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Connecting to Public Wifi in MacOS Catalina

After upgrading to MacOS Catalina, I could no longer connect to open WiFI networks, specifically hotel networks and coffee shops. Previously, when connecting to one of these networks, a dialog would appear to ask for confirmation, a username/password combination, etc. No longer with Catalina. After some extensive searching on the internet, the solution I found is launching the Captive Network Assistant manually. I wrote a small bash script to launch it from the command line on a terminal window: Read more...
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Hidden Cobra and the worldwide ATM hacks

US-CERT on the August/September 2018 ATM hacks which affected several nations: (…) all of the compromised switch application servers were running unsupported IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive (AIX) operating system versions beyond the end of their service pack support dates; This is the typical example of short-term thinking. Someone/some comittee decides not to spend on a supported version of a particular software, but don’t consider what the downside could be. Read more...

Infocom Text Games on MacOs

I played lot of Infocom text games when I was a kid. I remember drawing maps by hand, and inmersing myself in the stories. (There was no internet, so cheats came only from friends.) Read more...