Traceroute is a tool that shows the hops that network traffic has taken to reach its destination - this can be extremely useful for network diagnostics. As an administrator can trace the route of a...

This post shows how to create an authenticated RESTful API using Python and Flask. The basic idea is you can customise what HTTP operations a user group can perform. For example, a user with the ad...

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a dated web service protocol that refuses to die. In the RESTful world of the web, SOAP still persists in legacy systems that refuse to update. This post is ...

This post is an example of how to present a live stream of Timeseries data from an SQLite database hosted on Flask and using Chart JS. There are a number of Python charting modules (like Bokeh) but...

In this post, I’ll try to simplify some of the terminology and concepts within information security. This post will just cover some of the basics, but even the basics can be pretty exhaustive depen...

This guide is a simple demonstration on how you can self sign a certificate for use in SSL and install on an Apache Web Server. Open-SSL will be used in a Windows OS Desktop and the certificate wil...

OUTDATED - see the new post for fixes This post will show you how to create a dynamic Rainmeter skin that will show the upcoming two fixtures of your favourite team (as long as they are within the...