Microsoft is finally catching on to a maxim that security experts have almost universally accepted for years: periodic password changes are likely to do more harm than good. In a post published late last month, Microsoft said it was removing periodic password changes from the security baseline settings it recommends for customers and auditors. After… Read more »
Category: Web
Transferring A Domain To The New Cloudflare Registrar
I just received an email from Cloudflare indicating that my wave is now open to transfer my domains. I am quite happy with the service of my current domain registrar (internet.bs) however I wanted to see how the price compared. I thought that internet.bs was really competitive on price but after seeing $9.95 on Cloudflare… Read more »
Reverse Engineering the iHome iSP5 SmartPlug Communications
I got a couple of the iHome iSP5 Smart Plugs and wanted to integrate them into OpenHAB. This is just some rough digging I have done so far in the communications between the phone app and their server. Part 2, if I get to it will look at the communications between the server and the… Read more »
Rainmeter Google Traffic Estimation Skin
For anyone who has wondered how to have a meter on your desktop to estimate time in traffic to a set destination, its actually very easy. I have created a demo on how to do this in the attached ZIP file. You need to fill in the configuration with a google maps API key as… Read more »
SSL Resources I Find Helpful
I haven’t posted in awhile so I thought I would share some great SSL resources I have been using lately on a few of my projects. The first is SSL labs. This service performs a deep analysis of the configuration of any SSL web server on the public Internet. I have used it to verify my… Read more »