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Changing Directions

This blog has served me well over the last few years.  However, for reasons of my own sanity, I’ve decided to consolidate my blogging efforts on blogger. Furthermore, this name and title is no longer the best representation of who I am and where I am at.  This started as a developer blog, writing on [...]

Crossfit: Forever Strong

Let me first start this post off with an assurance I haven’t forgotten the series.  I’ve been working on a few articles, however I keep finding vulnerabilities in things I wanted to show, so I have to wait till i can find something I can. However, since those articles aren’t ready for the public yet, I wanted [...]

Causalities of Errata

To preface the rest of this article, I am aware that I am upset right now.  I try not to write when I am like this, however the BSides drama has already caused a potential sponsor to back out.  This might leave me and some others with large bills to pay.  I know that God [...]

Grammar: The Stuff of Exploits

Communicating clearly can be difficult.  Consider the following sentence: The police officer and bandit pulled their triggers.  Shots were fired, and he went down.  He breathed his last breath.* This sentence is a legitimate use of language– however it is awkward because of an unclear antecedent.  Who shot who in this sentence?  Did the police officer [...]

Reverse Engineering Web Apps: Architectural Composition

Don’t worry, give it 10 years and you will be an overnight success.  - K. Slatoff Since our process of reverse engineering relies heavily on pattern matching, being capable of identifying and decomposing architecture is a critical skill.  Unfortunately, there aren’t very many short cuts here.  I personally feel as though this skill is one of my [...]

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