“>”…the digital signature is a must for every organization”
“>”There is no other way to replace the hand-based signature in the electronic world (…)”
“>”(…) in some ways, the digital signature has a leg up on the more traditional paper-methods of doing business, methods that are easily tampered with.”
Continue reading ITworldcanada.com – Entrust soothes customer concerns
“Afraid an unauthorized someone is reading your personal e-mail? Then prevent it by encrypting your e-mail using a program such as PGP (Pretty Good Privacy).” – BTW, PGP is a commercial application supporting OpenPGP, but most of the article can be used to understand other tools too. Continue reading Popular Mechanics|Encrypting Your E-mail With PGP
No free lunches asks: “After giving up in disgust on layer 2 auth like *EAP/802.1x (which is a nightmare to configure properly and requires expensive access points and bleeding edge – flaky – firmware) I am considering controlling access to my wireless LAN (a small 50-user setup, with only one Linux user – me) using PPPoE, and would like to ask the Slashdot crowd their opinion.” Continue reading Slashdot | Securing 802.11b with PPPoE ?
I recently (as of July 2001) rescued an Apple IIc computer from the sidewalk, which resulted in re-discovering this classic computer introduced April 24th, 1984. To make a long story short, I always wanted to own an Apple II computer in the old days, and now it seems destiny put it in my way 🙂
The information presented here is a small account of my findings, and includes some of my own contributions and additions to the resources I have found. Important: I have not tested this in any way, as of August 2001. This information is presented here for self-documenting purposes, hoping I will someday have the time to update it and play/test it. Enjoy!
AppleSoft manual (french, PDF, 685K), (mirror for North American users)
Note:
Windows 98 users will have to replace their current HyperTerminal version by downloading the latest HyperTerminal Personal Edition.
To make this cable you will need:
Of course, some soldering equipment won’t hurt 😉
| PC Conector | ||
| Function | DB25 |
DB9 |
| Receive DATA | 3 | 2 |
| Transmit DATA | 2 | 3 |
| Ground | 7 | 5 |
| Data Set Ready + Carrier Detect | 6+8 | 6+1 |
| Data Terminal Ready | 20 | 4 |
| Apple //c conector | |
| Functions | DIN |
| Transmit DATA | 4 |
| Receive DATA | 5 |
| Ground | 2 |
| Data Terminal Ready | 1 |
| Data Set Ready + Carrier Detect | 3 |
Credits
Some of the information presented here is an adaptation of the information found at this french site.
