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Obtaining the certificate from a website

Extracting SSL certificates from websites can be crucial for verifying server identities and securing communications. ...

Ferk - Oct 29, 2024   Read More >>>

Chuck Norris is an HTML color!?

Yep, «bgcolor="chucknorris"» is valid in HTML! here's why...

Ferk - Feb 3, 2024   Read More >>>

Non-printable Control Characters from ASCII

Reference and information for all control characters

Ferk - Feb 3, 2023   Read More >>>

Windows "God Mode"

Ferk - Jan 26, 2023   Read More >>>

GIMP Python scripting

Manipulating images with Python scripting through GIMP

Ferk - Aug 3, 2022   Read More >>>

Keystore and Certificate formats

Reference on keystore and certificate formats & on how to convert across them

Ferk - Jun 27, 2022   Read More >>>

Bonjour Multicast DNS

mDNS (multicasting DNS) is a technology that allows devices to automatically find and connect to services, such as printers, file servers, or other devices, without the need for manual configuration or a centralized server. ...

Ferk - May 5, 2022   Read More >>>

IPFS home server

How to run your own IPFS node on a NAS or similar home server

Ferk - Feb 5, 2022   Read More >>>

Writting tiny SVGs

Small guide on making some simple and embeddable SVG images

Ferk - Jan 15, 2022   Read More >>>

Renaming multiple files in one go

Different commands and utilities to mass rename files

Ferk - Jan 8, 2022   Read More >>>

Theories of time

The concept of time has been a subject of philosophical, scientific, and metaphysical inquiry for centuries. Various theories and perspectives on time have emerged over time....

Ferk - Jan 8, 2022   Read More >>>

Recovering a saved Wi-Fi password

If you have forgotten the password key for a Wi-Fi network but happen to have a device in which the password has been saved, it would be helpful to know how to retrieved the saved password back from the device. ...

Ferk - Sep 3, 2021   Read More >>>

Check your Listening Open Ports

How to check your system for open ports that are currently listening

Ferk - Jul 14, 2021   Read More >>>

Copy file contents to clipboard from CLI

From the command line on different systems, how to copy the contents of a file to the clipboard?

Ferk - Apr 29, 2021   Read More >>>

How to set up a local Certificate Authority

Create your own custom trusted Certificate Authority for local testing

Ferk - Apr 29, 2021   Read More >>>

Regular Expresion Testing

Simple reference and tool for Regular Expression evaluation.

Ferk - Oct 23, 2020   Read More >>>

Paste by Typing

For when pasting won't just work! Simulate typing the content of the clipboard.

Ferk - Aug 13, 2020   Read More >>>

Using Netcat

Collection of some curious uses of the flexible and versatile netcat utility

Ferk - Jul 14, 2020   Read More >>>

Portable Powershell Profile

Creating a custom profile for powershell that can be ported across environments.

Ferk - Feb 20, 2020   Read More >>>

Setting up SSH Agent on Windows

To enable the SSH agent's system service on MS Windows: ...

Ferk - Feb 20, 2020   Read More >>>

Migrating from Oracle SQL to PostgreSQL

Notes and references for migration of Oracle SQL queries to PostgreSQL

Ferk - Sep 18, 2019   Read More >>>

Nginx Authentication and Access Control

Some simple methods for restricting access supported by the nginx server

Ferk - Jul 9, 2019   Read More >>>

Systemd Commandline reference

Describes both basic and less common but handy commands to use in systemd

Ferk - May 27, 2019   Read More >>>

xargs usage reference

Using xargs for running commands based on piped input.

Ferk - Apr 14, 2019   Read More >>>

Magic "SysRq" commands in Linux

Using the "System Request" key to send commands directly to the kernel

Ferk - May 4, 2009   Read More >>>

The Morse Code

Happy Morse day! April 27th, celebrating the birthday of Samuel Morse

Ferk - Apr 27, 2009   Read More >>>