Collaborate Disseminate
So on Twitter, somebody asked this question:I have a very basic computer networking question: when sending a TCP packet, is the packet ACK’ed at every node in the route between the sender and the recipient, or just by the final recipient?This isn’t jus… Continue reading A basic question about TCP
In the news, the National Enquirer has extorted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos by threatening to publish the sext-messages/dick-pics he sent to his mistress. How did the National Enquirer get them? There are rumors that maybe Trump’s government agents or the “d… Continue reading How Bezo’s dick pics might’ve been exposed
In the news, the National Enquirer has extorted Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos by threatening to publish the sext-messages/dick-pics he sent to his mistress. How did the National Enquirer get them? There are rumors that maybe Trump’s government agents or the “d… Continue reading How Bezo’s dick pics might’ve been exposed
My dad is on some sort of committee for his local home owners association. He asked about saving all the passwords in a file stored on Microsoft’s cloud OneDrive, along with policy/procedures for the association. I assumed he called because I’m an inte… Continue reading Passwords in a file
My dad is on some sort of committee for his local home owners association. He asked about saving all the passwords in a file stored on Microsoft’s cloud OneDrive, along with policy/procedures for the association. I assumed he called because I’m an inte… Continue reading Passwords in a file
I thought I’d comment on a paper about “build safety” in consumer products, describing how software is built to harden it against hackers trying to exploit bugs.What is build safety?Modern languages (Java, C#, Go, Rust, JavaScript, Python, etc.) are in… Continue reading Notes on Build Hardening
I thought I’d comment on a paper about “build safety” in consumer products, describing how software is built to harden it against hackers trying to exploit bugs.
What is build safety?
Modern languages (Java, C#, Go, Rust, JavaScript, Python, etc.) are … Continue reading Notes on Build Hardening
In this report, Kasperky found Eastern European banks hacked with Raspberry Pis and “Bash Bunnies” (DarkVishnya). I thought I’d write up some more detailed notes on this.Drop toolsA common hacking/pen-testing technique is to drop a box physically on th… Continue reading Notes about hacking with drop tools
In this report, Kasperky found Eastern European banks hacked with Raspberry Pis and “Bash Bunnies” (DarkVishnya). I thought I’d write up some more detailed notes on this.
Drop tools
A common hacking/pen-testing technique is to drop a box physically on … Continue reading Notes about hacking with drop tools
HTTP/3 is going to be standardized. As an old protocol guy, I thought I’d write up some comments.
Google (pbuh) has both the most popular web browser (Chrome) and the two most popular websites (#1 Google.com #2 Youtube.com). Therefore, they are in cont… Continue reading Some notes about HTTP/3