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  • Long Time no Write

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

        

    My rack, getting ever so slightly more full...
    My rack, getting ever so slightly more full…

         So yes, it has been a very long time since I have written on here but from my last post I had just started my new job in Brussels Belgium. What can I say it has kept me busy and now has led to a promotion (cheers for me J). However as with all good things I have to take the bad also, which leads me to the process of getting ready to move so I can take the promotion. (Moving Sucks ASS!!!) So where am I going? Well it is a terrible place but I have to take one for the team ;). So soon I will be calling Vicenza Italy my new home as you can all guess it toke all of 2 seconds to say yes, I will take it to the HR rep.

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  • DynDNS Configuration on Cisco IOS Routers

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

        I recently had to set this up on a friend’s router and I was not aware that there had been API changes to the DDNS protocol so many of the configurations I found on the internet no longer worked. So below I am posting a working configuration for the DDNS configuration supporting dyndns.com dynamic DNS update service using the current APIs along with an explanation of how each command works.
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  • Trusted Third Party in Enhancing Electronic Commerce

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                What is a trusted third party and how does it enhance electronic commerce?  In cryptography, a trusted third party (TTP) is an entity that facilitates interactions between two parties who both trust the third party (Wikipedia, 2013).  This is similar to a notary public who acts as a trusted third party when it comes to duplicating legal documents.  Both Verisign and TRUSTe act as trusted third parties by building trust relationships between customers and venders like Amazon and Newegg.  So how do Verisign and TRUSTe build the trust environment? Continue reading → Post ID 211

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  • Web Security Issues and Solutions

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

                The primary face of the internet is the World Wide Web (WWW), which since its invention has been transforming the world around us.  Websites deliver us all sorts of information from healthcare advice, to websites dedicated to cat photos.  We even trust websites to our most personal communications and our financial lives.  However, everything is not all rainbows and unicorns on the internet’s World Wide Web.  There is a darker side to the internet, people who trade in your personal information and steal your identity for profit and fun.  Large criminal hacker organizations exist on the internet today, pillaging the World Wide Web like modern day pirates.  Sadly though, many websites today do not take the most basic precautions to protect themselves properly form the darker side of the internet. Continue reading → Post ID 211

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  • My opinions on the Healthcare.gov rollout

    Posted on by Shane Knapp

    My first experience with healthcare.gov
    My first experience with healthcare.gov

                So, by now I think everyone in the USA and the rest of the world has heard about the epic failure of a website healthcare.gov was at launch.  To be fair I do admit that I understand the complexity of it as it has to tie into several government databases, all of which use different software and formatting.  From what I heard, they had to have the website reach into more than 100 of these government databases all over the United States.  Furthermore, in true government fashion none of these databases are located in the same data center. Continue reading → Post ID 211

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