IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District

How cross signing works with X509 certificates

Interface ergonomics: automation isn't just about time saved

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Yo-yo-yo Sorry it's a little late today, was fixing some formatting issues that were brought to my attention by a reader yesterday. Where's an issue? Here's an issue! ==================================================================== IoT Hacking and Rickrolling My High School District Published: 4 October 2021 Tags: security I don't know if you ever messed with your school's computer system, but I doubt it was to this extent. In this article, the author describes how they and a group of people broke into their school district's network and commenced a mass Rick Rolling. Read Full Article ==================================================================== How cross signing works with X509 certificates Published: 30 September 2021 Tags: certificates Software engineering is packed full of things that appear fairly complicated on the surface, but are pretty simple once you break it (on the other hand, there are a ton of things that appear simple, but are extremely complicated). In this conicse article, Ayende Rahien translates the ASN.1 format for certificates used in signing, then goes on to explain how the signing process itself works. Read Full Article ==================================================================== Interface ergonomics: automation isn't just about time saved Published: 12 OCtober 2021 Tags: cakelisp, philosophy Although more philosophical in nature (it has code too though!), this article by Macoy Madson focuses on exploring an important question all programmers have to face; at what point should you automate a task? Macoy uses an example of having to keep the user interface responsive during a full system file scan to justify the use of macros with Cakelisp. Read Full Article Want to discuss the issue?  If you want to discuss or comment on this issue, head on over to this page at A Byte of Coding. Thanks for your Support!  Thanks to sponsors and supporters like Євген Грицай, Scott Munro, zturak, pek, Emil Hannesbo, and Joe Hill this newsletter is provided to you for free. If you'd like to also show your support and buy me a monthly meal, you can donate on the Patreon page. It's not necessary, but it lets me know that I'm doing a good job and that you're finding value in the content. Donate Here

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