After adding a few IPs to a firewall drop list, I wondered, “exactly how many IPs are in this drop list?” Since the list contained 187 entries, all in CIDR notation, adding up the total number of IPs in my head was impossible. So, I put together this...

Just as the human body requires daily cleanup and factory machines demand turnaround maintenance, your personal computer requires regular cleanup. This simple maintenance does not cost a buck. Failure to carry out regular maintenance would slow down...

** update ** See anon’s comment below. http://twitter.com/str0ke/status/5422531377 *** I first heard the sad news from Michael on the Full-disclosure mailing list. On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Micheal Turner <wh1t3h4t3@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: We...

The Problem An attempt to use sprunge.us (the only paste-bin worth using) with curl from behind a Squid proxy returns an error. The Symptoms Here’s the Squid error message in case you forgot: ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved. While...

The current state of the global economy has shot the U.S. unemployment rate up - waay up. As a result, more people are willing to commit crimes in order to provide for themselves or their family. Just this year, two houses that share the street I live...