Monthly Archives: June 2006

Linux router + WiFi + VPN + 5 x Ethernet for $60

We have been looking to replace our two internet routers for some time now. Those two routers were normal (aging) PCs running Linux and serving as our internet gateways and firewalls (via iptables). We wanted to replace them because

they were really overkill for handling max. 6mbit internet traffic and up to 1 (one) VPN connection,
they […]

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Trademarks, Copyrights and Software Patents

Erick Sink has a great blog posting about trademarks, copyrights and software patents. In case you don’t know the differences between those three legal terms, read his blog posting. I have often seen people on discussion boards being confused about intellectual property laws (e.g. people often think you can copyright an idea). It’s great Eric […]

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Why I don’t use MSN/Yahoo Search

The quality of Google’s search results are steadily declining. I have been testing the Yahoo and MSN search for some queries in the last weeks and I have to say that they often have better results. I’m not sure if this is the case because Google’s algorithms are not as good as the Yahoo/MSN ones […]

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Adding SmartInspect logging to a Delphi DLL

Tobias wrote an article about using SmartInspect to add logging to a DLL and host application written in Delphi. Having logging in multiple application components is a bit more tricky if you want to log to the same log file, so Tobias described the process in the article. Here it is:
Using SmartInspect Logging in Delphi […]

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SmartInspect log file format and TCP protocol

We just published an article on our website that describes the SmartInspect log file format and TCP protocol in detail. This information can be used to write additional libraries and tools that are compatible with SmartInspect. In retrospect we should have documented the formats and protocols from the beginning, but we didn’t really give it […]

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