This is a venting post. I have a need to do the following. My app uses the Log4J API deployed on JBoss 6.1.x A) Correlate log statements with a given thread of execution, logically identified by an arbitrary generated "request id" that my application sets at the entry point for a request, doing this using … Continue reading Logging in Jboss sucks
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Securing Foscam IP camera access over SSL with Apache reverse proxying
UPDATED: 5/7/14 Important security vulnerabilities for Foscam cameras http://blog.shekyan.com/2014/05/cve-2014-1849-foscam-dynamic-dns-predictable-credentials-vulnerability.html http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2013-2560/ http://www.slideshare.net/SergeyShekyan/d2-t1-sergey-shekyan-and-artem-harutyunyan-turning-your-surveillance-camera-against-you UPDATED: 9/27/13 (The solution below does not include audio support; for audio over stunnel please see this post over at warped.org) Recently I was assisting a local business setup their Foscam IP cameras and make them remotely accessible for monitoring purposes from anywhere in … Continue reading Securing Foscam IP camera access over SSL with Apache reverse proxying
JBoss and BouncyCastleProvider – SecurityException : “cannot authenticate the provider”
Are you having problems trying to use the BouncyCastleProvider from your app on Jboss 5.x + (i.e. like the errors listed below)? If so and you don't want to spend hours trying to workaround this issue in Jboss, just follow this guy's instructions and get back to business: http://www.randombugs.com/java/javalangsecurityexception-jce-authenticate-provider-bc.html Some background regarding this Jboss issue … Continue reading JBoss and BouncyCastleProvider – SecurityException : “cannot authenticate the provider”
Excellent presentation on Redis
Came across this creative presentation on Redis: http://www.slideshare.net/JustinCarmony/blazing-data-with-redis-20
Astyanax -> Cassandra PoolTimeoutException during Authentication failure?
Recently I was working on implementing a custom IAuthenticator and IAuthority for Cassandra 1.1.1 because really there is not much/any security out of the box. For those of you familiar with Cassandra, its distribution used to include a simple property file based implementation of the IAuthentication and IAuthority that you could reference in your cassandra.yaml file … Continue reading Astyanax -> Cassandra PoolTimeoutException during Authentication failure?
USPS AIS bulk data loading with Hadoop mapreduce
Today I pushed up some source to Github for a utility I was previously working on to load data from USPS AIS data files into HBase/Mysql using Hadoop mapreduce and simpler data loaders. Source @ https://github.com/bitsofinfo/usps-ais-data-loader This project was originally started to create a framework for loading data files from the USPS AIS suite of … Continue reading USPS AIS bulk data loading with Hadoop mapreduce
How to access your OpenShift MongoDB database remotely on OS-X
I recently started playing around with Redhat's Openshift PaaS and installed the MongoDB and RockMongo cartridges on my application. My use case was just to leverage the Openshift platform to run my MongoDB instance for me, and I really was ready (nor needing) to push an actual application out to the application running @ openshift; … Continue reading How to access your OpenShift MongoDB database remotely on OS-X
NoSQL databases – excellent research paper
Came across this excellent research paper, maybe a bit biased at times however it really gives a great overview of NoSQL, different implementations and great comparisons with RDBMs'. Check it out at: http://www.christof-strauch.de/nosqldbs.pdf
Setting a JAX-WS web service client timeout – why is the answer so dang elusive??
Trying to set a connection/read timeout in a WS client... can't and found this post? Welcome to the club. Does ANYONE OUT THERE have a proven, easy to implement, somewhat universal way, to simple set connect and read timeouts for JAX-WS web-service clients? I can't seem to find them, and neither can tons of others … Continue reading Setting a JAX-WS web service client timeout – why is the answer so dang elusive??
Review: Real World Java EE Patterns
I picked this book up a while back after looking for a book on Java EE patterns. The mainstream standard seemed to be the Core J2EE Patterns book, but the more I looked at it it just seemed outdated. So when I found Adam's book just the title looked practical "Rethinking Best Practices". So in … Continue reading Review: Real World Java EE Patterns
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