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Monthly Archives: July 2016
safe computing – strengthening passwords
A password is simply a method of verifying who you are. When a good password is selected it is both easy to remember but not easy to guess. It should contain both upper and lower case letters, numbers and if … Continue reading
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When all you have is a hammer …
I was speaking with a friend the other day and he was telling about this crazy thing that was being done in his department. There was a task that needed to be done usually once a day and it was … Continue reading
Posted in Command line, programming
Tagged scripting, testing
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Punishment for laziness – root password recovery
I had a new idea for adding one more computer to my life. The task was to actually provide some fun new functionality to my family and I attacked the task. At the beginning, I needed to log in as … Continue reading
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Tagged linux, security
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command line fun – spaces and arguments
I normally get to control most aspects of the program. The most important yet trivial is the parameters that are being passed to the program. Because I know what I want it is usually possible to coerce the calling script … Continue reading
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Tagged linux, scripting
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