FYI
Today I’d like to give an update on two tools already known to most tool fetishists. Everybody knows PuTTY and probably everyone is using it to connect to SSH servers from a Windows box. But lately I had to reset a Cisco Catalyst switch from the serial console and since the Hyperterminal is not part of Windows Vista anymore I had to look for a utility to help me out. Well, what can I say? It surely helps to read what is on the screen. PuTTY is capable of doing serial connections. I just love this tool. Now, please someone tell me a situation I could use this raw thing.
Well, and the other tool I just discovered a cool function of is dd. One great thing about *nix machines is that they already come with so many basic tools right away. So the task was to create an ISO image of a CD. My first hit was K3B and it worked, of course. But then I doscovered that a simple
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/user/image.iso
does also do the trick.
About
Originally this site was intended as a project site. The goal was to define standards for the perimeterless network using
open-source software. To be honest I simply do not have the time for such a thing. So what is left is a blog with sporadic
posts that are either helpful for myself or I think are helpful for others, too since I had a hard time finding information
on the Internet. Think of it as a knowledge base.
Ehm yes, somtimes I write down my two cents on any topic that may go through my mind at that point in time ;-)