Author Archives: Petteri Kautonen

PasswordKeeper

PasswordKeeper

A software to store login information into an encrypted file.

Screenshots

  • Main window

Features

  • A nice and simple UI which can be customized via theme selection
  • Strong encryption: AES-GCM-SIV with Argon2 / Argon2id key derivation function.
  • Tree structure with categories and items. Can be reordered by dragging and dropping.
  • OTPAuth support (One Time Password)
  • Data stored in a local file, no cloud, etc.
  • Efficient search
  • Cross-platform

Requirements

  • A 64-bit Linux, Windows or macOS operating system

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amp# (multi-platform)

amp# (multi-platform)

A music player for common audio formats with a simple and intuitive GUI.

Main window

  • Windows

Features

  • A minimalistic and simple UI
  • Easy to search for audio tracks
  • Individual track volume adjustment
  • Track scoring
  • Playback queuing
  • Does NOT change audio files unless asked to
  • Open source, licensed under the terms of the MIT license

Requirements

  • .NET Core 6
  • Windows 10/11, macOS or Linux with GTK
  • 64-bit operating system

The supported file formats

(1) WMA works for Windows only so conversion is required for at least amp# playback as the BASS audio library provides a win32 implementation only for this format.

Instructions

Instructions can be read from the help package in the downloads or from the GitHub page of the amp# software.

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MIT License

Copyright(c) 2022 Petteri Kautonen

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

StarMap2D

A sky chart software with utilities such as moon phases, rise and set details and known celestial object details.

Features

  • Cross-platform
  • Highly configurable from coloring to fonts
The main window in Windows 11
The setting menu in Windows 11

Easy CardFile

Easy CardFile

A versatile card file software.

Features

  • Rich text cards
  • AES encryption support
  • Multiple card types
  • Tabbed interface
  • Printing support
  • Spell checking support
  • Currently supported GUI languages: en-US, fi-FI (new translations are accepted for free ?)
  • Can be used for various purposes, e.g. store passwords, food recipes, keep a diary, catalog CD/DVD/Blu-ray media, etc…
  • Spell checking support via Hunspell and via custom spell checking libraries (i.e. Voikko)

Requirements

  • Microsoft® Windows® supporting .NET Framework v.4.7.
  • A MIT license compatible user. ?

Changes

  • Current version v.1.0.0.2 (04.05.2020)
  • Added support for Hunspell and a custom spell check library support.
  • Fixed a bug with a file save indicator.
  • v.1.0.0.0 (11.04.2020)
  • Initial release

Screenshots

The main window displaying my garden plant collection

A bit more complex card types in the TODO card file

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Thanks to

Forum offline and user registration denied

Hi,

I had to put the forum offline and disable user registration as I’m currently getting a lots of spam from the following addresses:

  • @judpharmacy.org
  • @serwermail.szczecin.pl

Have fun while I don’t :sweat:

TODO: Ban these and publish the spammers domain addresses in a separate article. 😡

Code signing certificate

Hi,

As I recently posted about difficulties with code signing certificates, I finally succeeded to finalize the process 🙈 🐌😅!

So the things to I had to do:

  • Go to the Local Register Office for a notary public and pay additional 9€ for the face-to-face authentication form to be validated so two visits to the Local Register Office = 30 km x 2
  • Three evidences: I chose government issued photo ID, Visa debit card and an utility bill addressed to me…

I did get a cool stamp from the Local Register Office though (this is in Finland of course) :grinning:

Next as easy it can be I just scanned the document and three pieces of additional evidence… however this wasn’t enough. The notary public’s identity needed to be verified. I did mention that within EU countries (Great Britain) since something of February 2019 this was no longer required as the Apostille document was now longer needed between the members of the European Union (the document proves that the signing person is an actual person and is at the signing moment in the mentioned profession/duty); Not enough – a verification was required via calling the Local Register Office which was fine by me although I thought they wouldn’t give this information via a privacy concern. Thankfully the notary public’s identity got confirmed! Next I had to explain the meaning of the utility bill because it was written in finnish.

After this I finally got the certificate approved – after few hours spent in the customer support and few emails sent:

Now I can finally provide signed installers! Let’s see how this goes after a year when the certificate needs to be renewed :scream:

The result – note that is my name now in the UAC prompt!