Month: July 2010

Four weeks with OpenCV

Published by Emmanuel Goossaert on July 26, 2010

As part my C++ implementation of the AAMs (Active Appearance Models), I have been using OpenCV 2.1 full-time for about four weeks now. I thought I would share my feeling of the pros and cons about OpenCV. After reading this post, you should be able to know whether OpenCV is the solution you need or not.

Knock-knock: Secure your SSH server using port knocking

Published by Emmanuel Goossaert on July 6, 2010

In this article, I present a small raw socket daemon coded in C called “Knock-knock”, that allows port knocking to secure services under Linux. I have been using Knock-knock daily on a Ubuntu server for two years without any problem, and the code is small and simple enough for anybody to understand it.