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Suricata + RPi = Robin to USG's Batman
Security

Suricata + RPi = Robin to USG's Batman

The Unifi Security Gateway has a nifty threat management module which uses Suricata for IDS/IPS - however, when enabling this you will drop down to 85Mbps on your

· 5 min read
What you don't know may hurt you
Security

What you don't know may hurt you

With the rise in breaches and increased focus on cyber security by companies, it is easy to forget that your home is just another IP in the sea

· 6 min read
Sending logs from home network to Azure Log Analytics
Security

Sending logs from home network to Azure Log Analytics

I had this thought of using the power of the cloud to secure my home network - basically centralizing interesting logs from various devices on my home network in

· 5 min read
Automatically block malicious IPs on Unifi Security Gateway
Security

Automatically block malicious IPs on Unifi Security Gateway

Keeping your firewall rules updated can be a tedious chore when doing it manually - especially when there is so much malicious traffic going on from multiple sources. Here's how I do it on my home network.

· 4 min read
Hack on the go
WSL

Hack on the go

Straight to it: Windows 10, WSL 2 and Kali. To me: Best of both worlds, but I do realize it is a subject of preference and passion. But,

· 3 min read
OSCP - My take

OSCP - My take

As is customary, I thought I would do a review of my OSCP journey (as I can't divulge too many details about the actual exam and

· 7 min read
Resize disk for Ubuntu Hyper-V Quick Create image
Linux

Resize disk for Ubuntu Hyper-V Quick Create image

After installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS through Hyper-V Quick Create gallery, I quickly ran into an issue of the out-of-disk-space nature. This is because

· 3 min read
Remote development with VSCode
Development

Remote development with VSCode

The @code team shimmied down my chimney really early this year with a awesome present! Finally, I can use my WSL and containerized environments for development in VSCode

· 3 min read
Instrumenting Ghost with Application Insights
Application Insights

Instrumenting Ghost with Application Insights

Track Ghost requests, performance, exceptions, dependency calls,etc with Application Insights using a custom Docker image.

· 2 min read
Understand limitations, then break them
Personal

Understand limitations, then break them

Don't let the Minecraft theme fool you - read through and see why we all need to challenge limitations. In a fun way ;)

· 2 min read
Docker multi-stage build + Azure Artifacts = true
Docker

Docker multi-stage build + Azure Artifacts = true

Problem: When running tasks like dotnet restore inside a Docker multi-stage build, it will fail if nuget.config refers to a Azure Artifacts feed due to 401

· 3 min read
Add scopes to Azure AD via Azure CLI
Azure AD

Add scopes to Azure AD via Azure CLI

So, in the world of efficiency and automation, clickety-clack in the Azure Portal is not where you want to be - no matter how much of a mouse

· 3 min read