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Find capitalized words in Libreoffice or Openoffice

Dave Farquhar Software January 4, 2017April 3, 2021capitalization, lowercase letters

Sometimes you need a way to find capitalized words in Libreoffice or Openoffice. This can make it easier to figure out if the word needed to be capitalized, in the case of a poorly written or edited document. Then you can make a decision whether the capitalization was appropriate.

Another time you would need to find capitalized words in Openoffice or Libreoffice would be when you’re creating an index. I’m sure there are others.

It’s easier than it sounds.
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Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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Recommended DD-WRT settings

Dave Farquhar DD-WRT, security December 24, 2015January 26, 2022AES, AP, chrome, DDWRT, firefox, firewall, lowercase letters, malware, nintendo, SSID, vulnerability, WAN, WEP, wi-fi

I’ve been asked a few times now for my recommended DD-WRT settings, or at least my good-enough settings. I think that’s a great idea, so I’ll walk through how I configure a DD-WRT router. Follow these steps and I can almost guarantee you’ll have the most secure network on your block.

For the purposes of this tutorial, I am going to assume you are configuring DD-WRT as your primary router.

Dave Farquhar

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Build the best, most secure wifi in your neighborhood

Dave Farquhar DD-WRT, Servers and Networking March 24, 2015August 26, 2017AES, android, apple, cat5, DDWRT, lowercase letters, malware, Meraki Wifi Stumbler, Micro Center, netflix, Roku, SSID, TL, wi-fi

My neighbor asked me for advice on setting up wi-fi in his new house. I realized it’s been a while since I’ve written about wi-fi, and it’s never been cheaper or easier to blanket your house and yard with a good signal.

Blanketing your house and yard while remaining secure, though, is still important.

Dave Farquhar

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You need a Yubikey.

Dave Farquhar security November 14, 2013February 11, 2025computer security, lowercase letters, marx, password database, password strength, passwords, Two-factor authentication, usb port, yahoo

I mentioned the Yubikey as the ultimate solution stolen passwords on the excellent Yahoo Marx Train forum, and another member asked me to elaborate on it. Rather than take up a lot of space with some off-topic discussion, I decided it would be better to write about it here.

The Yubikey is a great idea, but I have reasons for using something else. I am a computer security professional by trade, but I will try to avoid as much techno-jargon as I can, and explain what I do use.

Dave Farquhar

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Livingsocial got breached. Change your password, of course

Dave Farquhar security April 28, 2013April 27, 2013decent password, lowercase letters, malware, password database, passwords

Livingsocial got breached. You need to change your password, if you have a Livingsocial account.

There are two questions worth asking: How do you protect yourself, and how does this happen?

Dave Farquhar

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Is powerline networking secure?

Dave Farquhar security February 25, 2013March 13, 2021AT&T, comcast, FCC, lowercase letters, os x, time warner

Is powerline networking secure? It can be, but just like wireless, you have to set it up securely. Here’s what you need to know about powerline networking security.

Dave Farquhar

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How to find all the capitalized words in a Word document

Dave Farquhar Office September 5, 2012September 12, 2023capitalization, Libre Office, lowercase letters, microsoft word, Open Office

I recently edited a long document whose original author capitalized way too many words. I needed to fix it. To speed up the process, I needed a way to find capitalized words in Word–all of them, and automatically. Then I could make a decision whether the capitalization was appropriate.

Another time you would need to find capitalized words in Word would be when you’re creating an index. I’m sure there are others.

It’s easier than it sounds.
Read more

Dave Farquhar

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How to make a DMZ with two routers

Dave Farquhar security November 21, 2011August 21, 2016d-link, firewall, linksys, lowercase letters, passwords, SSID, WAN, WEP, wrt54g

I’ve alluded in the past to why it’s a good idea to make a DMZ with two routers, but I’ve never gone into depth about how and necessarily why to do it.

If your ISP gave you a combination modem/switch/access point/router and it only supports 100 megabit wired and 54-megabit (802.11g) wireless and you want to upgrade to gigabit wired/150-meg (802.11n) wireless, here’s a great way to make the two devices work together and improve your security.

Dave Farquhar

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How I secured my new wireless router

Dave Farquhar security November 12, 2011December 6, 2015lowercase letters, passwords, RIAA, vulnerability, WEP

For the first time ever, I actually have a wireless router that can cover my whole house. I’ve been interested in wireless security for a long time, but haven’t actually had to do much with it because I wasn’t running any wireless networks at home.

I spent a few minutes securing my network after I got it up and running. I talked at rather long length about that in the past, but on a really practical level, here’s what I did in a mere 10 minutes that will make a big difference.

Dave Farquhar

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What to look for in a router

Dave Farquhar DD-WRT, Hardware, Servers and Networking October 4, 2010August 3, 20181990s, antenna, asus, capacitors, cisco, d-link, dd wrt, dealextreme, India, linksys, lowercase letters, netgear, networking equipment, radio shack, tomato, wrt54g

I revisit the topic of what to look for in a router every six or seven years. As important as it always was, I think it’s even more important today, as there are a number of underpowered routers on the market and it’s best to avoid them.

This post originated in 2010. I revised it for 2017 needs, and by the time I was done, I’m not sure much of my 2010 text was left. But that’s OK.

Dave Farquhar

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