Email has just turned 35 and it’s very difficult to imagine working without the emails today. Here are few interesting links to Email and it’s history.
And a list of very useful tips from IT Security; Hacking Email: 99 tips to make you more secure and productive. The article include Etiquette, Communicating & Effectiveness, Mobile Email, Productivity, Folders, Filtering, Email Attachments, Tricks, Hacks, Backup, Software specific tips, Privacy and Security.
This is the news that I and millions of other Nepalese were waiting for. War is officially over in Nepal. The government of Nepal and Maoist rebels have signed a historic peace accord, which ends the 10 years of fighting that killed more than 13 thousand people. This brings an end to the politics of bloodshed and starts a new peaceful era for Nepal.
“Beginning today, the politics of killing, violence and terror will be replaced by the politics of reconciliation,” declared the 85-year-old PM Koirala who said he had put his entire political career at risk by venturing on this path of peace and democracy. “Being a democrat, I wanted to bring non-democrats into the framework of democracy. I was warned by many friends about the hazards of dealing with terrorists but I thought that bringing all under democratic framework was the duty of a democrat.”
Photo blogger Rajesh KC has put together the sequence of signing the peace accord; from preparation to the signing and the celebration in his blog entry The end of the war.
Staying away from home, I never had the first hand experience of how it was to live under the Maoist insurgency, but my heart always cried when I had to hear the news of bloody conflict claiming innocent lives and hindering the development of the country. I cannot describe in words the overly joyous feeling that I’m having right now. I can feel the invisible power that peace is bringing to Nepal. I join the millions of people at home and abroad who feel the same way and celebrate the peace at the top of the world.
This guide describes how to install and configure the OpenVPN Server in Linux and clients in Windows XP and Mac OSX. There are many advanced features in OpenVPN and if you’re interested in those advanced stuff, there’s a more detailed HowTo for you. This guide was created from my successful installation, so it works for me. If you find any problems or have suggestions please leave a comment. I’ll try my best to help. I’m sure, you know that you’re using this at your own risk
In our scenario, a small office network is protected by Linux firewall and we’ll implement the secure OpenVPN to access the internal office network (File Server, Database Server and Desktop PCs) securely from anywhere in the Internet.
I’ve used IPSec, PPTP and SSL VPNs for quite some time and found them to have their own strengths and weaknesses. IPSec is secure but too complicated, with too many options for implementation and configuration. PPTP is easy to use and configure but it had some security issues in the past, which deters serious security minded organizations to implement it. Commercial SSL VPNs are easy to use but they’re very expensive and still haven’t solved all the remote connection problems.
I was introduced to SoftEther (popular Japanese personal VPN) by one of my boss few years ago, it’s secure and free but the documents are available only in Japanese. While I was searching for english documents of SoftEther, I came across an Wikipedia entry, which said “It is similar to OpenVPN, though it is closed source software”. I’d heard about OpenVPN but had never given it a serious look. This time I decided to look at it. I was pleasantly surprised by it’s ease of installation, use and robust security. Here are few points to note about OpenVPN:
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