Category: Mix

The Ubermensch | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

The Ubermensch | Daniel Miessler

This blog post points out some very interesting philisophical issues with Pixar’s new movie “The Incredibles”. I noticed the two…

3 Things All Geeks Must Read
01
Apr
2025

3 Things All Geeks Must Read

Below is a list of three articles/stories that every single geek absolutely must be aware of and be willing to…

Bash vs. Python | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Bash vs. Python | Daniel Miessler

Well, after reading Linux’s comments on interpreted languages and discussing the matter with Ken some, I have come to the…

OS X, Linux, NASA, Future
01
Apr
2025

OS X, Linux, NASA, Future

Here’s a recent quote from a /. post that I find rather interesting: I work for NASA; almost everyone in…

Study: Phi – The Golden Ratio
01
Apr
2025

Study: Phi – The Golden Ratio

The golden ratio is a number, approximately 1.618, which when considered as a ratio posseses many interesting properties (Wikipedia). The…

Blackberry | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Blackberry | Daniel Miessler

Got me a Blackberry. My old Nokia has been irking me as of late, and I have been wanting to…

Network Intrusion Prevention Systems | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Network Intrusion Prevention Systems | Daniel Miessler

Anyone keeping track of the security vendor/technology hype knows that IPS has quickly replaced IDS as the “next big thing”….

Study: Alternative Data Streams | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Study: Alternative Data Streams | Daniel Miessler

You may be interested to know about another “SECRET” that the boys in Redmond try not to advertise. It is…

Study: SMTP | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Study: SMTP | Daniel Miessler

SMTPRFC 821 SMTP is the main protocol used for sending mail on the Internet. Understanding it to at least a…

Go OS X
01
Apr
2025

Go OS X

Cherry OS has just come out with one of the coolest things to hit desktop computing in years. This software…

Writing | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

Writing | Daniel Miessler

It seems my writing has gone from something of an experiment/curiosity to something different. I am not sure what that…

An IPTABLES Primer | Daniel Miessler
01
Apr
2025

An IPTABLES Primer | Daniel Miessler

iptables is the packet filtering technology that’s built into the 2.4 Linux kernel. It’s what allows one to do firewalling,…