I recently downloaded Parrot Security OS (https://www.parrotsec.org/) as an alternative to Kali Linux. It’s a pretty distro but I’ve encountered several bugs that are mostly related to launching apps with […]
A few mod_security tips
Introduction The mod_security WAF is an open source web application firewall platform that highly tunable, scalable, and battle tested. WAFs are a requirement for various regulatory compliance frameworks and they are […]
Restricting wp-admin by IP through CloudFlare’s Proxy
I’m a firm believer in the concept of “if you don’t need to expose it you shouldn’t.” When I think of WordPress’s admin interface that is exactly what comes to […]
Ubuntu 14.04 Apache Hardening Script 1.0
I’m always automating things for myself because I hate performing repetitive tasks over and over again. With that, I present to you a very basic Apache hardening script that you […]
Quick Ping Packetloss Script
This is not my finest work but I needed to put a ping packet loss test script together in a pinch that would log the result and run until I […]
Toshiba Satellite C55D-B510 Hard Drive Upgrade
The Toshiba Satellite C55D-B510 is a low price system that runs great as an entry level laptop. A friend of mine recently purchased one for school and asked me to take […]
Macrium Reflect – A Great Tool For Managing Disks and Backups
I have recently needed to perform a few disk migrations via clones and I always need a solid backup solution for my Windows desktop machines. Macrium reflect always gets the […]
Enabling Promiscuous Mode For A Vswitch On Vsphere 6
I run a VMWare based infrastructure for my personal hosting projects and love it because of the Vswitch capabilities. Since I am a firm believer in following security best practices […]
Quick and dirty nginx installation on CentOS 7
CentOS 7 is a great Linux distribution but one thing it does lack is an official Nginx package in the default distribution mirrors. There are a few methods of working around […]
18 Months Of Training Progress
As many of you know I started a health and fitness journey on April the 16th 2013. This video is a progress update of the last 18 months of work!
