Ive completed my MSc Thesis! I was awarded a grade A (81%) and an MSc with distinction :D The abstract from my thesis is below: SQL injection vulnerabilities remain one of the top ten most critical web-application security risks. SQL injection itself is a well understood subject. There are many Read more…
Hardening ssl ciphers. I wrote a post previously about disabling sslv2 and enabling sslv3 and tlsv1. Times have changed since then, its been best-practice for a long time now to only use tlsv1.1 and tlsv1.2 with forward secrecy. This post replaces the previous post, and will be updated with the Read more…
I ordered a Pibow Ninja Coupe a few days ago, and got it delivered to work this morning. This post is full of photos, unboxing the case and assembling the case with the raspberry pi inside it! The case arrived at work this morning At home, waiting to be opened Read more…
My brother and his wife got me a raspberry pi for my birthday :D So far I haven’t decided what to do with it, But I have lots of ideas – I could turn it into a gameboy (though I already have a couple of handheld retro gaming machines – Read more…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] This is a short post on Installing vagrant on centos 7. First, you need to download vagrant – head over to http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads and copy the url to the current vagrant package in Read more…
This is a sponsored post. I dont usually do sponsored posts, but this one is different (I’m getting a hat for drawing attention to this, and I think its worthwhile). F1 isn’t doing to well just now, two teams have filed for administration [caterham and marrusia] and are missing two Read more…
The LG 34um95 yosemite resolution bug is pretty annoying. I have an lg 34um95 screen – it runs at 3440×1440 – its a great screen, unless you have upgraded to OSX Yosemite. This issue is now fixed on Yosemite 10.10.2 – if you are using a macbook air, then you Read more…
This is a basic openvas tutorial for beginners. I will explain a little of how to use openvas web ui to perform a test of your systems. It will give you the basic options for using metasploit msfconsole to run an openvas vulnerability scan. You will also learn how to Read more…
This tutorial is a basic Kali linux arachni tutorial: to get arachni up and running on your kali linux system and perform a basic scan. Arahni is a vulnerability scanner for web-apps, it is installed as part of kali-linux, their site is here Arachni via the command line Open a Read more…
This post will show you how to install phpcs and phpmd in sublime text on your mac: Following on from my post about using git and phpcs in brackets, I decided to try the same setup in sublime text. The first part is some background setup – installing phpcs and Read more…
Setting up brackets editor with git and phpcs with wordpress coding standard etc Brackets editor (brackets.io) is an editor that I’ve wanted to try out for a while now, but for it to be viable for me to use, I had to configure a few things: git in brackets editor Read more…
This post will show you how to show hidden files in finder (like .htaccess). There isn’t an easy ‘on/off’ switch for it, instead, you have to enable it from the command-line… Open terminal, type in: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES && killall Finder The setting will be written, and Finder Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 01 Changelog development c33c95d – fix for mce content body development 8a1cbaf – fix for background colour inside tinymce development 864c9c8 – code cleanup development 37cc370 – aligning things development d8c91b7 – alinging things development dca23c7 – aligning elements development d112d09 – code tidy development afc6101 – Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 0 changelog development 646e320 – fix for readme file adding multiloquent url at jonathansblog.co.uk development 90f0277 – revert – its easier to read development 708ca0f – fix development afdad58 – small fix for readme development 0a54442 – version bump and changes to the readme development 5f08e9b – Read more…
How to change the number of icons in launchpad – this is a great tip: change the number of icons in launchpad! if you use launchpad a lot (I don’t, because the icons are too big) then you can change the number of icons that are shown at any one Read more…
Since I released my first public wordpress theme (I have made lots of themes over the years, but have never released any as open-source) I decided I would share the build process for multiloquent theme – just incase anyone wanted to know. the tools I use: 1) eclipse (zend-php-eclipse) 2) Read more…
I have released multiloquent – the theme I use for jonathansblog to the public: you can get it here: http://wordpress.org/themes/multiloquent I have a github if you want a cutting-edge version (but it will be broken frequently) https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent This is the readme.txt for multiloquent theme v9 Multiloquent html5 / bootstrap theme Read more…
This post will show you how to record your screen on mac with quicktime. This is something I use constantly at work (making help guides with this method is fantastic) 1) Open quicktime 2) Goto file > new screen recording You can now click the screen and quicktime will record Read more…
First: why should you link audit competitors? Second: who are your competitors and how to find them. Third: doing the link audit. Fourth: use the link audit to build links to your own site. why should you link audit competitors There are a few good reasons to do a link Read more…
How to permanently show the tab bar in finder: In OSX Mavericks, Apple added a well overdue feature: tabs. I just found this out, you can permanently show the tab bar in finder! To always show the tab bar in finder: Open finder Goto view > show tab bar Finder Read more…
Everything you need to know about tags in OSX. OSX Mavericks introduced an interesting new feature: tags. Tags are used almost like folders. Except that the files that show when you view the tag stay in their original place. When you open a finder window you will see a list Read more…
This post is about osx console emulators. It should help you pick the best emulators for your games jump to: Game Boy / Color / Game Boy Advance Nintendo Entertainment System [ NES ] Super Nintendo Entertainment System [ SNES ] Nintendo 64 playstation psx link to another post on Read more…
This one confused me for ages. iCloud tabs in safari in iOS. they are a great feature, you can pickup where you left off reading tabs from your mac on your iPhone or iPad. in ios7 they seem a little hidden, and they are quite hard to find. to access Read more…
This is a very cool thing I just found in safari on osx mavericks. if you have your twitter account linked to your os [it asks you the first time you log in to twitter in safari] you will have a section in the sidebar when you open a new Read more…
This is my list of everything that I can get Siri to understand in iOS. I wrote this post entirely using the dictation feature. dictation I’m writing this blog post by dictating to Siri it’s pretty good. but you have to do it in small chunks. you also have to Read more…
This post will show you how to delete single or multiple sms text messages in ios7 firstly, open the messages app tap and hold on any message as if you were going to copy it. the copy menu will appear. click ‘more’ to the left of each message you will Read more…
If you keep backups on time machine you can browse these backups from a different mac. there is a little trick to it, but its simple once you master it :) if you click on the time machine icon in the menu bar then the time machine menu will appear. Read more…
This post will show you how to delete the backups of your iphone or ipad from itunes on your mac / pc with icloud you no longer need to make backups of your iphone or ipad in itunes, backups are sent automatically to icloud. to free up the space from Read more…
This post will show you how to change the default email client in osx. it will let your chosen email client be used for both mailto: links and for the safari share with email feature. the actual setting for the default email client is in mail.app you need an account Read more…
This is an excellent tweak to make to your osx or linux system open man pages in safari (or firefox or chrome): man pages are great, but they arent the most usable. browsers are far more usable. You can set an enviroment variable in your osx or linux system that Read more…
How to disable sleepsafe hibernate mode on your mac. Your mac has a few cool features to let it wake form hibernation quickly. one is called sleepsafe. sleepsafe works by creating a file in your harddrive that contains all of the contents of your ram inside it so that it Read more…
This post will show you how to change the default notification sound for the osx notification centre. firstly, there are a couple of rules: 1) the file has to be an AIFF file 2) the file cant be longer than 2 seconds once you have a suitable file (or have Read more…
I got a dodo case for my ipad mini a couple of months ago. since then it hasnt been off. I had an ipad when they first came out, and tried a load of different cases, all ended up the same, in a box. the dodocase is different. it doesnt Read more…
How to change the temperature scale in ipad Siri will tell you the weather on the ipad if you ask. On the iphone there is a weather app. in the weather app you can change between Centigrade and Fahrenheit. the ipad doesnt have the weather app, but there is a Read more…
This post will show you how to delete dmg disk image automatically – it will delete a mac disk image file (dmg) when you eject it from your mac There is an easier way to do the following (just drag the mounted dmg file to the trash, but this is Read more…
Show full path in finder title: This post will show you how to show the full path in the title bar of your finder windows on mac osx. open terminal defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES killall Finder From now on all your finder windows will show the full path Read more…
I posted a while ago about snes emulators on ios devices and promised to follow up with a write-up of the best Snes emulators on ipad mini. first up: snes AD+ good: you can download roms from within the emulator games work bad: the controls are a little too ‘analogue’ Read more…
In osx when you install xcode, the commandline version of git is not automatically installed. This post will show you how to install git in osx. to install git, follow these instructions: 1) make sure you have installed xcode from the app store 2) open xcode 3) goto xcode > Read more…
This post will show you how to how to merge duplicate contacts in mac osx contacts app open addressbook / contacts highlight the duplicate entries you want to merge [shift + click, or cmd+click on them to select multiples] goto card > merge selected cards