Nook color to Android + Linux distro
Hi all, This is knowledge-share for anyone who has Android phone or tablet and interested in getting Linux distro onto your android phone or tablet. I just purchased a $150 Nook Color (ereader), jailbreak it, and got Android installed. With Android in place, install Linux with the Linux Installer app was pretty smooth. Instruction to install Linux distro onto your android. http://android.galoula.com/en/LinuxInstall/QuickTutorial.html If you needed help with the above steps, I am happy to help. Have fun Btw, after jailbreaking your Nook Color, yes you can still read your ebooks, pdf files, and doc with app like adobe reader, qPDF, etc. Tam
Whitelisting websites
Hello All, I've been requested to whitelist websites for a local user here, apparently the internet is extremely distracting for work, save for certain sites - has anyone done something like this before? I know I could put IPs and website addresses in /etc/hosts, but I don't want to have to fix the hosts file whenever IPs change. This will be entirely for one computer. The only thing I can think of is to have a cron script that will periodically update the /etc/hosts file with the correct IPs and addresses - any other suggestions? Thanks, -Chris
Re: Whitelisting websites
On May 11, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Christopher Tooley wrote: Hello All, I've been requested to whitelist websites for a local user here, apparently the internet is extremely distracting for work, save for certain sites - has anyone done something like this before? I know I could put IPs and website addresses in /etc/hosts, but I don't want to have to fix the hosts file whenever IPs change. This will be entirely for one computer. My response is probably off topic from a strictly technical basis. If you're not interested in any but technical answers, you should stop reading now. That being said, it sounds an awful lot like somebody is trying to solve a political problem via technical means; this doesn't work. More to the point, you're going to be investing large amounts of time in updating the whitelist, troubleshooting DNS changes, whitelisting CDNs, troubleshooting odd connectivity issues when sites assume you can access third party dependencies, etc. If you're set on going this route, I'd suggest an actual content filtering package; reinventing the wheel doesn't work out very well, plus you get to pass the support burden off to a vendor (if you go commercial), or the community (if you go open source). -- Corey signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail
Re: Whitelisting websites
Hi Christopher, -You can ALLOW vs. DENY, REJECT using /etc/sysconfig/iptables rules. -You can also, in the httpd.conf file, under the directives *Order allow,deny*, you can specify allow or deny access to ip address To deal with DHCP or IPs change, you should research RARP on how to request IP address from Physical address. Then you will have to come up with a script that will updated your server. Good luck On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Christopher Tooley ctoo...@uvic.ca wrote: Hello All, I've been requested to whitelist websites for a local user here, apparently the internet is extremely distracting for work, save for certain sites - has anyone done something like this before? I know I could put IPs and website addresses in /etc/hosts, but I don't want to have to fix the hosts file whenever IPs change. This will be entirely for one computer. The only thing I can think of is to have a cron script that will periodically update the /etc/hosts file with the correct IPs and addresses - any other suggestions? Thanks, -Chris
Re: Whitelisting websites
I would recommend looking into squid or some other filtering proxy. The fundamental problem with using iptables/hosts restrictions is wildcard matching for subdomains and various other technical details that you end up sinking a vast amount of time to resolve. There are also several commercial solutions that can be implemented at the firewall/router level on a per-machine or per-user basis. -Mark On 05/11/2012 03:31 PM, Tam Nguyen wrote: Hi Christopher, -You can ALLOW vs. DENY, REJECT using /etc/sysconfig/iptables rules. -You can also, in the httpd.conf file, under the directives *Order allow,deny*, you can specify allow or deny access to ip address To deal with DHCP or IPs change, you should research RARP on how to request IP address from Physical address. Then you will have to come up with a script that will updated your server. Good luck On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Christopher Tooley ctoo...@uvic.ca mailto:ctoo...@uvic.ca wrote: Hello All, I've been requested to whitelist websites for a local user here, apparently the internet is extremely distracting for work, save for certain sites - has anyone done something like this before? I know I could put IPs and website addresses in /etc/hosts, but I don't want to have to fix the hosts file whenever IPs change. This will be entirely for one computer. The only thing I can think of is to have a cron script that will periodically update the /etc/hosts file with the correct IPs and addresses - any other suggestions? Thanks, -Chris -- Mr. Mark V. Stodola Digital Systems Engineer National Electrostatics Corp. P.O. Box 620310 Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA Phone: (608) 831-7600 Fax: (608) 831-9591
Re: Whitelisting websites
Christopher Tooley ctoo...@uvic.ca writes: I've been requested to whitelist websites for a local user here, apparently the internet is extremely distracting for work, save for certain sites - has anyone done something like this before? I know I could put IPs and website addresses in /etc/hosts, but I don't want to have to fix the hosts file whenever IPs change. It isn't clear if you are looking to provide your user with some voluntary self-filtering or if your user wants to impose filtering on others. People gave you ideas about the latter. For the former there are various browser plugins that your user can install to self-manage their own filtering. For example Chrome's Personal Blocklist extension. Although the emphasis there looks to be default-allow rather than default-deny. Luck, -Brett. pgpVWR0zK3bIc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How do i change hostname?
On 05/02/2012 02:02 PM, Don Krause wrote: On May 2, 2012, at 1:00 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:50 PM, zxq9z...@zxq9.com wrote: If you figure this out on your own from here you will understand things better than if we just give you commands to copypasta into the terminal -- and that's probably what you really want is understanding, not just information. Yes, famous quote :) Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. -- Lao Tzu 老子 Akemi Or the equally effective, if somewhat disturbing, Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life --unknown -- Don This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. I prefer: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in your boat and drink your beer. -T
