This post is for the long tail since only a few will find it helpful, but for those it may just be the dramatic productivity booster they were looking for. Imagine a scenario where you have a dedicated machine on you local network and only that machine has a VPN client installed, which allows access […]
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Being at home, even when you are not
Virtual Private Network Being born and raised in Germany, most of my extended family lives over there and even after all these years, a simple phone call easily reconnects me with family and friends. Almost like a secret handshake, dialing a number and hearing each others voice makes me part of their networkover there. With a […]
Protect your online privacy when on the road
Using your Home Router as a Secure Socket Proxy f you use your Laptop computer at the local coffee shop, in a hotel while traveling, or at any location where you expect your online privacyat risk, you may want to consider some extra steps to protect your electronic mail and Web browsing behavior from those nosy […]
How to remotely access a Mac behind a corporate firewall
Accessing your Mac remotely isn’t really that difficult, if it weren’t for your resident IT-Department. You could simply open System Preferences / Sharing, enable ARD (Apple Remote Desktop) and check the VNC viewer checkbox. By doing so, your Mac starts listing on port 5900 and you could access it via any VNC viewer, like Chicken of the VNC (for […]