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Written by Mark Shingleton
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All my life, I've waited for you to come
into it.
All my life I've prayed for you to come into it.
Today, all of
my hopes, my prayers, and my dreams come true.
All of this happens
today because I fell in love with you.
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Written by David
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Only recently I was required to set up some Internet Access restrictions and rules on a network for external websites. An internal Intranet was being used with Joomla, and Squid
was in-place as a transparent proxy.
I decided to write a very basic PHP Script to do Internet authentication since the Proxy and Intranet were on the same server. (It wouldn't be hard to port this script to Python/Perl or anything else you like):
<?php
/* Desert Crystal Solutions */
# Joomla Configuration File
include_once("<CHANGE THIS PATH TO YOUR JOOMLA INSTALLATION>/config.php");
# Grab STDIN Input
if (!defined('STDIN')) {
define("STDIN", fopen("php://stdin", "r"));
}
# Parse multiple authentication requests from Squid
while (!feof(STDIN)) {
# get STDLIN contents from request
$line = trim(fgets(STDIN));
$fields = explode(' ', $line);
# check that 2 parameters have been parsed to the script
# in the form of "username password"
# fail if this is incorrect
if (count($fields) != 2) die("ERROR: Input incorrect\n");
# record username and password
$username = rawurldecode($fields[0]); //1738
$password = rawurldecode($fields[1]); //1738
# start a basic MySQL connection to the host configured in Joomla
$conn=mysql_connect($mosConfig_host,$mosConfig_user,$mosConfig_password);
@mysql_select_db($mosConfig_db) or die( "Unable to select database");
# query the username and password from Squid's Authentication
$query = "SELECT id FROM `".addslashes($mosConfig_dbprefix)."users` "
."WHERE `block` = '0' AND `username` = '".addslashes($username)."' "
."AND `password` = '".addslashes(md5($password))."'";
$result=mysql_query($query);
# check that there are results for the query
if (@mysql_numrows($result)) {
# return OK on STDOUT (Authentication Successful)
fwrite(STDOUT, "OK\n");
} else {
# return ERR on STDOUT (Authentication Failure)
fwrite(STDOUT, "ERR\n");
}
}
# close all MySQL connections gracefully
mysql_close($conn);
?>
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Written by David
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On the odd occasion, I find myself having to use advanced features on Telstra service phone numbers. Finding these numbers is often time consuming and what's worse, trying to remember those exchange numbers you USE to know is frustrating to say the least! |
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Written by David
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HTACCESS is a remarkable tool you can use for password protection,
error handling (like custom 404 pages), or HTTP redirects. It can also
be used to transform whole folders in seconds: adding headers to all
your HTML documents, watermarking all your images, and more.
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Written by David
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Family
"Family" came together as a trio on the 26th of
November 1972 where they sang for the first time at Pennant Hills
Shopping Centre in Sydney Australia . Prior to this the three boys were
involved in other
groups in Queensland in a group called "I.R.I.P" which stood for , Ian
Ron Ian and Phil and also a group called "Family Friends" which
included a fellow named Barry Graham doing main vocals with Ian Phil
and Ian basically doing backing vocals . On the occasion of the 26th of
November 1972 "I.R.I.P" were supposed to do the gig but Ron did not
turn up so Ian , Phil and Ian went on alone and did their first gig
together . Some time later Barry Graham joined the trio to become
"Family Friends" but this did not last long and Barry left the group
under good circumstances and became a minister but unfortunately was
killed in a car crash in 1990 just outside of Maryborough, Queensland.
 Family Music Logo
Most of the song writing for 'Family' in the early years was
undertaken by Ian Truscott and at least half of the
group's performances on stage would be devoted to their original , but
strongly commercial , songs from Ian's
manuscript .Throughout their prominent years both Ian Truscott and Ian
Smallbone are represented as songwriters as well as group singers ,
Phil also contributed to song writing throughout their careers . In
December 1972 they recorded their first single which included Barry
Graham , it was called "The Wedding Song" and on side "B" was "Love
From A Man , it was the first of about 15 singles that where recorded
by "Family" and did not get very far on the charts but the following
single was "Hallelujah Day" and went to # 6 in Brisbane , # 22 in
Sydney and # 38 in Melbourne on the secular Top 40 charts .
[1] Reference: http://www.angelfire.com/in2/familys/home.html
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Written by David
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StationPlaylist Studio is a digital audio broadcast playback system
designed primarily for use in broadcast studios, but also used by DJ's in clubs,
and other situations where professional
audio playback is required.
It provides
automation and live assist operation with a simple interface that any DJ will
find easy to use.
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Written by David
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This tutorial assumes knowledge of how to use command line tools in
the Windows environment. The tutorials also assume basic knowledge of
setting up the SHOUTcast DNAS. Refer to the streaming audio tutorials
for information on the SHOUTcast DNAS, these tutorials use the default
configuration, though. Both the command line tools and GUI tools are
explained (excluding FLASK currently). NSV SHOUTcast is not currently
meant for general end-user use, so if you are not willing to put some
effort into this stop reading now. If you want to stream video and are
willing for a challenge then keep reading.
Required Software:
- NSVTools - April 19, 2003
- SHOUTcast DNAS 1.9.5
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Written by David
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One of the best Free/Open Source Installer Programs for Windows is called "Inno Setup". It is developed by JR Software and can be found at this address.
www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php
An alternative Installer is called NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System).
In
my opinion, this system is far more advanced than Inno Setup, allowing
you to write more complex scripted installation programs for your
applications.
This can be found on this website.
nsis.sourceforge.net
Both
installer applications have different features that will meet the needs
of different people. Try them both out and see what you think.
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