macosxhints - Stop special treatment of 'internet-enabled' disk images: "defaults write com.apple.frameworks.diskimages skip-idme true"
Another replies: "A much simpler way is just to option-click the link. It downloads to your default location, but doesn't open."
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Apache based alternatives to .Mac: PHPiCalendar and iCal
Greg Westin: Using PHP iCalendar to View iCal Calendars Online
Nice web site on doing things with Apache and open source instead of .Mac.
Nice web site on doing things with Apache and open source instead of .Mac.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Slashdot | PC Diagnostic Software Recommendations
Slashdot | Good, Affordable PC Diagnostic Software?
A great Slashdot thread on a topic that audience knows well.
A great Slashdot thread on a topic that audience knows well.
Hushmail Free Encrypted Web-mail: login
Hushmail Free Encrypted Web-mail: login
When someone informed BugTraq of a security exploit they found in the leaked NT source code, they used Hushmail. If an uber-hacker thinks it's good ...
Hushmail was probably inspired, in part, by a desire to protect people from the DMCA. These are folks who fear the US is turning into a police state. (Hah, hah, wherever do they get that silly idea. Not from the Patriot Act, CAPSS II, the DMCA, Patriot II ...)
It has other likely users too. Watch for Patriot III to ban it.
Hush, like any company or individual, is legally bound to respond to court-issued subpoenas. However, because not even Hush can access the encryption keys of individual users, in the case of a subpoena Hush would only be able to provide the encrypted (coded) version of the transmitted email.
When someone informed BugTraq of a security exploit they found in the leaked NT source code, they used Hushmail. If an uber-hacker thinks it's good ...
Hushmail was probably inspired, in part, by a desire to protect people from the DMCA. These are folks who fear the US is turning into a police state. (Hah, hah, wherever do they get that silly idea. Not from the Patriot Act, CAPSS II, the DMCA, Patriot II ...)
It has other likely users too. Watch for Patriot III to ban it.
Sunday, February 15, 2004
Natural Voice Text to Speech Reader Standard - XP reader
Natural Voice Text to Speech Reader Standard - Download.com - Free downloads, shareware, and more.
OS X has quite good built-in voices, this provides some similar options for XP. I wonder about using this as part of teaching reading to older readers ...
OS X has quite good built-in voices, this provides some similar options for XP. I wonder about using this as part of teaching reading to older readers ...
Saturday, February 14, 2004
Getting a PC 802.11b to talk WEP to an Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS)
Google Groups: View Thread "Has ANYONE gotten ANY XP/PC PCMCIA 802.11b card to c..."I've been unable to get a PC Client to connect with WEP enable to my Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS). Apple has been of no help.
Alice Faber answered this one for me in a usenet posting:
The key phrase is "shared authentication". A google search on this phrase and "airport" brought a lot of hits:
A few key notes:
A. http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/18986-1.html
Be sure the right XP services are running
1.) Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Services.
2.) Scroll down to Wireless Zero Configuration, and double-click Wireless Zero Configuration.
3.) On the General tab, after Startup type, change the startup type to Automatic.
4.) Start the service by clicking Start.
B. http://stevenf.com/mt/archives/000471.php
A few discussions, and an aside that Apple's advanced tech support was clueless.
This is where they point out the need to enable "shared authentication". There's a hint that older 802.11b implementations don't support it.
C. http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/
Lots of discussions on Airport wireless.
D. http://www.macwireless.com/index.html
Serious Mac wireless vendor.
E. http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@83.CGwtaOvycER.930@.688ec533/0
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (WEP enabled)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1000.html
Patch required if running Windows XP and WPA on an AEBS
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/2003.html
The three main reasons people have problems are
1. WEP Key in plain text and not HEX
If you enable WEP on the AEBS, you need to note down the Hex Airport Network Password, if you are using 128bit encryption this will be a 26 digit number.
If you open the Airport Admin Utility you should see something like this
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/images004/ae005.gif
You may need to click a button called Password
Note that I have blanked out my passwords
The Wireless ASCII Equivalent Password is the plain text network password you use to access your Airport network with a Mac.
The Wireless Hex Equivalent Password is the hex version of the plain text, and this is what you would use with your PC.
2.IEEE 802.1x authentication is on
Ensure that the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box is not checked.
3. Authentication Mode is not set to Shared
Ensure Network Authentication (Shared Mode) box is ticked
On a separate topic, a wireless bridge for 802.11g AEBS networks, I found:
http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g/11gEthAdapter.html
and an other great usenet posting sent me to:
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/products/airstation/WLAG54C.html
Bottom line: usenet lives.
Alice Faber answered this one for me in a usenet posting:
If you're connecting through the Windows XP interface, click on the
Advanced tab. In some XP installations, there's a default setting that
will guarantee that you won't connect, hidden on the Advanced tab. I
forget the exact wording of it (I don't have access to an XP box to
check), but it will say something about smart card authentication.
On the main tab, you may have to search out a pulldown menu that will
allow you to selecte Shared authentication also.
The key phrase is "shared authentication". A google search on this phrase and "airport" brought a lot of hits:
A few key notes:
A. http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/18986-1.html
Be sure the right XP services are running
1.) Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Services.
2.) Scroll down to Wireless Zero Configuration, and double-click Wireless Zero Configuration.
3.) On the General tab, after Startup type, change the startup type to Automatic.
4.) Start the service by clicking Start.
B. http://stevenf.com/mt/archives/000471.php
A few discussions, and an aside that Apple's advanced tech support was clueless.
This is where they point out the need to enable "shared authentication". There's a hint that older 802.11b implementations don't support it.
C. http://wireless-starter-kit.com/airportblog/
Lots of discussions on Airport wireless.
D. http://www.macwireless.com/index.html
Serious Mac wireless vendor.
E. http://discussions.info.apple.com/WebX?13@83.CGwtaOvycER.930@.688ec533/0
Accessing a Airport Network with a Windows XP PC or laptop (WEP enabled)
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/1000.html
Patch required if running Windows XP and WPA on an AEBS
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/2003.html
The three main reasons people have problems are
1. WEP Key in plain text and not HEX
If you enable WEP on the AEBS, you need to note down the Hex Airport Network Password, if you are using 128bit encryption this will be a 26 digit number.
If you open the Airport Admin Utility you should see something like this
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/images004/ae005.gif
You may need to click a button called Password
Note that I have blanked out my passwords
The Wireless ASCII Equivalent Password is the plain text network password you use to access your Airport network with a Mac.
The Wireless Hex Equivalent Password is the hex version of the plain text, and this is what you would use with your PC.
2.IEEE 802.1x authentication is on
Ensure that the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network check box is not checked.
3. Authentication Mode is not set to Shared
Ensure Network Authentication (Shared Mode) box is ticked
On a separate topic, a wireless bridge for 802.11g AEBS networks, I found:
http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g/11gEthAdapter.html
and an other great usenet posting sent me to:
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/products/airstation/WLAG54C.html
Bottom line: usenet lives.
Buffalo Technology (USA) - 802.11g wirless bridge
Buffalo Technology (USA)
A usenet poster says this is compatible with an airport extreme base station. They have a similar device with a single ethernet port that looks quite compact:
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/products/airstation/WLITX1G54.html
A usenet poster says this is compatible with an airport extreme base station. They have a similar device with a single ethernet port that looks quite compact:
http://www.buffalotech.com/wireless/products/airstation/WLITX1G54.html
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