R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
During my ongoing ISPA complaint against MyBroadband.co.za, I required additional information from MyBroadband.co.za, which I could not retrieve since my access was blocked without notice or warning. Since I wanted to make my ISPA complaint as detailed as possible, and...
To get the full back-story leading up to this event, you need to read Mybroadband.co.za censors consumer activism about Afrihost SMS- & email-spam first. The short story is: As an Afrihost customer I responded to Afrihost’s support forum to raise my issues...
Update 8th June 2017: MyBroadBand has banned me because I reported them to ISPA and issued a PAIA request. It all started off with receiving unsolicited SMS from Afrihost towards the end of May 2017 when Afrihost wanted to do a...
Since my recent banning on MyBroadband where the main reason for the ban seems to have originated from providing consumer advice as an Afrihost customer in an Afrihost support thread, I think it is valuable for anyone affected by unsolicited messages...
With the release of Java SE 7 the Server Name Indication (SNI) extension was introduced as a default in the JSSE client. This enables TLS clients to connect to virtual servers (SNI is explained in RFC 4366 and I am not going...
In a blog post 3 years ago I raised the issue about Jaybird Bluebuds not being sweat-proof and from the comments at the blog, I am surprised to see that 3 years later, the issues continue to happen with many unhappy...
In this tutorial we will setup OpenVPN SSL authentication on your Ubiquiti USG which will then allow you to access your home-network remotely and securely via TLS certificate authentication which then can be used on any client platform to remotely...
Apple in it’s infinite wisdom decided years back that no-one uses SNMP and then removed the SNMP configuration settings from their AirPort Utility. This is problematic for people needing to change their SNMP settings or for others who want to...
My Ubiquiti network gear is an awesome “prosumer” device and it supports a number of enterprise features for gadgeteers to use. Over the years I tried various methods of monitoring devices and network throughput – either via RRD, SmokePing or custom scripts. With...
The UniFi kits is truly amazing and I classify it a “prosumer” device – simply as it has near enterprise networking features at fairly reasonable consumer level pricing. Although the learning curve is initially steep, the capabilities are seemingly endless....
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