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How-to: Create an Oracle Read-Only user on an Oracle 11g Server
I recently had a situation where I had to create an Oracle read-only user on an Oracle 11g Database. Mainly for compliance reasons but I won’t bore you with that detail… I used Oracle 11G to set this up. Here are some commands I found helpful in configuring this read-only setup. I am not a…
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How-to: base64 Encode a string using perl.
One way of obfuscating a string is to base64 encode that string. This is not encryption, but there is nothing that stops you from base64 encoding an already encrypted string to obfuscate it even more. Perl makes base64 encoding really easy. Here is a simple one liner that will base64 encode a string. Additionally we…
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How-to: Treesize script for linux.
This is a simple Treesize Script for Linux. I take no credit for this script. I found it on the internet but it works very well so I am putting it here so I don’t loose it. Feel free to distribute. If you are the arthor of this script contact me and I will gladly…
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How to convert a SSL certificate into PIM format.
Sometimes depending on the application you need to convert your SSL certificate to a different format namely the PIM format. To convert your certificate to PIM format run the following command: openssl pkcs12 -export -inkey /etc/pki/tls/private/ www.domain.com.key -in www.domain.com.cer -out www.domain.com.p12 Happy SSL’ing.
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Generate a CSR using Subject Alternative Names on RHEL / CentOS 5.6
This how-to has to deal with SSL and something called Subject Alternative Names. When a normal SSL certificate is generated its usually for one host for example https://www.domain.com. The problem with this is that you cannot use the same certificate for say ftps://ftp.domain.com. The mismatch between the hostnames ‘www’ vs ‘ftp’ would cause issues validating…
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How-to: Rounded Table Borders using CSS
Today’s how-to is about web design. One of the important design tricks in a web designers toolkit is making rounded tables that look “web 2.0 ish” unless of course your going for that blocky circa 1996 look for your web site. The first step is to design a simple page with a table. Call this…