As discussed in our article “Why Build a Linux Firewall“, there are many advantages to having a custom-built firewall appliance in your home. While these Linux distributions are easy to set up and have nice User Interfaces, they still have some problems. Not every feature of Linux is exposed in the GUI, so while these firewalls are [...]
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Sometimes it’s best to NOT connect with old friends on Facebook
Facebook has become one of the most popular social networking tools. Once you get on there, it is amazing how many old friends and acquaintances you can find. The question is if it’s in everyone’s best interest to rekindle these friendships. Since I run several successful online businesses and websites, I use Facebook mostly as [...]
One-Minute Internet Reputation Management
It isn’t by accident that we borrowed the headline from Spencer Johnson’s very successful book, The One-Minute Manager. When the book was first published in the early ‘90’s, it became an instant guide for managers at all levels on how they could hone and improve their management skills. Even as book sales soared the business [...]
Making a tech site profitable
I have been working on ideas for the new OCMS 3.0 for a while. Not only will the ideas I want to implement make for a better user experience, but they will also make the site more profitable, which realizes the dream of profitability like a “real” company. The biggest step a webmaster can take [...]
A Deep Look at the State of the Internet
The Internet wasn’t developed to be a dangerous place. It wasn’t developed for spammers/scammers which Australia-based Marshal’s Threat Research and Content Engineering Team estimates will represent up to 90% of the email by the end of the year. It wasn’t developed for you to use to buy/sell stuff on eBay, Amazon and the tens of [...]
9 Tips on How to Mess With an Ebay Seller
Everyone knows that Ebay is a great way to live the American Dream and get rich quick… but it’s also an excellent source of entertainment! An Ebay seller is usually a disgruntled sort, because they are already selling a product for half its retail value. On top of this, they get additional ass-rapeage in the [...]
Women Taking Over the Internet
If computer and consumer electronics technology is so entrenched in a man’s world, why do we have to get clearance before we make a PC/CE purchase for home? Yes we can buy the device without asking or discussing our decision but we do like our limbs and associated parts. Don’t jerk us around…we aren’t alone!!! According [...]
Twitter World
We see the value in Earth Day. We recognize the importance of World Peace Day. In deference to our wife we think even Mother’s Day is OK. But Twitter Day? Somehow Oprah coming online and saying “Hello Twitter World.” (or whatever) is not quite up there with the wizard of Menlo Park (Edison) calling one of [...]
Linux Firewall Part 3: Selecting Your Hardware
As mentioned in the previous segment, you can create a professional-level firewall using old hardware that you would otherwise throw away. Some people may choose to purchase new dedicated hardware, which can have several advantages. Either way, you can create a hardware firewall costs significantly less than the $1000-$3000 that professional hardware devices can cost. [...]
Linux Firewall Part 2: Determine Your Network Setup
Many firewalls make certain assumptions and use several standard conventions. Understand the standard terminologies and you’ll have an easier time when setting up your firewall. Nearly every firewall’s first level of protection is NAT, or Network Address Translation. This means that an external address is “translated” from external to internal addresses, so the public never has [...]
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