Shellshock Bash Vulnerability

What is it? A critical vulnerability has been reported in the GNU Bourne-Again Shell (also known as Bash), the common command-line shell used in many Linux/UNIX operating systems and Apple’s Mac OS X. This flaw could allow an attacker to remotely execute shell commands by attaching malicious code in environment variables used by the operating… Continue reading Shellshock Bash Vulnerability

RS-485-to-USB Adapter Compatibility with ExacqVision

Two RS-485-to-USB adapters have been tested for compatibility with exacqVision: B&B Electronics, model 485USB9F-4W and VSCom, model USB-COMi-TB. The tests used the drivers supplied with the devices, and data has successfully been transmitted and received to and from each adapter. They were also tested in a loopback configuration with the RS-485 port built into an… Continue reading RS-485-to-USB Adapter Compatibility with ExacqVision

Enabling Automount in Linux

This procedure is useful if you cannot export to a non-optical USB drive using the operating system’s user account. Requirements Non-bootable USB drive with at least 2GB of available space.USBMount.tar.gz file copied to USB drive (file attached below).An exacqVision Server running Ubuntu version 10.04. Notes Only one USB drive can be auto-mounted at a time.… Continue reading Enabling Automount in Linux