Driving and Mobile Phones | Daniel Miessler
A study has been released that says that talking on a mobile phone while driving is still very dangerous even if it’s hands-free. The interesting…
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2 SSH Brute-Force-Attack Countermeasures | Daniel Miessler
Switch to Pure Key-based AuthenticationI say pure because it doesn’t help to just enable key-based authentication; you have to disable passwords as an option altogether…
Why Some Businesses Require You to Sign Your Credit Card Receipt and Others Don’t
Many people wonder why some businesses require them to sign a receipt when they pay with a credit card, while others just give a receipt…
Fun With CSS’s list-style-type | Daniel Miessler
In continuing with ongoing efforts to improve the site, I’ve modified the look of the lists in my sidebars. Among the changes are some differentiation…
How I Organize My iPhone Applications
It can be frustrating to not have a system for your iPhone app organization–especially if you’re an optimization freak like me. Here’s how I do…
My Skater Days | Daniel Miessler
This is me in 87′ executing a handplant. For anyone interested, that’s a John Lucero board with a super short tail. The board was stolen…
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…
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…