Setting up a new web server, I found myself needing to test a couple port redirect rules. Instead of jumping through a bunch of crazy, potentially exploitable, hoops to get Apache Tomcat to listen on ports 80 and 443 I added these two rules to my firewall: $ iptables -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp [...]
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Posting To Notifo With Python
Just after getting to work this morning I discovered an iPhone app and web service named Prowl. It provides a means for sending arbitrary push notifications to your iPhone. This is something I had on my todo list to design and write very soon, so I was very excited to find it. The only downside, [...]
Five Free OS X Applications
In March 2006 I wrote an article about my five favorite free applications for OS X to enter a contest. It seems like a good time to re-visit that idea and do another post on the subject. I have been using OS X for five years now, and the majority of software I use is [...]