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Publications
General audience texts Besides the scholarly publications listed below, I have written many texts in English and German. My more notable German texts appeared by DNIP.ch. I also maintain document collections intended for a broad audience: Scholarly publications Up-to-date citation counts (provided by Google Scholar). List of patents granted.
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Publikationen
Aktuelle Zitatinformationen meiner Publikationen (bereitgestellt durch Google Scholar). Falls Sie sich nur für die wenigen Publikationen auf Deutsch interessieren, finden Sie diese hier im kompakten Ãœberblick und die Liste der gewährten Patente. Weitere Informationen über mich finden Sie auf https://marcel-waldvogel.ch
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Simple versioned TimeMachine-like backup using rsync
Over many years, I have dealt with scripts that do backup versioning, i.e., maintain multiple backups. Due to their flexibility, they have been complex to understand and configure. Here is a simple rsync-based tool with a different focus: The experienced systems administrator who wants to keep his system’s complexity down.
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DANE: The CA game changer
Securing the Internet is important. However, many design decisions are broken: For example, encrypted web pages are considered less secure than unencrypted pages, even outright dangerous, unless you regularly pay a lot of money to certificate authorities, which have shown to make the Internet less secure. The new kid on the block, DANE (DNS-based Authentication…
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Using a user database backend for Apache authentication
Would you like to use an existing database for Apache authentication, e.g. instead of the htpasswd file in your small WebDAV server?
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Using passwordless PostgreSQL login with ownCloud
I like PostgreSQL and ownCloud, but I do not like passwords, especially if they have to stored in plain text in a widely readable configuration file. So, I wanted to use PostgreSQL peer authentication with ownCloud as well.
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Public NTS Server List
NTS (Network Time Security) is to NTP (Network Time Protocol) essentially what HTTPS is to HTTP: It provides authenticity of the information. Unlike HTTPS, NTS does not provide any confidentiality, as the current time is public information. Want to learn more about NTS? Here is an overview over my NTS articles. NTS Servers Currently, the…
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About Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture
Since 2020, Marcel Waldvogel is devoting his time to improve the trust we can place into all things computer: hardware, software, and processes. At Trifence AG, which he co-founded, he is working to create software and hardware to improve our lives and create trust. At Netfuture, he helps companies to secure their IT. Previously, he…
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Eliminate BEAST, CRIME, Lucky13, RC4, SSLv3 weaknesses from binary/legacy applications
Security is hard. Security that works with a variety of platforms under a flurry of circumstances with an endless choice of applications is practically impossible. SSL and TLS, the Internet security workhorses, try to achieve this feat … and fail from time to time. While some software has been updated, not all of it has.…