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Posted: Sun, 01/08/2017 - 12:33

Create the signing keys

openssl req -nodes -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout "signing.key" \
-out "signingKey.crt" -days 365 -subj "/C=NL/ST=QC CA/L=Montreal/O=PacificSimplicity \
/OU=Dev/CN=Dev Signing Key"

Then sign the file with the following command

Posted: Thu, 11/03/2016 - 12:46

Here is a simple BASH script to bring down/up an interface randomly. Note there is no error checking or states... it will work if it can work. e.g if the interface is up, and the script calls up - it will be up.

Posted: Fri, 09/23/2016 - 12:06

Here is part 2 of the previous explanation app.

Posted: Fri, 09/23/2016 - 06:47

Here is a simple libudev example that performs the following:

  • Enumerates static plugged in USB storage devices
  • Using epoll, polls for USB and block device changes

To compile:

gcc -Wall -g -o udev_example usbtest2.c -ludev

The code:

Posted: Tue, 09/20/2016 - 07:22

Here is a simple function pointer example I wrote for one of my friends just learning to program in C - it should be easy to follow:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef void (*ledFuncPtr) (int[], int);

void myFunctionTest(int pins[], int size)
{

        int i = 0;
        for (i = 0; i <= size; i++) {
                printf("val: %d\n", pins[i]);
        }
}