Explores the $500 security guarantee for finding vulnerabilities in qmail, highlighting principles for secure open-source software development.
A developer's initial experience using Google's OSS-Fuzz project to perform large-scale fuzz testing on the open-source libyaml library.
A developer creates a Chrome extension and Android app for generating secure, service-specific passwords from a master passphrase, inspired by existing tools.
A guide to using an AWS CloudFormation template for standardizing the configuration of new linked accounts, including security and administrative roles.
Argues that web browsers should actively warn against and eventually block performance-harming and inaccessible web development practices.
Dropbox's latest update adds a non-removable Finder toolbar, sparking criticism for poor UX and ignoring user control.
A developer explains building a security-focused static code analysis tool for Gulp by extending an existing plugin, following open source philosophy.
An introduction to threat modeling, a security technique for identifying assets, attack vectors, and attackers to build better system defenses.
Analyzes global network latency, highlighting the worst ping delay between Dagupan, Philippines and Alblasserdam, Netherlands.
Critique of the role="password" ARIA attribute, arguing it undermines security, accessibility, and user experience by enabling poorly implemented custom password fields.
Argues for using plain text emails over HTML, citing tracking, security, and usability issues with HTML email.
A technical critique of Sucuri Security's flawed analysis of TLS certificate verification, focusing on errors in their assessment of Python's Requests library.
Analysis of a cryptographic vulnerability in the Beaker Python library's session encryption due to nonce reuse in AES-CTR mode.
A technical guide on implementing a Subresource Integrity (SRI) TagHelper for ASP.NET Core, covering hash calculation, caching, and browser security.
Explores the new Protect/Unprotect-CmsMessage cmdlets in PowerShell V5 for DSC credential encryption, detailing upgrade challenges.
A guide to implementing Subresource Integrity (SRI) security for CDN resources using a custom ASP.NET Core TagHelper.
Analysis of the Apple vs FBI encryption case, arguing that longer passcodes can maintain iPhone security even if Apple loses.
A guide to implementing HTTP Public Key Pinning (HKPK) with Let's Encrypt certificates on an nginx server for enhanced TLS security.
Introduces a PowerShell script to simplify creating SSL/TLS certificates, CA certificates, and client certificates, automating complex command-line tools.
A recap of the London VMUG January 2016 meeting, covering VMware ecosystem talks on security, storage, automation, and case studies.
