Some may recall that in 2003 I wrote a tool which provides a useful extension to the DHCP server of Windows 2000 - MACkerer (no support!!!), written in Delphi. Meanwhile years have gone by, but I wasn’t lazy. In 2004 I ported the extension to C and extended it by an installation program. Furthermore the syntax and the logging functions have been really enhanced during this process. I called the new version MACkerer2.
Sadly I have never made this version available to the public - mea culpa 
. This is done by this article now. Furthermore I have to announce that I am working on a C++ version of MACkerer2. Continue reading ‘The MS-DHCP whisperer - MACkerer2′
The British are a strange people at times. The notion of humor - often mistakenly referred to (by them) as “sarcasm” - is well-known and hardly understood outside Britain. However, if my notion of sarcasm is not completely flawed, the British secretary for home affairs, John Reid said the following and meant it serious:
Sometimes we may have to modify some of our freedoms in the short term in order to prevent their use and abuse by those who oppose our fundamental values and would destroy all of our freedoms in the long term. (John Reid, about consequences of the revealed “plot”)
Otherwise this was a really good - and very British - joke, of course … or maybe not? 
Continue reading ‘Old Yurop … ehrm Britain has spoken …’