I couldn't find anything existing to lookup a specific TCP/UDP port, so I quickly created some messy bash functions. What I wanted is to have a simple command to lookup a specific TCP/UDP Port, and also to lookup a MAC-address -> manufacturer.

script

In order to get this ...

Another one for today.. :-D
I wanted to find a quick way to show me the expiry dates of ssl certificates on the fly, without going through any browsers etc.
A combination of sed and openssl did the job.

``` {.lang:sh .decode:true} echo "" | openssl s_client -showcerts -connect www.ubs ...

I've just received a PDF that I wanted to convert for my ebook-reader, but it was protected with a password + was restricted for printing. So I didn't have a chance to convert it into a suitable format for it. ahm... aren't there some tools around to decrypt ...

Finally, somebody wrote an alternative to Exact Audio Copy, which now runs under linux (EAC worked fine with WINE under linux altough..). For those who don't know, EAC is THE well-known ripper, which supports accuraterip, and now finally there's a linux alternative!
..for those who don't buy ...

I've just been playing around with a QNAP TS-639 Pro, and apparently it wasn't able anymore to boot from the internal 'DOM' (disk on module). First try to 'flash' a firmware update available on their website failed.. Why...? Looks like they're encrypted by default, so useless if ...

I just recently started to play around with software RAID's under linux, and I thought I'll share a piece of code to watch the progress of a raid-rebuild.

``` {.lang:sh .decode:true} || user@workstation ~ || while [ 1 ] ; do clear ; cat /proc/mdstat ; sleep 5; done

Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1 ...