Author: Roman

Britain is becoming ‘Big Brother’ society

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/tc_afp/britainsecuritycctv_061102140345 Britain is becoming a “surveillance society”, where CCTV cameras, credit card analysis and travel movements are used to track people’s lives minute by minute. […] The nation has up to 4.2 million CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras, or about one for every 14 people.

Shoplifters vs. Retailers: “The rights of the both”

Shoplifters vs. Retailers: “The rights of the both”, a funny opposition between the parties described in a book by security management consultant. Some introduce this book as a must to prevent theft losses, the others consider it to be a shoplifter’s guide. The books seems to be an enjoyable reading. ASIS: http://www.asisonline.org/store/detail.xml?id=1344 (summary, order) Amazon:…

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Magellan eXplorist tracks

Since it’s been a problem once again, track format incompatbility, I am adding this new feature: conversion wizard from OziExplorer Track Point File into Magellan eXplorist track log file (using $PMGNTRK NMEA command). Additionally, the wizard are packaged into Microsoft Installer package for easier distribution. Download: Alax.Info Magellan eXplorist Tools 1.0.1

Jabber/XMPP Tools roadmap: Jabber RPC

Here is what is going to keep me busy with Jabber/XMPP Tools. Since the library should be a lightweight module integratable into non-IM software (this is the main goal with it currently), no full XMPP functionality is expected, only reasonable features for non-IM software, especially server side. The first goal is to be able to…

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Jabber/XMPP Tools 1.0.1

General Information About Jabber/XMPP Tools Update As planned recently, Jabber/XMPP Tools library was updated to support TLS secure connections, among other reasons required by Google Talk. The library contains interoperable connection COM objects for TCP and TLS on top of TCP network connections. Additionally, new properties added to Authentication and Message objects to support authentication…

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Jabber/XMPP Tools: TLS and more

Jabber/XMPP Tools already implement TLS 1.0 secure connections and will be available shortly. TLS is implemented using SChannel API, the ATL helper classes I made for SChannel might also appear here to public. Jabber/XMPP Tools also contain some reusable components such as COM objects for TCP connection, for TLS over TCP connection which implements the…

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