PinnedkarmaPHP Password Hashing with Argon2, bcrypt, Salt ’n’ Pepper!At present, PHP versions 7.3 and up provide the facility to use the much lauded Argon2id hashing algorithm with password_hash() in addition…6 min read·Oct 7, 2023----
karmaGo Fast: Windows 10 and 11 Unattended Installation Answer File TemplateWindows 10 and 11 AutoUnattend.xml Unattended Installation Answer File Template for UEFI and Legacy Boot (GPT/MBR): foxpa.ws Edition8 min read·Oct 20, 2023----
karmaModSecurity Rule 932105 Execution error — PCRE limits exceededmod_security / ModSecurity / ModSec / whatever the kids are calling it today is a battle-tested Web Application Firewall that plugs into…·5 min read·Oct 20, 2023----
karmaA Brief (and Delightfully Snarky) History of HTML5You’ve probably been told — or perhaps you have arrived at the conclusion yourself — that HTML5 is this great new (new? OK I’m an old man…·8 min read·Oct 20, 2023----
karmaRecover Cisco IOS Switch Passwords (Quick-and-Dirty)The official documentation for this procedure is available at Recover Password for Catalyst Fixed Configuration Switches. What follows…·1 min read·Jun 16, 2023----
karmaAccidentally Stuck in Zoom aka Screen Magnification in XFCE? Try this.Using my fresh install of Qubes 4.1.2 I found myself somehow (clearly a result of careless mashing at the keyboard) stuck in an obnoxious…·1 min read·Jun 15, 2023----
karmaQubes (as of 4.1.2) Does Not Support SATA Optical Disc BurningToday I learned that QubesOS, at least as of version 4.1.2 does not support burning CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray discs via internal SATA drives —…·1 min read·Jun 15, 2023----
karmaMounting LUKS Encrypted Drives, Disk Images and Partitions ThereofMounting a LUKS encrypted physical medium is a straightforward enough process, per the man page for cryptsetup:cryptsetup open --type luks…·3 min read·Nov 20, 2022----
karmaSubdomain Takeover (SDTO) Attack and Bug Bounty Scanning ResourcesSubdomain Takeover (SDTO) attacks are popular for their ease of exploitation and inherent severity. Essentially they take advantage of…·3 min read·Nov 4, 2022----
karmaFree Online Banking Options for CanadiansThis post serves as a living list of free, online banking service options that are available to Canadians (lacking permanent residency, a…·2 min read·Aug 20, 2022----