If you’re reading this, it’s running on a completely different platform than it was a few weeks ago. This blog spent its entire life on Blogger – from the first post back in September 2019 right up...

Certification Authority Browser Forum (CA/Browser Forum) is “a voluntary gathering of Certificate Issuers and suppliers of Internet browser software and other applications that use certificates (Ce...

TLS It’s been 4.5 years since I last wrote about the state of TLS and secure cipher suites. A lot has changed in that time including some updates around TLS and cipher suites, so I wanted to provi...

I enjoy learning about time. It’s fascinating to me how we’ve globally agreed that time will be different for various parts of the world, how we are going to represent that time difference, and mak...

Several years ago I had heard about the concept of a “RetroPie.” A Raspberry Pi loaded with hundreds of classic games that can be connected to custom home builds, arcade systems, or just a normal T...

Reading File Permissions Linux file permissions are broken down by User, Group, and Others. Permissions for read, write, and execute can be associated with each entity and are displayed as rwxrwxr...

Running Ethernet (CAT 6) in my house is a project I had wanted to do since moving in. Several years later, I finally got it done. Why did I choose to do it in July in Florida? Wireless, even with m...

I’m often trying to find ways to be more productive with my time or more efficient with what I am already doing. I’ve found several suggestions over the years – some that have worked and some that ...

Amazon’s Web Application Firewall (WAF) allows for seamless integration with existing AWS resources and easy configuration. It may have its limitations, but it provides many common protections for ...

While some hacks truly are sophisticated, nation-state attacks, many more are the result of simpler exploits or just social engineering. After the details of such a compromise are released, people ...