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Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

SlipStream — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:00:06 +0000

Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: libxml2 security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2008:0988-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0988.html
Issue date:        2008-11-17
CVE Names:         CVE-2008-4225 CVE-2008-4226

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US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A — Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

SlipStream — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:42:13 +0000

National Cyber Alert System

Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A

Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Original release date: November 14, 2008
Last revised: –
Source: US-CERT

Systems Affected

* Mozilla Firefox
* Mozilla Thunderbird
* Mozilla SeaMonkey (more…)

How to convert from pixels to millimeters

SlipStream — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:47:46 +0000

I am working with PHP and FPDF to generate a PDF invoice. The designers have created a couple of very helpful documents, there are three total. The first is a mockup of the invoice. The second shows fonts, font sizes, and font colors. The last document show the positioning of all elements on the invoice. My only problem, is that the document was made with pixels at a resolution of 300 DPI rather than in millimeters. Anyone that is familiar with FPDF will know that PDF’s created with FPDF can not be generated with pixels in mind. PDF documents in FPDF can only use point (pt), millimeteres (mm), centimeters (cm), or inches (in). (more…)

Two IP Address on a single network card on FreeBSD

SlipStream — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:10:42 +0000

I needed to get one of my servers to respond to another IP Address. I have mostly used Linux and not FreeBSD. Linux is quite easy, but I have never done anything like this on FreeBSD, so here is how I got it work properly. (more…)

Rounding to the nearest half dollor (or quarter dollar)

SlipStream — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:35:09 +0000

One of my recent projects required that I round the price I was calculating to the nearest half dollar. This started out at a pain. Rounding to the floor, or to the ceiling, or normal rounding is quite easy. But I have never had to round to the nearest half dollar. (or quarter dollar) After a little bit of time thinking about it, I came up with a solution. (more…)

C# Image Server Client (Using XML for the application protocol)

SlipStream — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:23:45 +0000

Our assignment in class this week was to create a network based client that would connect to the teachers Image Server and make requests via XML for information such as getting a category list, getting and image list, and ultimately, getting the image itself. There were a few different things that needed to be handled to make this work properly. Granted, this isn’t the best code in the word, since the summer semester is so short, but it does work. For it to run properly, you have to be connected to the VPN at UVU. (more…)

C# Database Connection Example Program

SlipStream — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:03:04 +0000

We were given a programming assignment in my network programming class that is defined as below. This is my solution to the assignment. I know it isn’t the best code in the world, but it works and will hopefully help someone else who is in need of knowing how to connect to a MSQL database using C#.

Write a program that will connect to the Image Database, list the categories from the category table then when the user selects a category in the list, show the name of all images in that category in another list box. To access the database, you will need to be logged into CSEVPN. (more…)

New Urinal Video Games Launched in Belgium

SlipStream — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:31:05 +0000

Interesting article on the advances of modern technology. I never thought that I would be able to play video games at the same time as going to the bathroom. But some genius in Belgium has developed a game designed to be played by patrons of the a local bar. All I can say is “WOW”. Someone has way to much time on their hands. Here is a link to the article. Enjoy!

Multicast Network Chat in C#

SlipStream — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:55:33 +0000

In my network programming class CS3670 at UVU (UVSC) we had an assignment to write a multicast chat program that would allow everyone in the class talk in the same chat window. This was used to show that we were able to use the multicast addresses and to also demonstrate our use of the UDP client libraries. Here is my solution: (more…)

C# (C Sharp) Console and Input Program

SlipStream — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:43:51 +0000

Well, I’ve started a network development class at UVU (UVSC) and I have to quickly learn C Sharp to be able to get my assignments and labs done. Here is my version of the first lab (which is a simple hello world style lab) (more…)