Archives – Exotic Security

Thu 05 August 2021: Migrating to GitHub Pages
Thu 15 November 2018: How to mount a VHD file on linux
Thu 08 November 2018: Wordfence reivew
Thu 01 November 2018: The right to repair
Thu 25 October 2018: My predictions about autonomous vehicles
Thu 18 October 2018: The internet reaction threshold
Thu 11 October 2018: What is yak shaving?
Thu 04 October 2018: What is bikeshedding?
Thu 27 September 2018: People will ignore warnings that were wrong in the past.
Thu 20 September 2018: The one-time pad is not a perfect cipher
Thu 13 September 2018: A simple hack to get around VPN IP conflicts
Thu 06 September 2018: Rediscovering F-Droid
Thu 30 August 2018: Making #FFFFFF brighter
Thu 23 August 2018: Nokia 6.1 Review
Thu 16 August 2018: Live chat support on websites
Thu 09 August 2018: How many android patterns are there?
Thu 02 August 2018: The value of instant feedback
Thu 26 July 2018: Don't put jokes in warnings
Thu 19 July 2018: Two new iPhone security features
Thu 12 July 2018: Creating Guest WiFi passwords
Thu 05 July 2018: Why I've gone off bitcoin a bit
Thu 28 June 2018: The best long haul flight tip I've got, bring an empty bottle
Thu 21 June 2018: Are loot boxes gambling?
Thu 28 December 2017: Where in the world is Michael Van Delft?
Thu 21 December 2017: Simple Windows SMTP relay
Thu 14 December 2017: The importance of open standards
Thu 07 December 2017: Hang Gliding Over Hell, 3 drives die in a 6 drive NAS
Thu 30 November 2017: The bicycle side channel
Thu 23 November 2017: Installing Duplicati on an Arch Linux Laptop
Thu 16 November 2017: Installing Duplicati on a headless Debian Linux server
Thu 09 November 2017: Installing Duplicati on Windows 10
Thu 02 November 2017: Setting up Backblaze for Duplicati
Thu 26 October 2017: Just use subdomains
Thu 19 October 2017: Email addresses with apostrophes and mail loops
Thu 12 October 2017: A national identity system
Thu 05 October 2017: SEO spear spamming
Thu 28 September 2017: Code reuse is good for security
Thu 21 September 2017: Looking through GitHub's DMCA takedowns
Thu 14 September 2017: Does Microsoft's Office 365 licensing model encourage poor security practices?
Thu 07 September 2017: CrashPlan personal is shutting down
Thu 31 August 2017: Are outbound firewalls worthwhile?
Thu 24 August 2017: Review of Fatal Flight: The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship
Thu 17 August 2017: Learning from failure
Thu 10 August 2017: Reuse before buy before build
Thu 03 August 2017: Installing software from the Arch User Repository
Thu 27 July 2017: Veeam backup errors after NAS hard drive failure
Thu 20 July 2017: A morbidly fascinating look at Australian causes of death
Thu 13 July 2017: Crashplan no longer offer restore to door service
Thu 06 July 2017: Sleazy marketing
Thu 29 June 2017: Setting Up Full Disk Encryption on Debian 9 Stretch
Thu 22 June 2017: Installing OpenCanary on a Raspberry Pi
Thu 15 June 2017: Why I like the MIT License
Thu 08 June 2017: ASD's Essential Eight
Thu 01 June 2017: Designing for Failure
Thu 25 May 2017: Fair use and copyright reform in Australia
Thu 18 May 2017: If you're not paying for it you're not the customer you're the product
Thu 11 May 2017: Upgrading a Nexus 6P from CyanogenMod 13 to LineageOS 14
Thu 04 May 2017: Inbox Zero
Thu 27 April 2017: Installing Python 3.6 on Windows
Thu 20 April 2017: Spam Filtering
Thu 13 April 2017: Moving beyond PEP 8
Thu 06 April 2017: Calculating a base64 encoded sha256 sum of inline scripts for your content security policy
Thu 30 March 2017: Occam's razor
Thu 23 March 2017: The HP Automated Storage Manager Server service terminated unexpectedly.
Thu 16 March 2017: Attribution is about more than just technical evidence
Thu 09 March 2017: One hundred prisoners and a light bulb simulation
Thu 02 March 2017: Using the new(ish) Nextcloud updater
Thu 23 February 2017: Using ssh config to save settings and make your life easier
Thu 16 February 2017: Simple postgres basics
Thu 09 February 2017: My IP Tables script example
Thu 02 February 2017: pip changing from pep8 to pycodestyle
Thu 26 January 2017: Failing Loudly
Thu 19 January 2017: Expiry dates on smart phones and other IoT devices
Thu 12 January 2017: Submission to the Attorney-general's Department - Access to telecommunications data in civil proceedings
Thu 05 January 2017: Thinking about how to defend against the PoisonTap
Thu 29 December 2016: Fixing no valid mx hosts found
Thu 22 December 2016: Upgrading from Piwik 2.17.1 to Piwik 3.0.0
Thu 15 December 2016: Is patching still the best defence
Thu 08 December 2016: Tracking a spam campagn
Thu 01 December 2016: Automatic Updates for Debian
Thu 24 November 2016: The struggle with apathy
Thu 17 November 2016: How to tunnel data over DNS
Thu 10 November 2016: You should try to outrun the bear
Thu 03 November 2016: Seting up Matrix Synapse and Riot on Debian 8 Jessie
Thu 27 October 2016: Backing up a remote server with rsync
Thu 20 October 2016: Adding subject alternative name to certificate request
Thu 13 October 2016: Recovering data from a hard drive after wiping the partition table
Thu 06 October 2016: Setting up mailpile on Debian 8 Jessie for remote access
Thu 29 September 2016: My ownCloud update script
Thu 22 September 2016: Calls from the bank
Thu 15 September 2016: An excellent demonstration of Cross-Site Request Forgery
Thu 08 September 2016: Alternative Networks for this site - ZeroNet
Thu 01 September 2016: Alternative Networks for this site - Tor
Thu 25 August 2016: Alternative Networks for this site - I2P
Thu 18 August 2016: Fingerprint readers on phones
Thu 11 August 2016: How often should you change your password?
Thu 04 August 2016: Kerckhoffs's principle
Thu 28 July 2016: Updating UEFI BIOS on Lenovo ThinkPad X220
Thu 21 July 2016: Setting Up Full Disk Encryption on Arch Linux
Thu 14 July 2016: StartSSL launches StartEncrypt
Thu 07 July 2016: Setting up Gogs on Debian Jessie with Apache2 and PostgreSQL
Thu 30 June 2016: Setting up FreeRADIUS to secure your WiFi
Thu 23 June 2016: Securing Apache with Client Certificates
Thu 16 June 2016: Setting up a personal Certification Authority
Thu 09 June 2016: Perfectly Good
Thu 02 June 2016: Switching from Route 53 to DNS Made Easy
Thu 26 May 2016: The XO theory of Hotel WiFi
Thu 19 May 2016: My dream password manager
Thu 12 May 2016: Bendigo Banks Password Requirements
Thu 05 May 2016: The Search Bubble
Thu 28 April 2016: Time Stamp with OpenSSL an cURL
Thu 21 April 2016: KeePassX Review
Thu 14 April 2016: Setting file permissions
Thu 07 April 2016: Testing SSL With Nmap
Thu 31 March 2016: Sending emails with telnet and OpenSSL
Thu 24 March 2016: Malware Captcha
Thu 17 March 2016: The need for new CVEs
Thu 10 March 2016: WaFreeNet
Thu 03 March 2016: Google Maps Vs OpenStreetMap
Thu 25 February 2016: Linux mint website hacked
Thu 18 February 2016: My confusing feelings about net neutrality
Thu 11 February 2016: What is a TPM
Thu 04 February 2016: Running rm -rf / permanently bricks a laptop
Thu 28 January 2016: AviD's Rule of Usability
Thu 21 January 2016: Gamification of Security
Thu 14 January 2016: Why I can't patch the Juniper Backdoor
Thu 07 January 2016: TS Block
Thu 31 December 2015: HTTP Secuirty Headers
Thu 24 December 2015: Using CyanogenMod on the Samsung Galaxy S4
Thu 17 December 2015: What exactly is encrypted with Android full disk encryption?
Thu 10 December 2015: Ruxcon 11 (2015)
Thu 03 December 2015: Using Piwik Analytics
Thu 26 November 2015: Adoption of new technologies
Thu 19 November 2015: Good Bye Google
Thu 12 November 2015: My Experience in the Let's Encrypt Limited Beta.
Thu 05 November 2015: Setting Up Full Disk Encryption on Debian Jessie
Thu 29 October 2015: Full Disk Encryption on Linux
Thu 22 October 2015: Tunneling data over DNS
Thu 15 October 2015: Security and the Media
Thu 08 October 2015: Estimating the security of software
Thu 01 October 2015: Backup to S3 and restore to EC2
Thu 24 September 2015: The best crypto is the crypto you don't see
Thu 17 September 2015: Is antivirus dead yet?
Thu 10 September 2015: Changing SSH from port 22
Thu 03 September 2015: Liars & Outliers
Thu 27 August 2015: Is bad crypto better than no crypto?
Thu 20 August 2015: Password Strength