu toe niets aan gedaan is. ...