Carl Webster - Scripts and Other Utilities July 20, 2017, 10:05 a.m.

Library of admin scripts for Active Directory.

Building a Bad Ass 1U Server July 13, 2017, 10:11 a.m.

This build is not about building the biggest, baddest, and most redundant server we can build, rather this one is about building the biggest and baddest server that we cram in to a 1U case that is only 19” wide by 12” deep.

Exploits Database by Offensive Security July 7, 2017, 4:07 p.m.

The ultimate archive of Exploits, Shellcode, and Security Papers.

Poking Around DNS Scavenging Settings with PowerShell June 21, 2017, 4:55 p.m.

DNS scavenging, as you may know, takes a good deal of patience and forethought. It's not something you want to just blindly enable without doing any reconnaissance first.

Boto 3 Documentation June 21, 2017, 9:22 a.m.

Boto is the Amazon Web Services SDK for Python, which allows Python developers to write software that makes use of Amazon services like S3 and EC2. Boto provides an easy to use, object-oriented API as well as low-level direct service access.

Deep Dive Into Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks June 20, 2017, 2:24 p.m.

Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks allow EC2 instances that are part of an Auto Scaling group to pause for a specified amount of time during initialization or before terminating. When a lifecycle hook is added to an Auto Scaling group, instances wait a specified amount of time before transitioning to their next state.

Sync Settings June 14, 2017, 12:48 p.m.

Turn syncing on / off for shared google calendars.

Network Protocols – Programmer's Compendium June 13, 2017, 9:55 a.m.

The network stack does several seemingly-impossible things. It does reliable transmission over our unreliable networks, usually without any detectable hiccups. It adapts smoothly to network congestion. It provides addressing to billions of active nodes. It routes packets around damaged network infrastructure, reassembling them in the correct order on the other side even if they arrived out of order. It accommodates esoteric analog hardware needs, like balancing the charge on the two ends of an Ethernet cable. This all works so well that users never hear of it, and even most programmers don't know how it works.

BADA55.io June 13, 2017, 9:06 a.m.

BADA55.io is about finding the most badass leet words for your CSS hex colours.

#c0ffee June 13, 2017, 8:52 a.m.

What real words are actually valid CSS HEX colours? Parsing an English dictionary for entries containing only the letters ABCDEF (and 0157 disguised as OIST) and limiting the result to words of exactly 6 or 3 letters length (#FFFFFF or #FFF) gives us some interesting results.

ipify - Public IP Address API June 9, 2017, 8:27 a.m.

JSON API to find public IP address.

$ curl 'https://api.ipify.org?format=json'
{"ip":"202.50.184.249"}

How to Create an AMI Builder with AWS CodeBuild and HashiCorp Packer June 6, 2017, 8:48 a.m.

Because it’s best practice to maintain infrastructure as code, it makes sense to use automated tooling to script the creation and configuration of AMIs that are used to quickly launch Amazon EC2 instances.

AWS Summit Sydney On-Demand June 6, 2017, 8:37 a.m.

Recorded broadcasts of AWS Summit Sydney’s most exciting and informative sessions.

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Windows Server 2008 May 29, 2017, 10:18 a.m.

The Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide Series provides concise planning guidance for Microsoft infrastructure products, helping to streamline and clarify design processes for unique infrastructure technologies and scenarios.

Creating an initial RRD May 26, 2017, 8:24 a.m.

When creating an RRD database we'll need to specify a couple things, namely one or more Data Sources and one or more Round Robin Archives. The data source (DS) defines what type of data is accepted and some boundaries on what constitutes good data. The round robin archives (RRA) can almost be thought of as views, it defines the different ways we can store and retrieve data.

draw.io May 25, 2017, 3:12 p.m.

Online drawing / charting tool with built in AWS stencils.

Configuring your PDCE with Alternate Time Sources May 23, 2017, 4:21 p.m.

By making the primary NTP server flag 0x9, we made it Client 0x08 + SpecialInterval 0x01 and as for the second NTP time server. By making the secondary NTP peer flag 0xa, we made it 0x08 Client + 0x02 UseAsFallbackOnly. On initial sync during service startup the polling interval time is zero which will not match the special polling interval that our 0x01 flag requires. This being the case w32time will use the Fallback server as its primary choice until the special polling interval arrives then it will use the intended primary server.

Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history May 23, 2017, 12:20 p.m.

List of historical updates for Windows Server 2016. Updates are cumulative and include all previous updates.

Security Bulletin Severity Rating System May 23, 2017, 12:13 p.m.

This system, which we revised in December 2011 based on customer feedback, is intended to help our customers decide which updates they should apply under their particular circumstances, and how rapidly they need to take action.

RRDTool Tutorial May 22, 2017, 8:24 a.m.

RRDtool refers to Round Robin Database tool. Round robin is a technique that works with a fixed amount of data, and a pointer to the current element. Think of a circle with some dots plotted on the edge. These dots are the places where data can be stored. Draw an arrow from the center of the circle to one of the dots; this is the pointer. When the current data is read or written, the pointer moves to the next element. As we are on a circle there is neither a beginning nor an end, you can go on and on and on. After a while, all the available places will be used and the process automatically reuses old locations.