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Howto: Check if a browser has CACert installed as an authority

Well, I am working on a project to sell virtualization instances, a.k.a. vps, in http://bitcoin.org/.

Anyway, that has nothing to do with this. The thing is that I decided to go for http://cacert.org/ certificates. Why?

  • They're free
  • They do the work; which is encrypting …

HowTo: Bind10 resolver @ Fedora 19

I've been waiting for Bind10 to come to Fedora for a long time. I dunno if it's better or worse; I just like new stuff ;)

That said, I totally expect it to be better. It has some neat features and the idea of a modular app seems great. (huh? somebody …


My trip to Archland (Arch Linux)

I am an infamous Fedorian. Everybody who knows me, knows that. I love Fedora. Been with it since Fedora Core 1 and never left it.

This said, I just made a trip to Archland! I try to use some other distros between Fedora releases. The list of distros I have …


Fedora 19 up and running!

Yep, just upgraded. It's 5 AM and noticed the mirrors there.

I am totally happy! I can't believe it. FedUp did the trick this time!

fedup --network 19 --reboot

That was it. The production, testing and devel servers went down and up in 378 pings (1 sec per ping). This …


HowTo: Use ip instead of ifconfig

The other day, I was helping out some guy to set his IP address. He missed ifconfig; which is deprecated by the way, and I lent a hand; helping him get around the "ip" command.

Here's a micro cheatsheet:

# get some info on your link
# This will show your links …