Shepherding the safety of your data by keeping the sheep confused ;)

NOTICE: The script in this post is terrible on purpose!

Simple Perl Script To Do Mass Emailing From Lists Running Any Mail Agent On Linux Or Unix.

If you know a guy who knows a guy, you already understand this concept ;)

Over at Linux Magazine Online, Jon maddog Hall writes that on Friday the 13th, 2009 at 11:31:30pm UTC UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890. This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST.

The Initials of "Political Correctness" alone make this a curious read about Unix/Linux "Improvements" ;)

Perl script to manage connections to console server ports written for Linux or Unix.

Perl script to ping, check ports and create a CGI page report. This time written a bit more complicated than necessary to highlight some uses of Perl.

I’ve pretty much assumed that technologically speaking, if Windows has it, Unix and the like must also have the same functionality. As I re-engage with Unix and Linux developers and IT professionals in recent months, though, I can see that there are some areas – particularly in security - where Windows is far ahead of the *x operating systems. Here’s a few...