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dd-wrt NAT with several subnets behind

If you have a complex lab at home and you would like to setup dd-wrt routing do not forget to enable nat for all subnets, as by default dd-wrt will only take care of the one directly connected.
Here is example of my script that adds 10.10.10.0 subnet to the internet nat, script also contains openvpn related commands:
iptables -I INPUT 1 -p udp --dport 1194 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD 1 --source 192.168.66.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i br0 -o tun0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -i tun0 -o br0 -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -o `get_wanface` --source 10.10.10.0/24 -j SNAT --to `nvram get wan_ipaddr`

OpenVPN key generation issue

If you see an error during openvpn (my version was OpenVPN 2.3.2 -- released on 2013.06.03 under Windows 7 32bit) key generation
"failed to update database
TXT_DB error number 2"
then remember to re-type unique choices like CN, Email, etc. that are given in square brackets [] - example below:
Country Name (2 letter code) [CH]:CH
State or Province Name (full name) [VD]:VD
Locality Name (eg, city) [Lausanne]:Lausanne
Organization Name (eg, company) [org]:org
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) [VPN]:VPN
Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) [server]:server
Name [Dan]:Dan
Email Address [admin@contoso.com]:admin@contoso.com

SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013

SharePoint Connections Amsterdam 2013 will take place at the Meervaart Theatre in Amsterdam on the 19th & 20th November 2013. http://www.nccomms.com/Sharepoint_Connections/Home.aspx

Security hardening of SharePoint farm

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262849.aspx

eDiscovery in SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2013 is capable to perform eDiscovery on sources limited to file shares, Exchange and SharePoint. The data can be hold in-place or exported out. If you have other types of data sources, like SAP, Documentum, etc., you may want to compare with other solutions.

SharePoint 2013 apps authentication with OAuth

SharePoint 2013 provides a new method for application authentication. Despite the term authentication, it is based on OAuth 2.0 (Open Authorization). The idea is that an app can access other parts of SharePoint without asking users credentials, but using user's permissions in a frame of selected authorization that user accepts during initial app installation. The apps access requirements are build in apps manifest by the developer. Refer to technet article and this video.