Nessus Essentials – Vulnerability Assessment: Installing Nessus

December 10, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

Vulnerability assessment tools are used to identify risks/threats that may cause security issues in a system. Today I am going to look at a vulnerability assessment tool from Tenable called Nessus Essentials, which can (manually or automatically) scan networks for vulnerabilities and then output reports. Nessus Essentials Nessus (https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus) offers a few different vulnerability assessment … Continue reading Nessus Essentials – Vulnerability Assessment: Installing Nessus

Amazon Alexa Commands

November 30, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

With the November Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals flying about some readers may be tempted to pick up an Amazon Alexa. So today I thought I would post a brief article on some of the easter egg type voice commands that you may like, after all Alexa can do more than tell you what … Continue reading Amazon Alexa Commands

Go Go Functions! The Basics Of Functions (Go)

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

So far I've introduced Go with a "Hello World" and looked at the basics of variables. With today's blog post I hope to take a look at the basics of functions within Go. I am going to give examples of a few functions that I have learned and then in a future blog post expand … Continue reading Go Go Functions! The Basics Of Functions (Go)

Variable Basics (Go)

November 25, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 1 Comment

Variables and programming languages go hand in hand, and Go is no different. In Go variables can be defined using the keyword var, the variable name and the variable type for example: var name_of_player string var player_score int Or multiple variables can be defined using var () for example: var ( name_of_player string … Continue reading Variable Basics (Go)

An Introduction to Go with “Hello World”(Go)

November 22, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 1 Comment

This week I started looking at Go and as I am new to Go, decided that a few blog entires was needed to help me learn and remember details. History Go, also known as Golang, is a programming language that started as an idea in 2007 and saw its first release in November 2009, making … Continue reading An Introduction to Go with “Hello World”(Go)

Virtual Box – Scripting and Network Options (Mac OS X / Linux)

November 20, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

As well as allowing for the creation of virtual computers, Virtual Box also gives several settings for virtual networks. Following on from my last blog post (here) I am now going to take a brief look at the Virtual Box network settings. Virtual Box Network Settings Virtual network settings can be found under the "Tools", … Continue reading Virtual Box – Scripting and Network Options (Mac OS X / Linux)

Virtual Box (Mac OS X / Linux)

November 17, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 1 Comment

When learning about new systems, applications or trying new settings I find the best way to learn is with a hands-on approach. However, learning hands-on doesn't always end well and the last thing anyone wants is to have to reinstall their computers operating system (host OS) after it was destroyed due to misconfiguration of a … Continue reading Virtual Box (Mac OS X / Linux)

Creating A Repository in AWS Git, a.k.a. CodeCommit (AWS)

November 10, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

AWS has its own Git repository system called CodeCommit. Here is what AWS have to say about it: "CodeCommit is a secure, highly scalable, managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories. CodeCommit eliminates the need for you to manage your own source control system or worry about scaling its infrastructure. You can use … Continue reading Creating A Repository in AWS Git, a.k.a. CodeCommit (AWS)

Creating AWS S3 Buckets (AWS)

November 7, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

Today I am going to look at the storage solution that is AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service), and creating buckets via the web management console and the AWS CLI. Note: This post forms part of my (slightly new) AWS category of posts. What is AWS S3? AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is a place to store … Continue reading Creating AWS S3 Buckets (AWS)

Using Ansible To Create And Manage Users (Linux / Raspberry Pi)

November 3, 2019November 4, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude ~ Leave a comment

If you have multiple Linux devices (e.g. multiple Raspberry Pi computers) and multiple user accounts that need access to those devices (i.e. maybe a Code Club of pupils) and want their own user accounts on the devices it could be a lengthy process managing the accounts and devices. Which is where Ansible (https://www.ansible.com/) comes into … Continue reading Using Ansible To Create And Manage Users (Linux / Raspberry Pi)