This is a list of the top 10 skills every human should know how to do. Every item on this list is something which everyone should encounter at least a few times in their life. In the United States, where I live, I believe we should require testing on this list before a student graduates […]
Nessus is a great vulnerability scanner. I know very few really good security departments who don’t use it in some form. It’s output however can be a little bit… shall we say unwieldy? (Those who use it are either laughing or crying at that statement). Where I work, I’ve set up a weekly meeting where […]
I was going to write about something completely different today but sometimes life kicks you in one direction and you just have to keep going. Yesterday I was very excited to receive my new video lights! They do some pretty fantastic stuff including changing to millions of colors, building effects, light grouping I was so […]
If you want an example of the worst security in the world, look no further than the TSA. This isn’t a statement out of spite or malice, they do actually have the worst security of any large organization I’ve ever seen. Consider if you will what the TSA is known for, securing airports. What kind […]
Last week Belgium was hit with one of the largest DDOS attacks in history. It took down the Belgium government along with most of the rest of the country’s internet. Now, over a week later, the news has been strangely silent about it. The most likely culprit is the Chinese government. Belgium is the home […]
Figuring out how to secure your shell script can be difficult. One of the great advantages to using a language such as PHP is some of the security items are already built into the functions you use. Many people believe this makes PHP more secure; however the same amount of security can be achieved with […]
Learning how to use a loops in any language is the WOW point for most people. That moment when they go from “I don’t see the point in this” to “I can use this to rule the world.” Most programing languages have three loops and they are similar or identical in what they do and […]
One of the most misunderstood commands in bash is read. I consider this a shame because it’s one of the most useful. I was reminded of this recently when someone asked me to look over a shell scripting manual they had written. When I came to the read command there was less than a page […]
Pipe may be the most useful tool in your shell scripting toolbox. It is one of the most used, but also, one of the most misunderstood. As a result, it is often overused or misused. This should help you use a pipe correctly and hopefully make your shell scripts much faster and more efficient. Most […]
Conditionals are one of the most misunderstood parts of bash scripting. In a programing language you use an `if` statement. This is normally one of the internal functions of the language and it starts with the statement and moves to the expression. Begin them like this: C, PHP : if (expression) Go, python, ruby: if […]