Since the Raspberry Pi 3 doesn’t come with a battery-powered real time clock, it will only show the correct time once it has Internet connectivity (thanks to the NTP daemon). If the Raspberry Pi 3 is not connected to the Internet, you might want to add a hardware clock to set the current date. Here’s how …
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My poor man’s DNS-unblocking configuration using just a single, public IP address has one serious limitation: it will not run Netflix or Hulu Plus with non-SNI players like the PS3, Xbox 360, Samsung TVs, Sony BluRay players and possibly quite a few other devices. A commenter (kudos go out to Alex) suggested to use Netfilter’s DNAT port …
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As I mentioned in my previous post, the open source DNS forwarder Dnsmasq is ideal for the DNS part of DNS unblocking. I’m running Dnsmasq on a $30 Raspberry Pi credit card sized mini computer which is up 24/7 anyway since it also handles all VOIP phone calls at home. I point my Mac, Apple …
Since Tunlr closed down unexpectedly this week, I decided to publish my ideas and findings on the subject of DNS unblocking. I used Tunlr for some time when I decided to develop my own, private DNS unblocking solution last year. Why VPNs are no good for streaming DNS unblocking refers to a technique used to circumvent …
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Here’s a simple shell script sample on how to import a list of phone numbers into FreePBX’s blacklist module. The blacklist module is available for download in the FreePBX “Module Admin” menu. Unless you’re based in Switzerland, the call-center blacklist I’m using in the script below is probably not relevant to you – you’ll have …
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