Ed Costello epc

The citations game: Pressman Ratios

Rubric: Software Engineering : Factual Claims : Defect Cost Increase : Pressman Ratios

Context

See previous note on the IBM Systems Sciences Institute

Origins

Security Tools for AWS

I often get asked which tools are good to use for securing your AWS infrastructure so I figured I'd write a short listof some useful Security Tools for the AWS Cloud Infrastructure.

This list is not intended be something completely exhaustive, more so provide a good launching pad for someone as they dig into AWS and want to make it secure from the start.

Open Source

This section focuses on tools and services provided by the community and released as open-source.

8x Nvidia GTX 1080 Hashcat Benchmarks

Product: Sagitta Brutalis 1080 (PN S3480-GTX-1080-2697-128)

Software: Hashcat v3.00-beta-145-g069634a, Nvidia driver 367.18

Accelerator: 8x Nvidia GTX 1080 Founders Edition

	# By Pete Warden, @petewarden
	# To use this, open ~/.bashrc in your editor of choice,
	# and place these settings at the end.
	# Based on https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/48113 and
	# https://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/better-bash-history/

	# Ignore both duplicate commands, and those that start with a space.
	HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth

	# Append to the history file, don't overwrite it.

	#!/usr/bin/env python

	# Python script to decrypt encrypted ENEX notes exported from Evernote as ENEX
	#
	# This will onle work on notes encypted after 2014 using the "ENC0" format
	#
	# This script requires a modified version of pbkdf2.py to support SHA256
	# https://github.com/PaulUithol/python-pbkdf2
	#
	# There's no helpful error if your password was incorrect, it will just

	That's it - I've finally lost it with Linksys and both my WRT 1900ACs that are only a year old are getting chucked. Don't get me started on all the reasons why, but it's primarily down to continued degradation of wifi signal and the constant need for reboots. Going by the responses to this tweet, that's just what they do: https://twitter.com/troyhunt/status/778867707655487488

	I’m going all out with Ubiquiti instead. No, I'm not interested in [insert the other thing you think rocks here], there's a really vocal majority in favour of Ubiquiti so that's that. Now I need help speccing out what I need for my house as it’s not quite as straight forward as just chucking in a couple of (dodgy) routers.

	Here’s what I’m working with:
	- Large multi-level house about 500m2 (needs at least 2 APs, probably more)
	- Wired ethernet to every room (I believe Cat 5e, was here when I got here)
	- Patch board in the garage and a 100Mbps hub (running patch cables out to a Linksys 8 port gigabit switch instead)
	- 4 wired connection


	Thank you for extending an invitation to speak at HighLoad++. I
	sincerely appreciate your consideration.

	I am an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ equality; this position is deeply
	woven into my work. Clojure From The Ground Up is adamantly
	LGBT-inclusive. Jepsen is named after a gay pop anthem and includes
	dozens of references to same-sex relationships and trans identities. My
	talk slides are populated with bearded nuns, genderqueer punks, and
	trans hackers. My twitter feed is about as gay as it is possible to get.

	library(maptools)
	library(geosphere)

	# load USA state-level spatial data
	# download from http://gadm.org
	# click the 'download' tab
	# select county = 'united states', file format = 'R', click ok
	# download 'level 1' for state-level data
	load("USA_adm1.RData")

	// suggested shell cmd line to run this:
	//
	// mongo --shell example2.js
	//
	// Note: the { out : … } parameter is for mongodb 1.8+

	db.things.insert( { _id : 1, tags : ['dog', 'cat'] } );
	db.things.insert( { _id : 2, tags : ['cat'] } );
	db.things.insert( { _id : 3, tags : ['mouse', 'cat', 'dog'] } );
	db.things.insert( { _id : 4, tags : [] } );