Installing VirtualBox on MacOS via VNC – just use a real mouse
At work the other day I was testing our Ansible instructions on how to get a development environment set up. Given that this was supposed to be platform agnostic and […]
Hacking
Easy Pi-Hole and Stubby on Orange Pi Zero & Raspberry Pi 3
Skip to the install guide if you just want to know how to set up your Pi easily ;) Otherwise, read on for a little background. Introduction I’ve been deep […]
Bootstrap SSH on Ubuntu Core with out Ubuntu SSO credentials
I was playing around with Snaps and I wanted to try out Ubuntu Core as well. I still had some of those Orange Pi Zero boards laying around and when […]
Teaching Kids About Busy Signals with a PBX on LXD for $15
The other day the kids and I were at our local, awesome Goodwill store. I guess they’re all awesome, eh? I was looking over the pile of small electronics while […]
AppSec California 2017
After attending both Defcon and HOPE, I thought I should open my mind to other, more traditional security conferences. Since it was a short flight and of modest cost, I […]
Weak Crypto in Star Trek Beyond (SPOILERS!!)
Let’s get this out of the way upfront: the most recent installation of the Star Trek reboot, “Beyond”, was exactly what I’d hoped it would be. It was an action […]
MapTable.js for all your table and map needs!
I’m proud to announce that I played a small role in releasing a great new JavaScript library called MapTable. This is an open source JavaScript library that accepts longitude and […]
Scanning multiple subnets for SSH servers that accept passwords
At work I was tasked to see if any of our servers are running SSH which allow passwords instead of strictly only allowing SSH keys. You can tell if they […]
Web App Security Cheat Sheet
I recently documented best security practices for writing a web app. Since I was most of the way there for a nice tidy blog post on the topic, I’m using […]
Penance for forgetting basic debugging
I was working on implemented a nonce to fight CSRF requests on all our forms. The nonce worked liked you expect: by setting a cookie and then putting the same […]