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This folder contains articles which are computer-related but only are relevant for a single operating system, eg Windows software, or Mac display issues. There are individual folders for each operating system.

2004 May 19 [ Wed ]

Using the Mac with foreign languages

I haven't used a Mac for a long time but I am curious about their support for Cambodian.

The always interesting Bangkok Post "database" (computers) section www.bangkokpost.com [http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/19May2004_datacol55.php] today had two good links, at any rate for Thai support:

homepage.mac.com [http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/mlingos9.html]

discussions.info.apple.com [http://discussions.info.apple.com/web?50@@.68908e3c]

I should read through these carefully because much of the discussion relates to standards which also apply to the Windows and even Linux worlds.

"I love standards because there are so many to choose from"

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2004 Jan 22 [ Thu ]

Newsflash: Microsoft secretly providing security software to Apple

It seems Microsoft are leveraging their proven security expertise in providing security software to Apple for their new server systems:

A Slashdot user is happy with low-cost support from Apple:

Re:Costs? (Score:5, Informative) by jeffehobbs (419930) on Wednesday January 21, @04:50PM (#8048435)

Yeah, that's not actually... true. I called Apple a couple months ago about a really odd password problem with Mac OS X Server (you could log in as any user on my server by entering a blank password!), and while they did charge me, it was only $100.

Now here's $100 worth of secret, annoyingly undocumented Mac OS X Server information: you can use the password of an Admin account to log in via AFP as any user on the system. For example, if one of your admin passwords is "fl0nk", you could use "fl0nk" as the password to test any user on the system.

So make sure your Admin passwords are strong! And secret! And not blank!

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2003 Oct 30 [ Thu ]

Apple's "Netboot" feature for securing public terminals

A public machine is vulnerable to all kinds of problems from cluelessness (people who click on every link that downloads spyware) to actual attack. How can you provide a clean environment for the next user? Various solutions are available for WIndows (VMWare, Citrix, Rembo) and for Linux, usually involving Intel's PXE standard for booting off the network.

www.rembo.com [http://www.rembo.com/products_autodeploy.htm]

I have just seen that this feature is built into Mac's OS 10.3, where it's called "netboot". You get both the server software and machine's that are hardware-compatible with the network booting required (and your clients can be diskless).

www.apple.com [http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/netboot.html]

Slashdot discussion:

ask.slashdot.org [http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/03/10/28/0120254.shtml]

Another reference from that discussion: "SmartBoot" is a free piece of software that allows you to set up many boot options.

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There are individual folders for each operating system. 2004 May 19 [ Wed ] Using the Mac with foreign languages I haven't used a Mac for a long time but I am curious about their support for Cambodian. The always interesting Bangkok Post "database" (computers) section www.bangkokpost.com [http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/19May2004_datacol55.php] today had two good links, at any rate for Thai support: homepage.mac.com [http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/mlingos9.html] discussions.info.apple.com [http://discussions.info.apple.com/web?50@@.68908e3c] I should read through these carefully because much of the discussion relates to standards which also apply to the Windows and even Linux worlds. "I love standards because there are so many to choose from" [Single-story view] [/Computers/Opsystems/Apple] [permanent link] Responses: 0 [View/add responses] 2004 Jan 22 [ Thu ] Newsflash: Microsoft secretly providing security software to Apple It seems Microsoft are leveraging their proven security expertise in providing security software to Apple for their new server systems: A Slashdot user is happy with low-cost support from Apple: Re:Costs? (Score:5, Informative) by jeffehobbs (419930) on Wednesday January 21, @04:50PM (#8048435) Yeah, that's not actually... true. I called Apple a couple months ago about a really odd password problem with Mac OS X Server (you could log in as any user on my server by entering a blank password!), and while they did charge me, it was only $100. Now here's $100 worth of secret, annoyingly undocumented Mac OS X Server information: you can use the password of an Admin account to log in via AFP as any user on the system. For example, if one of your admin passwords is "fl0nk", you could use "fl0nk" as the password to test any user on the system. So make sure your Admin passwords are strong! And secret! And not blank! [Single-story view] [/Computers/Opsystems/Apple] [permanent link] Responses: 0 [View/add responses] 2003 Oct 30 [ Thu ] Apple's "Netboot" feature for securing public terminals A public machine is vulnerable to all kinds of problems from cluelessness (people who click on every link that downloads spyware) to actual attack. How can you provide a clean environment for the next user? Various solutions are available for WIndows (VMWare, Citrix, Rembo) and for Linux, usually involving Intel's PXE standard for booting off the network. www.rembo.com [http://www.rembo.com/products_autodeploy.htm] I have just seen that this feature is built into Mac's OS 10.3, where it's called "netboot". You get both the server software and machine's that are hardware-compatible with the network booting required (and your clients can be diskless). www.apple.com [http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/netboot.html] Slashdot discussion: ask.slashdot.org [http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/03/10/28/0120254.shtml] Another reference from that discussion: "SmartBoot" is a free piece of software that allows you to set up many boot options. [Single-story view] [/Computers/Opsystems/Apple] [permanent link] Responses: 1 Name/Blog: The Boss URL: http://www.panix.com/~dannyw/weblog/ Title: Comment/Excerpt: This comment form has been repeatedly attacked by spammers. I'm going to have to shut off comments to this page from now on (2006-10-04 19:08 +07) [View/add responses] I hope this information was useful. There may be a great deal more information on this site that is relevant to what you need. Take a look at the "site map" display at left; you can click on a topic to see many recent items on that topic. Debug: hittotal: 3 startban: 0 dancookie: endbandate: banned: 0 tempdate: tert: jse: jsno jsh: 3