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Jul 21

Stop deleting random emails: measure your Gmail before you clean it

#productivity #gmail #email #webdev

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Jul 21

Change management is the Security+ domain people skip, and it hands out free points

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 20

SIEM or SOAR on Security+? One raises the alarm, the other does something about it

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 19

the parallel flag made my dns benchmark faster and its numbers slightly worse

#powershell #dns #networking #security

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Jul 19

You don't need Chrome to clean up your Gmail

#productivity #gmail #email #webdev

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Jul 19

On Security+, "just patch it" is a trap answer for embedded and ICS systems

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 18

the timeout flag on my windows auditor was wired to nothing

#python #security #windows #testing

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Jul 18

Where is the attacker standing? The question that sorts on-path and DNS attacks on Security+

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 17

My optimizer's dry run lied about one module for ten days after I "fixed" it

#powershell #testing #windows #debugging

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Jul 17

Decide how aggressive your Gmail cleanup is before you delete a single email

#productivity #gmail #email #chrome

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Jul 17

Cloud questions on Security+ come down to one line: where does the provider stop?

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 16

The whonix workstation has no internet until the gateway boots tor, so my setup script had to wait for it

#powershell #privacy #security #virtualization

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Jul 16

Every Security+ segmentation question is really asking how far the blast goes

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 15

How to clean up multiple Gmail accounts without losing a weekend

#productivity #gmail #email #chrome

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Jul 15

SQLi vs XSS vs CSRF on Security+: sort the web attacks by asking who trusts whom

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 14

The word boundary that blurred half a student's name

#javascript #chrome #webdev #unicode

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Jul 14

MOU or MOA? Stop guessing on the Security+ vendor agreement questions

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 13

My blur extension kept hiding the wrong students, so I rewrote the name matcher

#chrome #javascript #webdev #privacy

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Jul 13

Why your Gmail fills back up in a month, and how to put cleanup on autopilot

#productivity #gmail #email #webdev

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Jul 13

Wireless security on Security+ is easier once you stop memorizing acronyms and ask two questions

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 12

i normalized four log formats into one shape so my detection rules didn't have to care

#cybersecurity #typescript #logging #opensource

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Jul 12

Symmetric or asymmetric encryption on Security+? The answer is almost always both

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 11

the size cap on my log scanner turns itself off exactly when it can't measure the file

#cybersecurity #python #testing #siem

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Jul 11

How to actually unsubscribe from marketing email in Gmail (and when you shouldn't)

#productivity #gmail #email #webdev

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Jul 11

Zero Trust on Security+ clicks once you split it into two planes

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 10

A Ryzen 7 5800X came out at $80 next to a $200 i7 because my tool read AMD model numbers on Intel's scale

#powershell #windows #testing #programming

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Jul 10

The part of Security+ nobody studies: exam day itself

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jul 9

Stockfish already picks the best move. Getting it to pick a human-looking one was the hard part

#python #chess #testing #gamedev

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Jul 9

The Gmail search operators I use to clear storage instead of paying Google for more

#productivity #gmail #email #chrome

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Jul 9

How to survive the Security+ PBQs without wrecking your timing

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jul 8

My VM state check reads one line of VBoxManage output, and it's one character from reading the wrong one

#powershell #testing #virtualbox #opensource

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Jul 8

Every insecure protocol on Security+ has a secure twin, and the port gives it away

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jul 7

At rest, in transit, in use: the data state Security+ students keep leaving unprotected

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 7

Who signs what: a Security+ walkthrough of PKI and certificates

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 6

DAC, MAC, RBAC, ABAC: the Security+ access control models people keep swapping

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 6

How to actually use practice exams when you're studying for Security+

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 5

Why a stateful firewall won't stop SQL injection, and what Security+ wants you to say instead

#cybersecurity #security #career #learning

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Jul 5

My optimizer's dry run said it applied 9 fixes. It wrote nothing.

#powershell #windows #testing #security

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Jul 4

Hashing, encoding, and encryption are three different jobs, and Security+ catches you when you mix them up

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jul 4

How one line in my log scanner's allowlist was muting alerts I never told it to

#cybersecurity #python #security #opensource

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Jul 4

IDS or IPS? On Security+, one verb in the question decides the answer

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 3

My DNS tool applied a no-log resolver, then leaked lookups over IPv6

#powershell #dns #security #networking

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Jul 2

SAML logs you in, OAuth lets you in: the Security+ protocols people keep confusing

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 2

Most Security+ malware questions are reading comprehension in disguise

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 1

Full, incremental, differential: the Security+ backup question that trips people up

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jul 1

A clean vulnerability scan doesn't mean you're secure: a Security+ Domain 4 breakdown

#cybersecurity #career #security #learning

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Jun 30

On Security+, the password attack is decided by one detail in the question

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 29

The third A in AAA is the one Security+ students forget

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 29

On Security+, half the battle is knowing which log to open

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 25

On Security+, social engineering questions test the principle, not the label

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #career

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Jun 24

Collect the RAM before the disk: the Security+ order-of-volatility question people fail

#security #cybersecurity #comptia #learning

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Jun 23

Mitigate, transfer, avoid, accept: the Security+ risk response people keep mixing up

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 22

Threat, vulnerability, and risk are not synonyms, and Security+ will punish you for treating them like they are

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 21

How to answer Security+ incident response questions when every option looks correct

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 20

Public key or private key? The Security+ crypto direction trap

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 19

Every Security+ control answers two questions, not one

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 18

Most Security+ port questions are secretly asking one thing

#security #cybersecurity #learning #career

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Jun 17

Whaling vs spear phishing on Security+: it's about the target, not the technique

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 17

A password and a PIN aren't multifactor: the Security+ authentication trap

#security #cybersecurity #career #learning

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Jun 16

I couldn't test my VM sizing math without spinning up a real VM

#powershell #testing #cybersecurity #virtualization

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