Other DEF CON 27 (2019) Travel Debrief Hi there! It has been a while since I made a post on my blog, and I figured what better than to do a wrap-up of my very successful DEFCON 27 trip. It was a blast and I got to meet up with some of my best friends for the
Guides Windows Reference Images for Rapid Virtual Machine Deployment This article was last updated 2018-12-07. Hello! When I was learning system and network administration, building test environments and virtual labs was a vital skill. When working with Windows administration having solid, up-to-date reference images sped up testing by enabling us to tear down and reset environments in minutes. Creating
Technology Installing and Troubleshooting Netbox There's a story to this. Short version is a friend posted about netbox, an IP address management and data center infrastructure tool. Later I wanted to redo my virutal lab environment from scratch but with better documentation. I figured I'd set up an instance of netbox to document how my
Other College/University Guide Since I know several young people heading to college or university soon, I thought that I'd write a quick guide for things to do to manage things. This is based on my own experiences. Personal Brand I hate the phrase "personal brand", and I am only using it
Other DEF CON Travel Advice I was lucky enough to go to BlackHatUSA and DEFCON in 2017. After I returned I wrote about my experiences here. I also wrote a blog post with point-form travel and conference advice. I have updated it below. If you want advice from someone who is a more seasoned traveler
Guides Building Public Key Infrastructure in Windows Important note: Due to backend upgrades, the illustrative images used in this post have been lost. As the post is no longer being maintained, they will not be replicated and replaced. The internet relies on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for SSL/TLS certificates for HTTPS operation, code signing, email certificates,