Qingfeng

OpenIDM: why a new identity management solution

2010-08-06T10:40:00.002+10:00

OpenIDM is an open standards based Identity Management, Provisioning and Compliance solution.
It is planned to have more or less the same functionality available in OpenIDM as there was in SunIDM with even a stronger focus on role management and complience.

Reference:
http://blogs.forgerock.com/matthias/?cat=3
http://forgerock.com/openidm-faq.html

OpenSSO One Time Password Authentication via Mobile SMS and Email

2010-08-04T17:47:00.002+10:00

http://blogs.sun.com/docteger/entry/one_time_password_authentication_opensso

http://www.coresecuritypatterns.com/blogs/?p=1669

How to write CFID and CFTOKEN as per-session cookies?

2010-08-04T17:02:00.002+10:00

Cookies are normally saved to the client's hard drive in a text file. To ensure that a user's session ends when they close their browser, save the cfid and cftoken values as per-session cookies instead. Per-session cookies aren't written as a text file to the users's computer; they are stored in memory and are deleted when the browser is closed. If a new browser window is opened and they revisit the same ColdFusion web site, the cfid and cftoken values that previously identified them no longer exist, causing ColdFusion to create a new session for that user.

<cfapplication
name="myapp"
sessionmanagement="Yes"
setclientcookies="No">

<cfif not IsDefined("cookie.cfid")>
<cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="5">
<cfcookie name="cfid" value="#session.cfid#">
<cfcookie name="cftoken" value="#session.cftoken#">
</cflock>

</cfif>

Reference: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/179/tn_17915.html
http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq/topic.cfm
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/dev_security/coldfusion_security_cf8.pdf

Tour Plan for Blue Mountains (Public Transportation)

2010-07-13T16:24:00.006+10:00

Echo Point: 33°43′54.27″S 150°18′46.36″E
Scenic World: 33°43′43.54″S 150°18′01.38″E

train: Allawah --> Central --> Katoomba Station

Option 1 : 2 hours 55 minutes
Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 8:26am Allawah Station Platform 3
Arr: 8:51am Central Station Platform 24

Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 9:18am Central Station Platform 7
Arr: 11:21am Katoomba Station Platform 2

Option 2 : 2 hours 55 minutes
Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 9:26am Allawah Station Platform 3
Arr: 9:51am Central Station Platform 24

Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 10:18am Central Station Platform 7
Arr: 12:21pm Katoomba Station Platform 2

bus (686) : Katoomba Station --> Scenic World

Option 1 : 17 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 11:26am Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 11:40am Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Option 2 : 20 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 11:58am Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 12:15pm Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Option 3 : 17 minutes
Walk to bus stop Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd - 88 metres

Take the 686 bus (Blue Mountains Bus Company)
Dep: 12:26pm Fire Station Parke St Near Bathurst Rd
Arr: 12:40pm Scenic World

Walk to Scenic Railway Katoomba - 120 metres

Scenic World:
Option 1: Scenic Skyway
Option 2: Railway --> Scenic Walkway(2.8km) --> Scenic Cableway
Option 3: Scenic Cableway --> Scenic Walkway(2.8km) --> Scenic Railway

bus (686) : Scenic World --> Echo Point (Three Sisters)

bus (686) : Echo Point --> Katoomba Station

train: Katoomba Station --> Central --> Allawah

Option 1 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 3:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 5:31pm Central Station Platform 7

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 5:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 6:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

Option 2 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 4:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 6:31pm Central Station Platform 7

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 6:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 7:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

Option 3 : 2 hours 42 minutes
Take the Blue Mountains Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 5:25pm Katoomba Station Platform 1
Arr: 7:31pm Central Station Platform 10

Take the Eastern Suburbs And Illawarra Line train (CityRail)
Dep: 7:44pm Central Station Platform 25
Arr: 8:07pm Allawah Station Platform 4

http://www.scenicworld.com.au/
http://www.131500.com.au/

Tour Plan for Wollongong (Driving)

2010-07-13T16:16:00.011+10:00

Bald Hill Lookout: LAWRENCE HARGRAVE DRIVE Otford, NSW 2508
Stanwell Park: (34°13′41.79″S 150°59′19.00″E)
Sea Cliff Bridge: Sea Cliff Bridge, 2508
Kiama Blowhole: Blowhole Point Headland Blowhole Point Road Kiama, NSW 2533
Kiama lighthouse: Blowhole Point, Kiama New South Wales 2533 (Kiama Lighthouse)
Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk: 182 Knights Hill Rd, Knights Hill NSW 2577

Home--> Bald Hill Lookout (34°13′23.45″S 150°59′52.49″E)
39.3 km – about 47 mins
Bald Hill Lookout --> Sea Cliff Bridge (34°15′26.97″S 150°58′21.82″E)
4.4 km – about 4 mins

Sea Cliff Bridge--> Kiama Blowhole, Kiama lighthouse (34°40′18.59″S 150°51′43.04″E)
59.7 km – about 1 hour 5 mins

Kiama--> Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk (34°37′280″S 150°42′100″E)
25.0 km – about 26 mins

Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk --> Home
108 km – about 1 hour 39 mins

SCENIC DRIVE FOUR - SADDLEBACK MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT, JAMBEROO VILLAGE, MINNAMURRA RAINFOREST, ILLAWARRA FLY TREETOP WALK, JAMBEROO ACTION PARK

Time: 1 hour

Start at the Kiama Visitors Centre on Blowhole Point, drive the loop past the Lighthouse and Blowhole, turn right on Terralong Street, then left at the roundabout onto Manning Street. Travel south and turn right at Kiama High School onto Saddleback Mountain Road. Turn left at the hill top and follow the scenic country road which takes you to Saddleback Lookout where, on a clear day, you can see almost 120km north and south along the coast. This is also the start of Hoddles Track
bush walk.

Leave the lookout and turn left on Fountaindale Road and follow the bitumen track to Jamberoo Road.
Turn left and proceed for 2km to reach historic Jamberoo village. About 1km through town, turn right at the roundabout, then left up Jamberoo Mountain Road for the award winning Minnamurra Rainforest in Budderoo National Park, Barren Grounds Nature reserve and the Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk at Knights Hill.

Return to Jamberoo Road, turn left and travel for about 4km to Jamberoo Action Park, then onto Albion Park. Turn right at the Princes Highway to head back to Kiama. Or from Jamberoo Action Park you can return back to Kiama on Jamberoo Road, past historic Terragong House.

http://www.freeoz.org/ibbs/viewthread.php?tid=881851
http://grandpacificdrive.com.au/attractions/default.aspx
http://www.sydney.com
http://www.kiama.com.au/accom_result1/minnamurra-rainforest/
http://www.kiama.com.au/pages/drives/

Integrate with CAS to provide authentication service to Adobe ColdFusion Application

2010-06-22T14:33:00.004+10:00

Just recorded a video to show integrating with CAS to provide authentication service to Adobe ColdFusion Application.

Demo: CASifying Adobe ColdFusion Application

Kuali Identity Management (KIM)

2010-06-22T13:12:00.003+10:00

In the last few months, I was looking for a solution that provides authentication, authorization, single sign-on and identity management service by plugging in Identity and Access Management implementations. I found Kuali Identity Management (KIM).

The primary goal of KIM was to build a service-oriented abstraction layer for Identity and Access Management.

Integration with other IDM services was acknowledged, expected, and designed for!

Company Website has been setup

2010-05-06T18:25:00.003+10:00

Company Name: QF Software Consulting Pty Ltd

Website: http://www.qfsoftware.biz

The site shows you some solutions on Identity Management Area including Single Sign On, Federation, Access Management and Identity Management using CAS, Shibboleth and Sun IDM.

We provide online or onsite consulting services. For detail, please refer to Consluting Service.

Qualifications:
Sun Certified Java Programmer
Sun Certified Web Developer
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect
Sun Certified Integrator for Identity Manager

Contact Us by email: info@qfsoftware.biz

Passed: Sun Certified Integrator for Identity Manager

2010-04-30T10:38:00.007+10:00

Passed the Sun Certified Integrator for Identity Manager exam this morning.

Now I'm a "certified" specialist of Sun Identity Manager.

Sun Identity Manager 7.1 LDAP Resource Failover Support

2010-03-23T16:06:00.003+11:00

On the version of Sun Identity Manager 7.1, the Host is "the name or IP address of the host where the LDAP server is running" in LDAP Resource Edit form.

It seems Host can only support one server.
But it can be configured to multiple servers to support failover.

server1 ldap://server2 ldap://server3

The Order of returning Error when authenticating against AD using LDAP/Kerberos

2010-03-19T14:45:00.007+11:00

LDAP:

Account Locked --> Wrong Password --> Account Disabled --> Account Expired --> Password Expired

Kerberos:
Account Locked/Disabled/Expired --> Wrong Password --> Password Expired

Simple tool to get java object memory map

2010-03-17T15:32:00.005+11:00

jmap

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2SE/monitoring/

IKM Test Report - J2EE

2010-03-02T09:34:00.008+11:00

On 2008, I did a IKM test on J2EE.

Test Report: http://qingfeng.tech.officelive.com/Documents/IKM-Java-J2EE%20Test%20Result%20-%20Qingfeng%20Zhang.pdf

Kerberos vs Ldap

2010-02-26T10:43:00.005+11:00

Kerberos cannot distinguish between 'Account Disabled', 'Account Locked out' and 'Account Expired'. They share the same error code 18.

But LDAP can distinguish them by different error code.

Green Slip Calculator - Australia

2010-01-13T12:12:00.004+11:00

http://prices.maa.nsw.gov.au/index.html

Post/Redirect/Get pattern for web applications

2010-01-13T11:59:00.004+11:00

The WONTFIX bug (Bug 160144 – Replace "PAGE CONTAINS POST DATA" with better UI) is really annoying.

The best way to bypass that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get

IE Session Sharing

2010-01-13T11:58:00.002+11:00

IE6, IE7 do not share session between IE windows (created separately by running iexplore.exe).

IE 8 do share session like Firefox.

Sequence Diagrams for CAS

2009-12-04T10:30:00.006+11:00

Sequence Diagram for Accessing Application (Pre-Authentication):

Sequence Diagram for Accessing Application (Post-Authentication):

Solution for independent session timeout setting between CAS Server and Client Applications.

2009-12-04T09:53:00.006+11:00

CAS standard implementation for session timeout is by providing a global session timeout setting to overwrite any client application's.
The simple scenario is like this:
Settting:
CAS Session Timeout: 60 minutes;
App Session Timeout: 30 minutes.
Steps:
1. Logon to App through CAS;
2. Idle App for 30 minutes;
3. App still is alive and can be used without re-login.

But lots of customers have this requirement: keep the client application session timeout.
The simple scenario is like this:
Settting:
CAS Session Timeout: 60 minutes;
App1 Session Timeout: 30 minutes;
App2 Session Timeout: 45 minutes.
Steps:
1. Logon to App1 through CAS;
2. Idle App1 for 30 minutes;
3. Click App1 and will be redirect to CAS login page.
4. Access App2 URL within 60 minutes since first Logon, you still can get access to App2 without login.

Solution:
When App Logout, provide a renew-like function so you need to re-authenticate when trying to access that App again.

jbosscache vs memcached

2009-10-29T11:04:00.002+11:00

snoop vs Ethereal(Wireshark)

2009-10-09T10:58:00.003+11:00

Freeware for Solaris

2009-10-06T15:26:00.003+11:00

http://www.sunfreeware.com/

CAS Windows Desktop SSO DEMO

2009-09-21T14:19:00.009+10:00

DEMO:
http://qfsoftware.biz/Documents/CAS%20Windows%20Desktop%20SSO.html

SPNEGO - CAS User Manual - JA-SIG Wiki:
http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CASUM/SPNEGO

HTTP-Based Cross-Platform Authentication via the Negotiate Protocol:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms995329.aspx

Property Title Search

2009-08-31T14:11:00.004+10:00

Online Property Title Search - NSW https://lpi-online.lpi.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/lpis/menu.pl

Contributing CAS extension to OpenSSO (Updated)

2009-07-17T08:17:00.011+10:00

The solution CASifying Sun Access Manager has been contributed to Sun OpenSSO as Authentication Module Extension and published on https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/extensions/index.html

JA-SIG CAS Extension of OpenSSO: [ README | Source ]

QF Software Consulting Pty Ltd Created

2009-07-04T15:31:00.006+10:00

We provide online or onsite consulting services on Identity Management Area including Single Sign On, Federation, Access Management and Identity Management using CAS, Shibboleth and Sun IDM. For detail, please refer to Online Consluting Service.

Website:
QF Software Consulting Pty Ltd

CAS Single Sign Out Solution

2009-07-03T17:21:00.006+10:00

My solution should be the easiest solution for single sign out. With my solution, you do not need to change anything on CAS enabled client application. The only change is on CAS. It's not like the current CAS official supported Single Sign Out solution that all client applications must be modified to handle a sign out request that send by CAS Server.

DEMO:
CAS Single Sign Out

Qingfeng's Tech Area

2009-07-02T09:29:00.004+10:00

The site shows you what I have learned and worked on Identity Management Area including Single Sign On, Federation, Access Management and Identity Management using CAS, Shibboleth and Sun IDM.

http://qingfeng.tech.officelive.com

AutoPager :: Add-ons for Firefox

2009-06-24T16:13:00.004+10:00

AutoPager automatically loads the next page when you reach the end of the page. It works on a ton of sites, like Google,Yahoo .......
This add-on works well with most other add-ons like adblock plus, WOT and most of the greasemonkey scripts.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4925

WeatherBug :: Add-ons for FirefoxWeatherBug :: Add-ons for Firefox

2009-06-24T16:11:00.004+10:00

Get live, local weather conditions in Firefox with the WeatherBug extension. Featuring forecasts, radar, and severe weather alerts from WeatherBug's community of neighborhood weather stations.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2455

QQ failed to login on Pidgin (Solved)

2009-06-23T09:32:00.010+10:00

I got this when trying to logon QQ through Pidgin.

Solution: Change QQ Client Version on Advanced Tab in Modify Account Window.

Can't access www.google.cn (solved)

2009-06-22T13:26:00.007+10:00

Can't access www.google.cn any more, but I found some alternatives:

http://www.google.com/intl/zh-CN/
http://74.125.127.160/
http://72.14.203.160/

Online query of property sale history (Australia)

2009-06-22T09:12:00.006+10:00

Links:
http://www.suburbview.com/
http://www.oldlistings.com.au/
http://homepriceguide.com.au/
http://onthehouse.com.au/

A weird problem solved on Sun Access Manager

2009-06-22T09:06:00.005+10:00

Symptom: Only can access login module once, will get following error when trying to access login module at the second time.

Error:
[22/May/2009:18:08:25] failure ( 8127): for host 149.171.129.78 trying to GET /amserver/UI/Login, service-j2ee reports: StandardWrapperValve[

LoginServlet]: PWC1406: Servlet.service() for servlet LoginServlet threw exception
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError
at com.sun.identity.authentication.UI.LoginViewBean.forwardTo(LoginViewBean.java:328)
at com.iplanet.jato.ApplicationServletBase.dispatchRequest(ApplicationServletBase.java:981)
at com.iplanet.jato.ApplicationServletBase.processRequest(ApplicationServletBase.java:615)
at com.iplanet.jato.ApplicationServletBase.doGet(ApplicationServletBase.java:459)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:796)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:917)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.servletService(ApplicationFilterChain.java:398)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
at com.sun.identity.setup.AMSetupFilter.doFilter(AMSetupFilter.java:86)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:217)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:185)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invokeInternal(StandardContextValve.java:255)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:188)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:586)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:556)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:187)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:586)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:556)
at com.sun.webserver.connector.nsapi.NSAPIProcessor.service(NSAPIProcessor.java:160)

Reason:
mismatch of Sun Access Manager version and amserver web application version

Solution:
replace am_auth_ui.jar, am_mfwkexc.jar, jato.jar under /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/https-am/web-app/am/amserver/WEB-INF/lib
using the jars in amserver.war under /opt/SUNWam

Firebug

2009-06-22T09:03:00.004+10:00

A JavaScript Debugging Tool.

Reference:
Firebug
Google Code FAQ - JavaScript Debugging with Firebug

JGroups - A Toolkit for Reliable Multicast Communication

2009-06-19T11:07:00.004+10:00

http://www.jgroups.org/

YourKit - easy to use profiling tool

2009-06-19T11:03:00.004+10:00

http://www.yourkit.com/

JMeter - free Java tool for load/stree test

2009-06-19T10:58:00.004+10:00

http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

OutOfMemoryException: unable to create new native thread

2009-06-19T10:49:00.011+10:00

This error will occur even when you have plenty of heap, but the OS cannot allocate more memory for the threadstack. You can reduce the size of the thread stack with -Xss128k. The total memory usage equation is:

(heap size) + (number of threads)x(thread stack size) = (total RAM used by JVM process).

Default Thread Size:
Thread Stack Size (in Kbytes). (0 means use default stack size) [Sparc: 512; Solaris x86: 320 (was 256 prior in 5.0 and earlier); Sparc 64 bit: 1024; Linux amd64: 1024 (was 0 in 5.0 and earlier); all others 0.]

Articles:
http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/OutOfMemoryExceptions
http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/OutOfMemoryExceptionWhenCannotCreateThread
http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/hotspot/vmoptions.jsp

Using JConsole to Monitor Applications

2009-06-19T10:44:00.006+10:00

JConsole is a JRE embedded tool for monitoring Java Application.

Articles:

Using JConsole to Monitor Applications

Using JConsole - Java SE Monitoring and Management Guide

Tomtom wrong suburb problem

2009-05-10T13:31:00.004+10:00

I meet a problem when using Tomtom direct to a certain address but it will direct me to a wrong suburb with the same address.

Nero disc-at-once problem (Solved)

2009-05-10T13:26:00.004+10:00

That's because other application is trying to write that disc as well.

The most case on windows is windows media player.

The solution is easy, just kill media player process.

Solution for No Mouse Integration when installed VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 8.10

2009-03-27T14:32:00.004+11:00

1. Goto System-->Administration--> Update Manager
2. Install Update for xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse
3. sudo reboot

The Future of Enterprise Java Developer: OSGi + Spring?

2009-03-20T12:27:00.006+11:00

Rod Johnson Discusses Spring, OSGi, Tomcat and the Future of Enterprise Java :
http://www.infoq.com/interviews/johnson-spring-osgi-tomcat

Getting Started with OpenSSO and Policy Agent

2009-03-17T17:08:00.004+11:00

The link:
http://qfsoftware.biz/Documents/opensso-policyagent.html

Install OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 on Tomcat in Windows

2009-03-17T17:06:00.007+11:00

I have recorded a demo for how to install OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 on Tomcat in Windows.

The link:
http://qfsoftware.biz/Documents/opensso-installation.html

My LinkedIn Profile

2009-03-12T16:20:00.010+11:00

I heard the LinkedIn first time when Pat Patterson (Sun Federation Architect) inviting me to join his network. Then, I created my profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/qingfengzhang

Zoetrope - Web Time Machine?!

2009-03-12T16:06:00.008+11:00

Zoetrope: New Web Crawler Allows For Searching, Analyzing The Ever-Changing Web

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/zoetrope_new_web_crawler_searches_analyzes_ever_changing_web.php

Windows 2003 添加子域错误

2009-03-12T16:01:00.008+11:00

I got the following error when trying to add a new domain controller to existed tree.

The reason is the non-sync domain data existed but I cannot clean it.

Useful links:
http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/cc771137.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/library/cc782416.aspx
如何彻底清除无用DC信息

How to print document as a book style?

2009-03-09T14:47:00.006+11:00

Some printer do not support book style print but you can set the "Pages" in "Page rang"as the pattern 4,1,2,3,8,5,6,7,12,9,10,11 ...

Change Address

2009-03-07T07:47:00.009+11:00

1. driver licence
2. car insurance
3. medicare
4. centre link
5. bank - 2
5. company
6. domain
7. super
8. tafe
9. mobile phone
10. electronic
11. hcf
12. libraries - 2
13. tpg
14. home phone
15. private hospital
16. private doctor
17. peoplebank, lester
18. abn
19. child care
20. westpac (home loan, offset, business)

TotalMedia - Best Software for your TV Tuner

2009-03-05T11:09:00.003+11:00

Camtasia Studio, TechSmith's Screen Recording Software

2009-03-05T11:07:00.003+11:00

TeamViewer - Free Remote Access and Remote Desktop Sharing over the Internet

2009-03-05T11:06:00.003+11:00

Forgot windows 2003 administrator password

2009-03-04T15:34:00.007+11:00

I forgot my windows 2003 administrator password. I found the tool ERD Commander.

Download link:
http://pcsoftwarecracks.blogspot.com/2008/11/winternals-erd-commander-2007-iso.html

ERD Commander has been purchased by Microsoft and no any further version for Windows Vista or later.

Then I found another tool Offline NT Password & Registry Editor http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html

Not tried yet.

Novated Lease

2009-03-04T14:28:00.007+11:00

Individual income tax rates: http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/content.asp?doc=/content/12333.htm

http://www.privatefleet.com.au/index.php?itemID=145

http://www.6aoo.cn/bbs/thread-9596-1-1.html

http://www.sgfleet.com.au/novatedleasevehicles.aspx

Mileage(km) Statutory Rates
0-14999 26%
15000-24999 20%
25000-40000 11%
40001+ 7%

For example,

Car cost: 15,000
Gross income: 150,000
Annual KMs: 7,500

FBT Taxable Value = $15,000 * 26% = 3,900
Tax saving = Car cost * tax rate = $15,000 * 40% = $6,000

Full FBT Employer:
FBT liability = Fringe Benefit Taxable Value * Gross Up rate * Fringe Benefit Tax rate = $3,900 * 2.0647 * 46.5% = $3,744
Total saving = $6,000 - $3,744 = $2,256

Rebatable FBT Employer:
FBT liability = Fringe Benefit Taxable Value * Gross Up rate * Fringe Benefit Tax rate * 52% = $3,900 * 2.0647 * 46.5% * 52% = $1,947
Total saving = $6,000 - $1,947 = $4,053

PBI (17k) or Charity Employer (30k):
Gross Up Value = Fringe Benefit Taxable Value * Gross Up rate = $8,052
FBT liability =$0
Total saving = $6,000 - $0 = $6,000

Conclusion:
The higher mileage, the higher saving.

Contributing CAS extension to OpenSSO

2009-03-04T14:27:00.015+11:00

I posted an entry to the JA-SIG CAS wiki explaining how to integrate Sun Access Manager (aka OpenSSO) with JA-SIG CAS last year (http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/CAS/CASifying+Sun+Access+Manager). It collected by Pat Patterson on his blog (http://blogs.sun.com/superpat/entry/opensso_integration_with_cas). The next story is I signed the Sun Microsystems's Contributor Agreement and contributed code/doc to OpenSSO.

Lenovo ThinkPad T61p got too hot

2009-03-04T14:27:00.013+11:00

If your laptop are too hot, you can try the following tools to monitor and speed fan.
1. TPFan
2. SpeedFan
3. Notebook Hardware Control

Watching TPG IPTV using VLC

2009-03-04T14:23:00.009+11:00

TPG provide a method to watch the IPTV using VLC Web Browser Plug-in.

You can use the VLC Player to play that directly. In that case, we can use the VLC Player to record it.

Play List

How to burn DVD include subtitle?

2009-03-04T14:22:00.007+11:00

DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation.

Features

Burn near any video file to DVD
Support for over 45 file formats
Support for over 60 video codecs
Support for over 40 audio codecs
Easily add a menu
Add your own subtitles
Easy to use interface
Burn your project to disc after encoding
Completely free without any adware, spyware or limitations

http://www.dvdflick.net/

How to convert Topfield rec file to DVD?

2009-03-04T14:07:00.006+11:00

ProjectX is a demuxer that is it takes the rec file and outputs a separate video and audio file, sometimes 2 audio files a mpeg and an AC3. If you need it also a subtitle file. At the same time ProjectX fixes some transmission errors. You can edit out commercials in ProjectX but some people find it a bit fiddly at first. <>

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ProjectX Screenshots

Eyes Relax - a free Windows utility

2009-03-04T14:05:00.007+11:00

Eyes Relax is a little free Windows utility that reminds you about rest-time and save your eyesight. This software allows you to customize the duration of your work time and length of breaks. During the break you may exercise your eyes, look away or look at distant objects either in your office or outside, take a stroll outside your office.

http://themech.net/eyesrelax/

ManicTime - use application tracking software to easily log work hours

2009-03-04T14:01:00.007+11:00

Personal time management software to tracking applications used on your machine and easily log work hours.

Website for hosting Demos of CAS, Shibboleth and Sun IDM

2009-03-04T13:10:00.014+11:00

Qingfeng's Tech Area

The site shows you what I have learned and worked on Identity Management Area including Single Sign On, Federation, Access Management and Identity Management using CAS, Shibboleth and Sun IDM.
CAS:
Watch the Video - CAS Installation
Watch the Video - Using CAS without CAS Login Screen
Watch the Video - CAS Clustering with Sticky Session
Watch the Video - CAS Clustering with Session Replication
Watch the Video - CASifying Sun Access Manager
Watch the Video - CAS and Shibboleth Integration

Shibboleth:
Watch the Video - Inter-campus Federation

Watch the Video - One IDP + Multiple SPs

Watch the Video - One SP + Multiple IDPs

Watch the Video - OverAll

Sun Identity Management: Under Construction!

CASifying Sun Access Manager

2008-09-12T11:08:00.004+10:00

CASifying Sun Access Manager

Trouble when using tp-link wireless router(bought Overseas) in Australia (Solved)

2008-04-22T16:05:00.004+10:00

I meet a trouble when using tp-link wireless router that was brought from China in Australia with TPG.

The phenomenon is I cannot visit au websites, such as tpg.com.au, three.com.au, telstra.com.au, etc.

I have tried to upgrade the fireware but it is still not working.

Use VirtualBox to support different OS in one computer.

2008-04-17T13:08:00.005+10:00

I heard this from Sun Tech Days 2008. It's a good and free one.

Download link http://www.virtualbox.org

You can use it to install different OS on your host OS.

It has four modes to support virtual networking.

'Host Interface Networking' can make your guest machine as a individual machine as your host machine.

Contract Rate vs. Permanent Salary (Sydney)

2008-04-17T12:59:00.007+10:00

I did some research on comparing Contract Rate with Permanent Salary.

Formula:
CA = PS/2
CB = 12CA/11*0.91) (1months holiday/leave, 9% super)
CR1 = 12CB/11 (1month period for job seeking)
CR2 = 6CB/5 (2months period for job seeking)

Abbreviations:
PS = Permanent Salary
CA = Contract Rate
CB = Contract Rate (considering holiday/leave/super)
CR1 = Contract Rate (considering holiday/leave/super + 1 month job seeking)
CR2 = Contract Rate (considering holiday/leave/super + 2 months job seeking)

PS CA CB CR1 CR2
80k 40 47.95 52.31 57.54
100k 50 59.94 65.39 71.93
120k 60 71.93 78.47 86.32

How to transform CD (cda format) to mp3

2008-04-17T12:56:00.004+10:00

Windows media player has the function to transform cda to mp3 directly.

You can find that function by click 'Rip' on main screen.

Set Up Ad Hoc Wireless Network in Windows Vista

2008-04-17T12:46:00.004+10:00

Last month, my wife wanted to have a wireless internet access so she can do internet surfing in bed but we do not have wireless router. I was very excited to find this solution by setting up ad hoc wireless network before google it. What a pity, vista just provide temporary internet sharing.

Solaris Server MonitoringTool

2007-12-12T11:43:00.005+11:00

1. Command
CPU: mpstat
For example, mpstat -a 30 10000

Memory: vmstat
For example, vmstat 30

2. Solaris SE Toolkit

3. ManageEngine Applications Manager : Applications Manager is an enterprise-ready and affordable applications management software which facilitates application server monitoring, database monitoring, server monitoring, website monitoring, service management, and custom application monitoring.

A Shortest Road from CSV to Plain Old Java Object (POJO)

2007-12-12T11:17:00.004+11:00

The CSV format is a most popular one used as data input of java program. How to parser CSV format file is a common task for many java developers.

I found a short road to a short road to transform CSV to POJO using SAXON, XSLT and Castor. This will be helpful for some tasks such as data generation of java project using CSV file as input.

First, transform CSV to XML using a without hard coding schema in xsl soluation. Please refer to Resource [1].

Then, using Castor to do XML binding. Please refer to Resource [2] and [3].

It’s very easy to do Java-to-XML binding using Castor.

It’s very easy to do Java-to-XML binding using Castor. For example,
// Marshal and save to XML file
FileWriter file = new FileWriter("person.xml");
Marshaller m = new Marshaller(file);
m.marshal(person);
file.close();

// Read from XML and unmarshal
FileReader uFile = new FileReader("person.xml");
Unmarshaller u = new Unmarshaller();
Person uPerson = (Person)u.unmarshal(Person.class, uFile);

Resources
[1] CSV to XML converter: A CSV to XML converter in XSLT 2.0.
[2] Data binding with Castor: Install and setup Castor
[3] XML to POJO using Castor: Java to XML and Back Again with Castor XML

Introduction

2007-12-12T11:03:00.003+11:00

A blog, for recording my experiences on both life and work.