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June 27, 2018

Linux Mint and Yubikey PIV-Tool dependency

December 11, 2016

Quick n’ dirty loop to check breaches against Have I Been Pwned API

December 6, 2016

Using ExpressVPN with Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian Linux

Technology

Centralizing logs with Papertrail

Posted onFebruary 13, 2016October 23, 2016

Sysadmins have a love/hate relationship with logs. We spend hours and hours every day diving through them looking for clues about what happened that shouldn’t […] Read More

Technology

Fun with Curl

Posted onFebruary 7, 2016October 23, 2016

Curl is one of those quintessential *nix tools that adheres beautifully to the “one tool, one task” philosophy. curl exists to give us the ability […] Read More

Technology

Elections in the democratic republic of Splunk

Posted onDecember 15, 2015October 23, 2016

If you can’t have fun with your technology, then throw it out and get new technology. The product I interact most with at work is […] Read More

Science

How does logic work?

Posted onNovember 27, 2015October 23, 2016

Today I ran across what is likely the most elemental example of logic ever devised. Aristotle is credited with its earliest forms and I am […] Read More

Science

Emergence and Reductionism

Posted onNovember 26, 2015October 23, 2016

Reductionism is a philosophy that provides some interesting thought exercises. When applied to science, the basic theory is that all science can be revealed as […] Read More

Science

Why complicated science is not good science

Posted onNovember 14, 2015October 23, 2016

As part of my undergrad studies we need to gain an understanding of what science is, what it is not, and – if it is […] Read More

OpEd

Rise of the Machines – Why do old things matter?

Posted onNovember 8, 2015December 3, 2017

I went to a Christmas craft show today and a large part of the space was devoted to antiques and collectibles. The vendors had very […] Read More

Technology

What does brute force SSH hacking look like?

Posted onNovember 3, 2015October 23, 2016

Brute force hacking is the easiest, least effective, and messiest method of all the ways to attempt to gain access to a system. It leaves […] Read More

Science

Correlation != Causation

Posted onNovember 2, 2015October 23, 2016

One of the things I love most about science is hearing other people call science a “thing”. “Science says the planets are round”. “Science says […] Read More

OpEd

Jon Watson

Posted onNovember 1, 2015January 24, 2019

LinkedIn My public GPG key I am a Linux sysadmin. I currently work in the security industry, but I’ve worked in a lot of verticals […] Read More

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Series: My website is down. Now what?

This is a multi-part series about how to keep your cool when your website is down and be part of the solution instead of a seething mass of non-helpfulness.

Part 1: Overview
Part 2: DNS Issues
Part 3: Routing
Part 4: Layers (firewalls, etc.)
Part 5: SSL/ TLS and HTTPS problems

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