As web developers we are used to people mostly using teh websites we build in teh way intended.
It can be hard to get into the mindset not just of what can go wrong but how what we have built can be subverted.
There are a lot of tools available to those who want to attack our websites - and I think it is worth web developers having some familiarity with these.
The tools themselves are legal - but should only be used where you have permission.
Read more ...I was recently updating a very old laptop for use in some network testing - all it needs to do is connect to wifi.
I couldn’t understand why I was getting a blank screen after grub loaded
I tried various install media, tried editing grub conf.
The best I could get was a screen saying
Booting a command list
Read more ...I repurposed an old workstation and needed to install Windows with only Linux systems to work from.
This turned out to be painful because the system has an old BIOS and while you can in theory install windows from a USB stick - doing so requires a newer system using UEFI
Linux installs fine from a USB stick so this caught me out.
It turns out the Windows installer works fine from an external DVD drive - but first you may have to buy some double layer DVDs because the image doesn’t quite fit on a normal one.
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