Creating SSL keys, CSRs, self-signed certificates, and .pem files.

Programming 14 July 2009 | View Comments

SSL, that oh so incredibly confusing and distorted system for encryption between servers… oh how I loath thee. I’ve found myself setting up another server, and with that server comes a new set of SSL certificates for the various daemons – SMTP, IMAP, POP, Apache… You name it, I’ve probably had to set it up at one point or another. The hard part, though, is every time I have to do it again – I end up searching the internet, trying haphazardly everything I can get my hands on to do it right. Boy is it exhausting to not have anything succeed while you’re trying to get something done, so for me – and all of your enjoyment – I have documented my SSL-ventures herein.

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Fleshing Out Stablr

Programming 25 May 2008 | View Comments

With the advent of the Stablr concept, I’ve gotten a huge amount of interest from the general community. People have been throwing suggestions, ideas, and their talent my way. The good part of this is, I’ve fleshed out so many important aspects about Stablr its not funny. The unfortunate part, is I didn’t have the [...]

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Stablr: A More Stable Twitter

Programming 22 May 2008 | View Comments

This week I’m in Chicago for PHP|Tek 2008. I’ll have to post separately regarding it, but I’m having quite a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the Internet, WiFi, and Twitter are all seeming to have serious issues with handling this much traffic in the same place. Twitter was up and down, having “Techincal Issues.” One of [...]

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Not-So-Bright Futures

Personal 24 March 2008 | View Comments

When in the 8th grade at Sanford Middle School, I was already a fluent typist and had taken a few classes to prove it. In high-school, I wanted straight-away to start in web-design classes, but was required to take Business Systems Technology (where you learn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc). I opted to take an exemption [...]

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