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This page gathers some of my personal notes concerning a few tools I have tried out or use regularly.
Articles
- OpenSSL is actually several things in one: a crypto library (see my article in MISC), an SSL stack and a crypto tool.
- GPG is the open source alternative to PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). It's used to encrypt/decrypt/sign/verify documents.
- Enigmail is Thunderbird's GPG plugin. It automatically encrypts/decrypts/signs/verifies your emails.
- DokuWiki is this wiki ! I like it very much :)
- DotClear is a blog. It's quite good too.
- Joomla is a CMS. My personal home page uses Joomla. But I tend to find it a bit too big, slow, buggy etc.
Links
- Cloning machines: CloneZilla, an open source alternative to Ghost. It actually boots a customized Linux from which you may backup your host.
- E-mail client: Thunderbird with the Enigmail plugin.
- FTP client: FileZilla
- Image editor: The Gimp
- PDF Reader: Foxit Reader is much more light weight than Acrobat Reader.
- Security: Password Safe: Bruce Schneier's password safe or Kee Pass on Windows Mobile, CryptoStudio, an OpenSSL front-end; TrueCrypt, an open source disk encryption utility.
- System: System Rescue CD (boots a customized Linux from which you can mount disks, customize partitions etc).
(c) A. Apvrille - 2009