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In this post, I am going to briefly explain how to generate the access token and secret using   OAuth (v1.0a) protocol, here I am using  Xero payroll API  Request URLs for generating tokens. " https://www.hurl.it/ " is used to generate the above token. Steps: 1) Before start, we need to create a Xero account (https://www.xero.com/signup/) and valid application (https://api.xero.com/Application/). Once you create app, you can get the "Consumer Key" and "Consumer Secret". 2) The next step is to obtain an Unauthorized Request Token Go to the "https://www.hurl.it/" then select " Add Authentication " and click on " OAuth 1.0a". In the " Destination", choose GET HTTP method and add the " https://api.xero.com/oauth/RequestToken " in the place, then add the " Consumer Key" and " Consumer Secret" which is obtained from APP, after adding click the "Launch Request" to get  ...

Introduction LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is a protocol for managing related information from a centralized location through the use of a file and directory hierarchy. It functions in a similar way to a relational database in certain ways and can be used to organize and store any kind of information. LDAP is commonly used for centralized authentication. In this post, we will cover how to install and configure an OpenLDAP server and how to encrypt connections to OpenLDAP using STARTTLS to upgrade conventional connections to TLS on an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Prerequisites Setting the Hostname and FQDN We should set up our server so that it correctly resolves its hostname and fully qualified domain name (FQDN). This will be necessary in order for our certificates to be validated by clients. We will assume that our LDAP server will be hosted on a machine with the FQDN of vive.example.com To set the hostname, use the hostnamectl command with the set-hostname option.  $ sud...

What is Google's Project Glass? Google's Project Glass is Google's attempt to make wearable computing mainstream, and it's effectively a smart pair of glasses with an integrated heads-up display and a battery hidden inside the frame.  What's the difference between Google Glasses and Google Goggles? Google Goggles is software, an app that can search the web-based on photos and scans. Google Glass is hardware.     How does Project Glass work?   According to well-informed Google blogger Seth Weintraub , Google's Project Glass glasses will probably use a transparent LCD or AMOLED display to put information in front of your eyeballs. It's location-aware thanks to a camera and GPS, and you can scroll and click on information by tilting your head, something that is apparently quite easy to master. Google Glasses will also use voice input and output.     What are the Google Glass specifications ? The New York Times says that the glasses will run Android...

Google’s much-awaited video glasses are apparently under development. For a long time, we have been listening to rumors about Google’s plans to launch special video glasses merging all features of a smartphone. Recently, guys at Google’s famous hush-hush lab Google X have surfaced as a set of images and a video clip on the proposed Google Glasses. They introduce themselves as members of Google X- Project Glass, which is meant to build a kind of technology that will let users explore and share a new world. The Google glasses may open up a new horizon of opportunities just in front of the users’ eyes. Here we go through some potential features of Google Glass, which are compiled based on the video clip and images from the Google X team.  To make calls, send texts, and surf the web: Well, Google Glasses may likely come as a complete replacement for modern-day smartphones. Maybe, it will take time for the realization of the glasses. Yes, there will be advanced options for users to mak...