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 somewhat solid conclusion that I…
Category: Mix
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 our group has Mac OS…
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 wicked thing about this ratio…
Blackberry | Daniel Miessler
Got me a Blackberry. My old Nokia has been irking me as of late, and I have been wanting to get myself a new phone…
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”. Depending on who you are,…
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 called Alternative Data Streams, and…
Study: SMTP | Daniel Miessler
SMTPRFC 821 SMTP is the main protocol used for sending mail on the Internet. Understanding it to at least a moderate degree is a must.…
Go OS X
Cherry OS has just come out with one of the coolest things to hit desktop computing in years. This software will allow those who don’t…
Writing | Daniel Miessler
It seems my writing has gone from something of an experiment/curiosity to something different. I am not sure what that new thing is quite yet,…
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, nating, and other cool stuff…
A Bigger Boat | Daniel Miessler
Well, I have published another article after over a year without doing so, and this time it has met with some fairly substantial success. The…
Diffie-Hellman | Daniel Miessler
Diffie-Hellman is a key exchange protocol developed by Diffie and Hellman (imagine that) in 1976. The purpose of Diffie-Hellman is to allow two entities to…