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How to log X-Forwarded-For events in IIS 8.5+ and in Apache
At my day job, we use a cloud based content delivery service called Incapsula that also acts as a cloud based load balancer. Like just about every load balancing solution, when traffic finally hits...
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Testing out a new way to monetize using Coinhive!
Ever since Google implemented their Panda angorithm years ago, and ever since Google booted me off Adsense for no reason whatsoever, I've been struggling to monetize Bauer-Power. To add insult to...
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The end of an era. StartCom is packing up shop.
I was a big proponent of StartCom SSL certificates. I wrote about them in the past, and used them quite a bit over the years. I mean, the price was right. How can you beat free?Well, last year around...
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Cisco Finesse Cannot Authenticate With The Notification Service
I love waking up in the morning extra early, and hearing the lovely sound of my IM client at my computer (I work from home). It usually means that something is broken for someone. Well, this morning...
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Senators Asking FCC to Delay Net Neutrality Vote
Citing concerns over the possibility that fake comments will be used to file the agency's public comment, twenty-eight senators are calling on the FCC to delay it's vote on repealing net neutrality...
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai basically tells net neutrality supporters they can eat...
FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai (Asshole)OK, to be perfectly honest, the title of this blog post is not an exact quote. FCC Chairman, Ajit Pai did not actually tell net neutrality supporters that they can eat a...
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Mining Bitcoin on a 55 year old IBM mainframe works worse than expected
I ran into an interesting blog post today where a guy named Ken Shirriff decided to test what would happen if you mined Bitcoin on a 55 year old IBM 1401 mainframe! If you think he was able to really...
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Over 31 Million Ai.type user's info leaked in massive data breach
Researchers from Kromtech Security center have discovered that personal information from around 31 million users have been leaked online due to a security vulnerability in the popular smartphone...
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Former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Says Ajit Pai is Selling Out Consumers At...
On Monday we reported that Ajit Pai would not delay their vote to overturn Obama era protections of net neutrality. This was in response to senators requesting that the FCC delay their vote.One can...
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Book Review: Security and Privacy in an IT World: Managing and Meeting Online...
My good friend and mentor (Basically the guy who taught me everything I know about Linux) , Craig MacKinder, recently wrote a book! It is called Security and Privacy in an It World: Managing and...
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If you have an HP laptop, you might have a keylogger installed
HP has done it again. They have screwed over their customers by leaving something nasty installed in over 460 of their laptop models. This nasty thing is a keylogger program that can be used by hackers...
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Google Creates More Magic With Pixel 2
Google Pixel 2 XLGoogle has raised the curtain on the newest edition of its Pixel phone line and Android fans will not be disappointed.A worthy successor to the original Pixel, the Pixel 2 combines an...
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When I made this video, #Bitcoin was trading for $12.83
I made this video for my old Tech Chop video series back in October of 2012! When this video came out, nobody really had heard about Bitcoin at that time. It was trading for roughly $12.83 per Bitcoin...
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10 Upcoming Gadgets and Technologies to Change the World
Digital technology has come a long way through all leaps and bounds over the past five years. Cloud computing, smartphones, and multi-touch tablets are the innovations which revolutionized our personal...
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How Secure Is Your Operating System?
Ever wonder how secure your information truly is? What security protocols do you practice? Maybe creating a password? Locking the computer so others cannot access your data? Bypassing windows passwords...
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htaccess not working with https on Apache
I noticed an issue the other day on a Wordpress server I manage that runs on Ubuntu. We have several virtual directories on that server that use rewrite rules in an htaccess file to present content...
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The FCC's regulations on the internet have been killed. Are we "feeballing"...
I have been a pretty big proponent of actual Net Neutrality. By that I mean that I feel that governments and ISP's should leave the Internet the hell alone! The Internet is the ultimate experiment in...
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What's a computer? Does Apple think we're really this stupid?
In the above pretentious as fuck advertisement for the iPad Pro with iOS 11, Apple says we may be closer to a PC free world than we think. How do they say it though? They take a nerdy girl, and make...
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How to make Coinhive autostart in the background when someone visits your site
I wrote a little while back that I was going to give Coinhive a shot for monetizing Bauer-Power. The sucky thing about it is that using their Simple Miner UI, it requires users to actively press the...
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I've decided to ditch Coinhive
I wrote a little while back that I was going to give Coinhive a shot for monetizing Bauer-Power. I also published a story this morning on how I tested loading Coinhive shortlinks in an invisible iFrame...
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