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Create a VPN killswitch with UFW

by Manjunath Matathamana

Implement a VPN killswitch that will stop all internet traffic when your VPN goes down

General security issues in organizations.

by Kamal Mahendra Sirisena

The article discuss general security issues in organizations by considering some common security components.

.NET Core: Compile Once, Run Everywhere

by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

PoC - a small trip to see how .NET Core IS multiplatform

.NET-like Reflection Support for Enums in C++

by ZhaoRuFei

This article provides a macro + template solution to support .NET-like Reflection for enums such as ToString, IsDefined, Parse, GetValues, GetNames.

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Create a VPN killswitch with UFW

by Manjunath Matathamana

Implement a VPN killswitch that will stop all internet traffic when your VPN goes down

General security issues in organizations.

by Kamal Mahendra Sirisena

The article discuss general security issues in organizations by considering some common security components.

.NET Core: Compile Once, Run Everywhere

by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

PoC - a small trip to see how .NET Core IS multiplatform

.NET-like Reflection Support for Enums in C++

by ZhaoRuFei

This article provides a macro + template solution to support .NET-like Reflection for enums such as ToString, IsDefined, Parse, GetValues, GetNames.

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{fmt}

by Martin Vorbrodt

I found this cool little text formatting library with very clean interface and wanted to share it with you. I decided the best way to introduce it to you is not through an extensive tutorial but rather code which illustrates how to use it; so I wrote a program which does the same thing in […]

3D Engine, from GLUT to GLFW

by Martin Vorbrodt

3D Engine, from GLUT to GLFW

7 Tips to Optimize Your Dockerfile for Faster Builds and Smaller Images

by Trần_Tuấn_Anh

In the world of containerization, Docker has become an essential tool for developers and DevOps engineers. However, creating an efficient Dockerfile is crucial for ensuring your Docker images are not only small in size but also built quickly.

A Basic Guide on How to Deploy An Application to Alibaba Cloud Container Service from Bitbucket…

by Haseeb A. Basil

A Basic Guide on How to Deploy An Application to Alibaba Cloud Container Service from Bitbucket and Securing it with Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS 2019.

A Basic Guide on How to Deploy An Application to Alibaba Cloud Container Service from Bitbucket…

by Haseeb A. Basil

A Basic Guide on How to Deploy An Application to Alibaba Cloud Container Service from Bitbucket and Securing it with Let’s Encrypt SSL/TLS 2019.

An Introduction to Design Pattern – Part 1

by sayem.bd

This article is the first part of a series of article which will try to explain the basics of design patterns

An Introduction to Design Pattern - Part 2

by sayem.bd

This article is the second part of a series of articles which will try to explain the basics of design patterns.

Auto Login in TI-SDK, Am335x

by johnniealan

Auto Login in TI-SDK, Am335x

Building a Solr Cluster with TerraForm – Part 1

by Kevin Mack

How to build a Solr cluster with Terraform

Bypassing ASLR and DEP - Getting Shells with pwntools

by Dan Sporici

A short trick to bypass both ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) and DEP (Data Execution Prevention) in order to obtain a shell in a buffer-overflow vulnerable binary

C vs C++: Linux Analysis Case

by Issam Lahlali

C vs C++: Linux analysis case

Cassandra Chapter Three – Data Model

by mumera

An Associative Array is one of the most basic and useful data structures where each value is identified by a key, usually a string.

Considerations for SQL Server on Linux

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Overview of SQL Server on Linux

Convenient Way to Manage Multiple SSH Keys

by RCL_SPD

This is a convenient way to manage multiple SSH keys

Creating a Smart Hydrophone Processing System- Software

by grilialex

This article is a continuation of the previous article on Creating a Smart Hydrophone Processing System – Hardware. It is assumed that you have already setup the Raspberry Pi to have remote desktop and SSH agents active.

Creating and hosting ASP.NET Core application on Linux — Nothing Third-Party

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post I share a complete overview and explanation of creating and hosting ASP.NET Core applications on Linux environment -- without using any third-party plugins or libraries.

Cross-Platform Selenium with DotNet Core

by Andrew Blank

A bit about this project I was asked by a co-worker for an example of using Selenium Web Browser Automation with C# so I wrote a quick example in C# with MSTest and DotNet Core and I posted it to Github. https://github.com/andyrblank/Selenium-C-Sharp-Example What is Selenium?

Debugging Unity 3D with VSCode

by Simon Jackson

Debugging Unity 3D with VSCode

Deploying a Self Contained .NET Core Application on Linux and Run as a Daemon Process

by CrazyCoder26

How to deploy a self contained .NET Core application on Linux and run as a daemon process

Discovering the Largest Supported MTU

by RCL_SPD

Discovering the largest supported MTU

Effective Shell Interlude: Understanding the Shell

by Dave Kerr

You may be familar with the shell, but it can be useful to understand some of the surrounding concepts in detail. How does a shell differ from a terminal? What is a tty? How do shells really work? Hopefully as you read this article you'll discovery something that you didn't know about shells.

Essential Macros for C Programming

by hudku

Essential macros for C programming

Few Features of ASP.NET Core 2.0

by Passion4Code

This post lists a few features of ASP.NET Core 2.0.

Fix /dev/kvm is Not Found and Device Permission Denied Errors on Linux/Ubuntu 20.04/19.04

by Ahmed Bouchefra

Solutions to problems you'll encounter when creating new virtual devices

Formatting CPP, C, JavaScript and Other Stuff

by 10xlearner

A post on how to format CPP, C, JavaScript and other stuff

Getting Linux to Boot on DOSBox-X

by Minh Danh Nguyen (ToughDev)

How to get Linux to boot on DOSBox-X

Git: Setting Sublime Text as the Default Editor for Git (Linux Mint/Ubuntu)

by John Atten

Setting Sublime Text as the default editor for Git (Linux Mint/Ubuntu).

Guide for Building C# Apps on Ubuntu: MonoProject Introduction

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is the first part in the series of posts about Ubuntu programming using C# language. In this post, I have discussed a few features of MonoProject IDE, which is used for C# programming on Ubuntu environment.

How to Use SSH to Access a Linux Machine from Windows

by John Atten

How to use SSH to access a Linux machine from Windows

Increase Linq Query Performance by Compiling It

by Pranay Rana

How to increase Linq query performance by compiling it

Install a Desktop Environment GUI on Ubuntu Server in Azure

by OwenDavies

Installing a desktop environment and setting up RDP to allow us to connect to our Virtual Machine

Install Sublime Text 3 (beta) on Linux Mint or Ubuntu

by John Atten

Install Sublime Text 3 (beta) on Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

Install XAMPP on a Ubuntu 13.04 virtual machine running on Windows Azure

by pollirrata

Install XAMPP on a Ubuntu 13.04 virtual machine running on Windows Azure.

Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL 9.4 on Linux Mint/Ubuntu

by John Atten

Installing and configuring PostgreSQL on a Linux box is either simple, because you are a Linux and/or Postgres expert, or not so simple, because you are new(er) to Linux, Postgres, or both. Over the past year, I have resided firmly in the latter camp.

Installing MINIX 3 on QEMU/KVM with Networking

by Mark Vinod Sinnathamby

Installing MINIX 3 on QEMU/KVM with networking

Installing Sublime Text 2 on Linux Mint/Ubuntu (for Linux Newcomers)

by John Atten

Installing Sublime Text 2 on Linux.

Installing Ubuntu VM in Azure

by Johan Ohlin

Installing Ubuntu VM in Azure.

Is JavaScript Function Invocation Confusing?

by _debasis

Is JavaScript function invocation confusing

Kali Linux Desktop on Windows Subsystem for Linux

by Matt Pogue

Run Xfce desktop environment on Kali Linux in WSL. No systemd installation required!

Linux (Bash Shell) on Windows 10 – My Experiments

by Sujay Sarma

Linux (Bash Shell) on Windows 10

LINUX: Scripts and Alias

by Chief Endian

Scripts and Alias in Linux

LINUX: Alias and Script Subshells

by Chief Endian

An update to my last post on Scripts and Alias

LINUX: Creating Macros in VIM Editor

by Chief Endian

Creating Macros in VIM Editor

LINUX: Repeat Command/Action N Times in VIM Editor

by Chief Endian

Repeat Command/Action N Times in VIM Editor

LINUX: Sub-shells

by Chief Endian

Sub-shells in Linux

LINUX: The Power of HERE Documents

by Chief Endian

The Power of HERE Documents

Linux's [wc] Command Cloned with node.js

by Gergo Bogdan

This time I implemented the wc command from Linux using node.js

Linux's [yes] Command Cloned with node.js

by Gergo Bogdan

Re-implementing linux's yes command using node.js

Log Analytics – Disk Queries

by Kevin Mack

A few disk queries for log analytics

Mastering External Web APIs in ASP.NET Core and ABP with Swagger, ApiExplorer, and NSwag

by Lee P Richardson

This post is the story of how to generate an unauthenticated client.

Monitoring a UPS with Nut and lighttpd on Linux - Part 1

by Matt Pogue

How to monitor a UPS with Nut and lighttpd on Linux

Multi-datacenter container orchestration with Nomad and Consul

by Sander Knape

Nomad is a distributed, multi-datacenter scheduler for containers, virtual machines and more. It’s a tool from Hashicorp, the company that also brings us Consul, a service-discovery tool that allows you to register and discover services. With the latest big release of Nomad (version 0.4), inte

Networking and Socket Programming Tutorial in C

by Edison Heng

Networking and Socket programming tutorial in C.

Observations, Tips and Tricks for the CKA Certification

by Dave Kerr

Tips for CKA Certification

Parallelizing C++ Boost Unit Test Cases

by Naveen

An improvisation to boost unit test frame work that will let you run unit test cases in parallel.

PCL Targets for Mono / MonoGame Projects

by Simon Jackson

PCL targets for Mono / MonoGame projects

Preparing the Development Environment for Java – Windows and Ubuntu

by Andrei Ion Rînea

How to prepare the development environment for Java - Windows and Ubuntu

Publishing your ASP.NET App to Linux in 5 minutes with Docker

by rahulsahay20

Publishing your ASP.NET app to Linux in 5 minutes with Docker

React, Axios and Redux: Asynchronously Fetch and Save Data to Local Storage

by Ahmed Bouchefra

How to build a React application and manage its state using Redux

React/GraphQL Tutorial: Build a First Example App in 4 Easy Steps

by Ahmed Bouchefra

How to build a React application in four easy steps

Redis: Replication, Part 1 – An Overview. Replication vs Sharding. Sentinel vs Cluster. Redis Topology

by setevoy4

In this post – some quick overview, a brief explanation about differences in Redis data storage, topology examples. In short terms but with links to detailed documentation and other useful posts on other resources.

Redis-Sentinel TwemProxy Agent

by Karl Stoney

A nodejs agent to connect to Redis-Sentinel and update TwemProxy on master node changes

Remote desktop connection to Ubuntu VM in the Azure cloud using an SSH tunnel

by Johan Ohlin

This post describes how to setup a graphical user interface and connect to it through an encrypted tunnel.

Setting Up Wazuh for Host-Based Monitoring

by Matt Pogue

Deploy XDR, host integrity, and more with Wazuh Server

Shell Programming Secrets Nobody Talks About (Part 1)

by V. Subhash

About odd but critical shell-programming details that get easily forgotten or ignored

Shell script for converting progressive JPEGs to baseline

by Alex Fotios

Identify all progressive JPEGs in a directory tree and batch convert them to baseline.

Super Lightweight Bookmarks Manager - dmenu Bookmarks with bm

by OwenDavies

How to store internet bookmarks to disk in a non-proprietary way and make them easily accessible

Tinkerforge Weather Station, part 3 - Continuing the project after a decade

by Christian Specht

Troubleshooting Hard-to-Find Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Crash Due to Issues with NTVDMx64

by Minh Danh Nguyen (ToughDev)

This article describes how to use WinDbg to identify issues that may prevent Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) from starting.

Using Cron Job to Adjust Time

by Alvin Bunk

Using Cron job to adjust time

Using Visual Studio Code with Windows Subsystem for Linux

by Shun Huang

How to use Visual Studio code with Windows subsystem for Linux

What Code Editor to Use for .NET Core on MacOS?

by Jason Sultana

A short discussion of some different options available for developing .net core applications on Mac OS

What is SQLite3?

by essentialSQL

SQLite3 is a compact free database you can use easily to create and use a database. Learn more about it in this blog post.

Why LINUX?

by nimesh ghelani

This article discusses in brief who should switch to Linux and why.

Windows Server Backup

by deveck

How to make incremental backups from Windows to Linux using free tools

Writing a Linux 4k Intro

by RCL_SPD

How to write a Linux 4K introduction