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Auto Screenlock when removing HID device

Security | 09 Sep 2016

A quick look at auto locking a linux laptop when removing a HID device like the usb Yubikey.

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Openssl Testing Cheat Sheet

www | 23 Aug 2015

A bunch of useful commands to validate openssl implementations. Including validating ciphers, cert signature algorithms, and expiry dates.

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Linux Desktop 2fa with Pam u2f

2fa | 10 Jun 2015

Increasing security using 2fa and Passwordless (token) Authentication on desktop.

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Setup OpenPGP Card on the Yubikey Neo

Security | 08 Jun 2015

Setting up the OpenPGP card on the Yubico Yubikey NEO. This enables you to sign and encrypt files.

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Enigmail Thunderbird

Security | 08 Jun 2015

Enigmail setup in Thunderbird, sign and encrypt email using OpenPGP signing and encryption.

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OpenVPN with 2fa

2fa | 01 Jun 2015

OpenVPN setup with 2fa, covering double tls, high grade ciphers and certs, through to setting up google authenticator pam module.

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Apache Directory Access

www | 23 Jun 2014

locking down the apache access methods.

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Finding spammers in the apache log

www | 17 Jul 2011

This is one of a few scripts to come that can be made into a daemon to crunch down on unwanted crawler, brute forcers / spam traffic...

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