The Nmap / DShield Trick
A while back during a pentest my buddy Steve came up with a cool idea for doing Nmap scans while a client is expected to…
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What Parts of Your Identity Are Practical vs. Ideal?
How much of the way you live your life is because of the environment you live in as opposed to being true manifestations of your…
Basic GPG Commands | Daniel Miessler
I hate forgetting things. Here are a few GPG commands for doing the basics from the command line. Examples See what version you’re at: gpg…
How to Instantly Download Any YouTube Video in .mp4 Format
Ever watched a really cool video on YouTube only to find out it’s gone when you go to show it to someone? Well, here’s how…
I Wanted to Congratulate Malcolm Gladwell on His New Book, But Now That I’ve Read It I Know He Doesn’t Deserve Much of the Credit
Gladwell’s new book, Outliers: The Story of Success is phenomenal. It covers something I’ve been thinking about for years: the algorithm for success. It’s a…
The Ultimate Masculinity Test: A Laser Pointer
I am about to present to you the best masculinity test in the entire world. Forget all those brain scans. Forget the surveys. If you’re…
Whole Foods Elitism | Daniel Miessler
I like the way Whole Foods makes me feel, but I don’t like the fact that it makes me feel that way. It reeks of…
A Crazy Idea Regarding the Obama Administration and Security
I have a wicked crazy idea. What if we in the information security community were to organize a campaign to get level-headed, rational thinkers into…
Entering the “Cloud Security” Fray
I’ve not spent a lot of time thinking about this, but here’s how the CloudSec variables move in my mind. The current state of Security…
Microsoft’s Best Kept Secret For IT Professionals
On the desk next to me sits full, legal copies of the following Microsoft software: Windows Server 2008 Windows Small Business Server 2008 Microsoft SQL…
My Idea For A True Content Aggregation Service
I’ve been struggling with a problem for a while now. The problem is how to properly display on my site everything online that I create…
Personal Daemons and Wuffie | Daniel Miessler
Everyone knows the future of technology lies with the individual. One of the ways this will come about is through something I’ve been thinking about…