Saturday, November 24, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Federation Products ranking (according to me!)
Warning: Opinions in this article is very blunt. No diplomatic miss pageant worded messages.
Warning: Opinions in this article is very blunt. No diplomatic miss pageant worded messages.
You can see I love Ping and the rest are just really, federation as their part time jobs, sucks big time.
OpenAM is a good alternative as it is open source and free. (that is if it is kept that way).
Scoring is based on following points
- Certificate Management - Very important as it can suck up a hell lot of administration/integration time. A good certificate management saves integration and administration time. Up to 50% (if not 90%) of implementation problems are certificate related.
- SAML Configuration
- Metadata Tools
- Installation (ease) - Some solutions are so heavy that you need to install the whole product suite of the vendor company before you can start any real federation work. Either they want to lock the customer in a proprietary hell or they just don't know how to write an independent software.
- High Availability
- Configuration migration
- App Integration Kits
- API/SDP for integration
- Zero to deployment - From nothing to a fully deployed production ready solution. How easy is it?
- Proxy mode
- Auditing
- Multi hosted providers - Some products are restricted to only 1 providers.
- Dynamic SSO options - Options includes parameters available in the URL to dynamically select protocols, name IDs and other variables during a SSO initiation (usually URL based).
- SaaS ready (readiness) - Cloud based service providers like Salesforce, Google Apps, Office 365.
If you noticed, I did not rate any products based on protocol compliance. A lot of inter-op have done that, so I don't want to or even have the resource to do that. Here it is mainly evaluated based on SAML 2.0 basic SSO features. SAML 1.x is just so yesterday and anyone still using it, should be file for museum listing.
There are other listings like the one in SAML wiki which is based on the Kantara Intitiative testing. It's a good source to find out protocol compliance. The problem with this inter-op tests is they don't evaluate the product as an end user (which includes administrators, integrator, developers). They just tick the boxes for compliance to some protocols. But federation solution is more than just protocol compliance. The fact is most customers just use the core features of the SAML (like the IDP/SP light referred to in the inter-op tests). Full support of all protocols in not necessary if the product fails miserably in other important areas like high availability, ease of administration and integration options, just to say a few.
Updated: Apr 2014
Monday, July 09, 2012
Briefs
Brief of podcast Hokkien vs Hokkien @ Penanghokkien.com
As this podcast is quite informative, I would like to doc it.
With limited ref. resource, only use Taiwan Minan Language dictionary as reference and my limited written Chinese, the result is a bit of a rojak writing.. sorry
Province is snia 省
Penang 最早來 e 人就是漳州人
漳州話講 dnui chu ciak pnui
Soap - Sabun, Tne khor
愛看這裏話多老就聼伊eh nature 字咹作叫
duck 鴨 - akk
dog 狗 - kau
cat 貓 - nyiao
horse 馬 - beh
cow 牛， gu
crow 烏鴉 , o-ah
Penang 話已經變
一個奇怪e是 balu少年人無講phang kni (lost) tapi 講 “不見” (bujian)...
ko有都是 "something fell from the tree" 咹作講
真cae人講 物件（mi knia）跋倒（puah to)落來
tapi 應該講物件拍交落(phak ka lao)
跋倒愛有2支腳
slippers - 淺拖仔(chien thua-a) (100分), 鞋拖 (eh thua) (75分), 拖鞋(thua eh) (50分)
punsok - sampah/rubbish (spoken in many penang kampong and old generation)
Old generation like to name their children after bad sounding names to avoid evil spirits.
When old people sees a baby, they describe the baby as "khiap si", "pnai knua" "pni khang ko pni" "bak ciu seh nui" and doesn't praise it.
Profession specific terms
Real estate
- cheng khau - real estate agent
- chan phua - 這閒屋lok ,chan , phua
- pao khang - clear whole property
- freehold - 一號厝
- leasehold - 二號厝
- gov land - 三號厝
time - tiam snia (在中國已經每人說）si kan (時間)
Melaka 福建話(唔是baba) 比penang 福建話參番仔話加少
但這無代表伊人話加純
因爲伊人有可能學唐人冊受唐人字e影響
kao in (marry or kahwin) 有可能是福建話， 古漢文有這個詞
just - kana 干焦
wok - tnia 鼎 (古漢文用 balu干焦存福建話用）
IDIOMS
欲去烏影 唔去吊鼎 bue khi o iann, ng khi tiao tnia
- （意思）漁民講e 意思是 欲出海就天烏烏欲落雨 莫去無lui開飯
（烏在福建話是黑）
天會落紅雨 大海會變大路 / 天會落紅雨 牛會穿低庫
to describe 不可能的事 或 吹牛
But my friend's famous idiom with opposite meaning sounds like this (mind the language)
脬 (lan pha)無照日頭pun會烏 什麽代誌無可能
歪嘴雞 ko欲食好米 - 無lui人ko想欲食好料
乞食身皇帝嘴 (相意思)
龜笑鱉無尾 鱉笑龜粗皮 kind of pot calling kettle black meaning
ciak ciak tia than khan su knia (??) 富二代
閹雞跟鳳飛
青牛毋捌虎
ETC
High tide - tua lao
Low tide - si lao
customs - qing ding kuan
爸e哥e仔 - 叔伯兄/弟/姐/妹
像姓不同公媽 - 各縛兄/弟/姐/妹
giraffe - 麒麟鹿 （長頸鹿）
As this podcast is quite informative, I would like to doc it.
With limited ref. resource, only use Taiwan Minan Language dictionary as reference and my limited written Chinese, the result is a bit of a rojak writing.. sorry
Province is snia 省
Penang 最早來 e 人就是漳州人
漳州話講 dnui chu ciak pnui
Soap - Sabun, Tne khor
愛看這裏話多老就聼伊eh nature 字咹作叫
duck 鴨 - akk
dog 狗 - kau
cat 貓 - nyiao
horse 馬 - beh
cow 牛， gu
crow 烏鴉 , o-ah
Penang 話已經變
一個奇怪e是 balu少年人無講phang kni (lost) tapi 講 “不見” (bujian)...
ko有都是 "something fell from the tree" 咹作講
真cae人講 物件（mi knia）跋倒（puah to)落來
tapi 應該講物件拍交落(phak ka lao)
跋倒愛有2支腳
slippers - 淺拖仔(chien thua-a) (100分), 鞋拖 (eh thua) (75分), 拖鞋(thua eh) (50分)
punsok - sampah/rubbish (spoken in many penang kampong and old generation)
Old generation like to name their children after bad sounding names to avoid evil spirits.
When old people sees a baby, they describe the baby as "khiap si", "pnai knua" "pni khang ko pni" "bak ciu seh nui" and doesn't praise it.
Profession specific terms
Real estate
- cheng khau - real estate agent
- chan phua - 這閒屋lok ,chan , phua
- pao khang - clear whole property
- freehold - 一號厝
- leasehold - 二號厝
- gov land - 三號厝
time - tiam snia (在中國已經每人說）si kan (時間)
Melaka 福建話(唔是baba) 比penang 福建話參番仔話加少
但這無代表伊人話加純
因爲伊人有可能學唐人冊受唐人字e影響
kao in (marry or kahwin) 有可能是福建話， 古漢文有這個詞
just - kana 干焦
wok - tnia 鼎 (古漢文用 balu干焦存福建話用）
IDIOMS
欲去烏影 唔去吊鼎 bue khi o iann, ng khi tiao tnia
- （意思）漁民講e 意思是 欲出海就天烏烏欲落雨 莫去無lui開飯
（烏在福建話是黑）
天會落紅雨 大海會變大路 / 天會落紅雨 牛會穿低庫
to describe 不可能的事 或 吹牛
But my friend's famous idiom with opposite meaning sounds like this (mind the language)
脬 (lan pha)無照日頭pun會烏 什麽代誌無可能歪嘴雞 ko欲食好米 - 無lui人ko想欲食好料
乞食身皇帝嘴 (相意思)
龜笑鱉無尾 鱉笑龜粗皮 kind of pot calling kettle black meaning
ciak ciak tia than khan su knia (??) 富二代
閹雞跟鳳飛
青牛毋捌虎
ETC
High tide - tua lao
Low tide - si lao
customs - qing ding kuan
爸e哥e仔 - 叔伯兄/弟/姐/妹
像姓不同公媽 - 各縛兄/弟/姐/妹
giraffe - 麒麟鹿 （長頸鹿）
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Sistem Solar DIY
Untuk mengumpul pengalaman dan ilmu produk-produk sistem penjana elektrik solar (matahari), saya laksanakan satu projek sistem solar di rumah.
Memang dah lama, nak sangat aku mula projek ni tapi tiada pengetahuan apa komponen2 yang diperlukan. Nasib baik dengan bantuan member yang sudah laksanakan sistem yang agak sama, akhirnya...projek ni berjaya dimulakan.
Hasil janaan projek ini moga boleh membekal kuasa elektrik untuk appliance elektrik kecil seperti telefon mobil, router, modem dan caj bateri-bateri, etc.
Komponen
Kesimpulan
Memang dah lama, nak sangat aku mula projek ni tapi tiada pengetahuan apa komponen2 yang diperlukan. Nasib baik dengan bantuan member yang sudah laksanakan sistem yang agak sama, akhirnya...projek ni berjaya dimulakan.
Hasil janaan projek ini moga boleh membekal kuasa elektrik untuk appliance elektrik kecil seperti telefon mobil, router, modem dan caj bateri-bateri, etc.
Komponen
- Bateri asid plumbum 100AH jenis gel VRLA (Kering)
- Solar Controller 30A jenis PWM
- Panel Solar 20W x 3 (Jumlah 60W) jenis mono-crystaline
- Tiang besi berlubang untuk memasang panel
- Wayar 2.2mm ataupun 14AWG
- Inverter 300W
- Soket penyala rokok kereta (12V)
- DC regulator pelbagai voltan (3V,4.5V,5V,9V,12V) dengan plug penyala rokok kereta
- USB port
Panel solar ini amat murah sekali dibeli dari market online China taobao.com, dimana sekeping panel 20W hanya Renminbi China 150, agak-agak RM70 satu lah..
Harga di pasaran agaknya 3 kali lebih mahal....hampir RM200
Kesimpulan
- Kalau nak beli bateri generasi baru, janganlah beli jenis asid plumbum lagi, ini kerana kompleksiti nya dalam caj dan discaj. Bateri baru baru ini yang popular dan tidak mencemar alam sekitar adalah jenis Silica ataupun Silikon.
- Pasal solar panel, memang ada beza jenis kualitinya dari segi rekaan circuit sel solar dan juga kualiti kaca yang digunakan serta kualiti pasangan samada kalis air.
- Solar Controller pula, paling efisien adalah jenis MPPT, Tetapi hati-hati controller MPPT yang murah kerana ada banyak controller murah yang peformance nya lagi teruk dengan PWM kerana mengunakan induktor yang terlalu kecil ataupun induktor udara. MPPT controller yang baik boleh memberi lebih 30% kuasa dalam bentuk Ampere. Tapi kalau untuk projek kecil macam saya, PWM memang sudah memadai.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Virtual Directory Craziness
Total of 12 crazy hours researching and testing out Penrose Virtual Directory (redhat now) !
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