Archive for November, 2005

New Business Solution Proposal

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

A couple of weeks ago I started working on a new business solution proposal.
The goal is to propose this business case/solution to SkillTeam and check if this new solution can go into further development or not.
Doing a presentation for the top management of SkillTeam is not a laugh and I still can’t get used [...]

It’s one of these days

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

It must be one of these days were everything goes wrong…
First I’ve noticed an attempt to hack my server and secondly we had a power failure in a part of our town. Guess in which part my house is situated…
Ok…a power failure can happen so I called the hotline of Electrabel. At [...]

Hacking Attempts

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

This night I saw some wierd stuff appearing in my log files:
Nov 26 01:03:40 XXXXXXX sshd[3693]: Invalid user httpd from ::ffff:61.139.126.117
Nov 26 01:03:43 XXXXXXX sshd[3693]: Failed password for invalid user httpd from ::ffff:61.139.126.117 port 35410 ssh2
Nov 26 01:03:47 XXXXXXX sshd[3697]: Invalid user squirrelmail from ::ffff:61.139.126.117
Nov 26 01:08:56 XXXXXXX sshd[3829]: Failed password for invalid user [...]

Increase company revenue : Entrepreneurs within the Enterprise

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

The success of an enterprise depends upon the success of all its employees.
To achieve this, employees must see work as more than just an occupation.
Every employee must be committed to clearly defined goals and values with sufficient creative freedom to allow the development of new solutions/products that will increase revenue but also the [...]

Happy Birthday Windows

Monday, November 21st, 2005

On November 20 1985, Microsoft released the first version of Windows.
By doing so they changed the way of computing….DOH!

SkypeKiller

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Allowing uncontrollable Instant Messaging in your company is never a good thing, that’s why IS Decisions developed SkypeKiller.
Just a little program to be installed on 1 of the pc’s in your environment. Now it’s just scan, select and remove/uninstall.
I personally didn’t test this pogram (as I’m using Skype myself). So no garantuees [...]

One for the gallery section

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Let’s start with the fun part….First load of PICTURES….

Key Note session.

Back from IT Forum05

Friday, November 18th, 2005

It may come as a surprise for you all as this blog is mainly about Linux stuff, but I’ve actually attended Microsoft IT Forum05 in Barcelona this week. Thank you SkillTeam for giving me also this year an opportunity to attend a conference!!
And yes…we crashed in the Barcelona Hilton Diagonal Mar (more info [...]

Houston, we have a problem.

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Due to technical problems on the infrastructure of my internet provider EDPNET, my server was offline for several hours this week.
This means : website unavailable, IM unavailable, mail unavailable,….
Damn EDPNET, get a grip on your infrastructure! These problems are becoming very annoying.

Take a break – Play a game

Friday, November 18th, 2005

Ever wondered how easy it is to avoit security cameras?
Test your skills now and play this game : Play Security Game

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