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Remote Desktop Connections in Windows 10

11th July 201811th July 2018 @davidcostello42

Recently a Windows update was published by Microsoft that can cause errors connecting to hosts using the Remote Desktop Connection application. The error that displays actually explains the nature of […]

 Computing, Security  Command Line, Remote Desktop, Security, Windows  Leave a comment

MD5 as a password storage mechanism is still a good idea

30th August 20178th September 2017 @davidcostello42

No, I’m not mad. Hear me out It is now good practise not to use MD5 for secure hashes. There have been published rainbow tables of the most common password […]

 Programming, Security  Encryption, Hashes, Hashing, PHP, Programming, Python, Security  Leave a comment

Configure FTP on a Raspberry Pi

12th August 201712th August 2017 @davidcostello42

Firstly; let me stress that you should really try and avoid using FTP. It’s an old protocol, it’s not secure – and by default the SSH support on the Pi […]

 Internet, Programming, Security  FTP, Linux, Raspberry Pi, Security  Leave a comment

Code Scraps: Command Line manual logging

4th July 201720th July 2017 @davidcostello42

I have a collection of eBooks that I’ve bought over the years, and thanks to sites like HumbleBundle, my collection is growing on a fairly regular basis. I keep them […]

 Code Scraps, Computing, Programming  Batch Scripts, Command Line, Entertainment, Programming, Security  Leave a comment

Code Scraps: Allow root to login via SSH

5th June 20172nd February 2018 @davidcostello42

Most modern Linux systems will prevent the root user from logging in remotely via SSH. This is a very good security practice and you should avoid altering this as it […]

 Code Scraps, Computing, Programming, Security  Bash, Linux, Security, Shell  Leave a comment

WannaCrypt: Protect yourself from infected network neighbours

15th May 201712th September 2017 @davidcostello42

The WannaCrypt virus that spread globally on Friday uses the EternalBlue network sharing propagation bug to spread across local networks. You can hinder the ability to be infected by other […]

 Computing, Security  Security, Windows  Leave a comment

Forgotten your MySQL root password? No problem!

6th May 201715th September 2017 @davidcostello42

I recently forgot the root password to a MySQL instance on one of my machines. Follow this quick and easy guide for whenever this happens to you. Stop MySQL sudo […]

 Programming, Security  Command Line, MySQL, Programming, Security, SQL  Leave a comment

Let’s Encrypt for Apache on the Raspberry Pi

4th May 20172nd January 2018 @davidcostello42

Over the past six months I have had all sorts of issues with SSL on my home server powered by a Raspberry Pi. Originally I was using a free Class 1 […]

 Internet, Programming, Security  Programming, Raspberry Pi, Security, SSL  Leave a comment

Is GIT really a better choice than SVN?

6th October 201615th September 2017 @davidcostello42

First of all, I should point out I actually like GIT. That’s important to state as this article may seem very negative. What follows is a semi-rant about how GIT […]

 Internet, Programming, Security  Enterprise, GIT, Programming, Security, Source Control, SVN  Leave a comment

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