Password Managers
Password managers. You want one. Let’s do this in Q&A format, shall we? Q: WTF is a password manager and why do I want one? A: Have you ever forgotten a password? Do you use the same password on every site? Is your password...How to route all Opnsense traffic through your private VPN
This is for your home network, yes. I tried several how-tos, and basically had to figure it out for myself. Here’s how I did it. Preface: I have two LANs; one for computers, tablets, and phones, and the other for IOT devices, including my Roku (which cannot...What Happens When You Request a Webpage
Okay, with all the securing all the things posts, it occurs to me that I haven’t actually explained this. (I did, however, explain this in depth for an interview at Large Internet Company, so it’s probably higher-level than I thought.) One of my first jobs...Why Public Wifi is So Insecure
Here’s a short demo of sniffing. They [TM] can possibly do this to you at that nice free public wifi spot you’re using. They need to be on your network. This is geographically limited, by which I mean that if you’re in Kansas and visiting a server in...Email Encryption
I’ve been trying to get people to encrypt their email, and send me encrypted email, since 1995 or so. Here’s why: email is cleartext. What does “cleartext” mean? Well, if your ISP is having you send your email out through port 25, you can do...The Best Thing Windows Users Can Do To Prevent Malware
If you’re a Windows user, you probably want to do your daily web surfing as a non-administrative user. This is because any process you launch (on any operating system) runs with your account’s permissions. That means that if your browser runs into an...Generate a Change Script to Move System Databases
I set this up to be modular and reusable, because I like reusing things. This doesn’t actually move your system databases. It just outputs a change script and a revert script. You still have to run the generated script, then log on to your server and restart...De-duplicating files in batch
So, I have a drive full of files. Sometimes, I get a new one–okay, sometimes I get over 1000 new ones–and want to keep the latest and pitch the duplicates without throwing away old files that don’t have a duplicate. These files are of the form...Pull the restore chain from MSDB
What files do I need to restore this database to a point in time? You might know this off the top of your head, especially if you set up the backups or if you don’t have a lot of backups, but just in case you’re panicking, ask MSDB. MSDB knows all…...Subscribe
