I wanted to take a minute to acknowledge some of the tools and services used to help make this site. Hugo AWS S3/CloudFront/ACM Creative Commons Web Fonts Hugo theme, PaperModX This site has also been validated against: XHTML I said “validated”, though there may be errors, from time to time. I didn’t say it scored 100%! :-) CSS (in progress)(maybe) Accessibility (in progress)(maybe)
As part of my degree program, I’ve had a few papers published in the SANS Reading Room. OS and Application Fingerprinting Techniques Using OSSEC with NETinVM IPv6 and Open Source IDS Implementing the Critical Security Controls in the Cloud Other Essays The Critical Role of Integrity in Transformational Leadership
Lists of different tools I’ve used or recommend for different purposes. Last updated: 2023-11-03 Password Managers 1Password Bitwarden I haven’t used personally, but continue to hear good reviews from other security professionals. LastPass The latest breach at LastPass revealed enough internal security issues that I now actively recommend against keeping LastPass. KeePass File Encryption Cryptomator Now my primary option for file encryption for cloud storage, since Dropbox acquired Boxcryptor Boxcryptor (File encryption for cloud storage - now owned by Dropbox) Whisply by Boxcryptor - not sure if this will stay around or not, now? As of 2023-11-03, it’s still around, so…. 🤷♂️ GnuPG/PGP GPG4Win OpenSource Windows implementation of GnuPG miniLock (Chrome extension/app) (HOWTO) Keybase (Keybase has since been acquired by Zoom and went downhill fast) 7zip (with AES256) Still a good compression tool, but I no longer recommend it for any form of file encryption But sometimes, we have to do things we don’t want to do VPN ProtonVPN Instant Messaging Signal Session Ad Blockers DisconnectMe AdBlockPlus Brave Browser Full web-browser with good built-in ad blocking and privacy settings Based on Chrome Backup Software Arq Backup AWS S3 or Wasabi for cloud-based backup target Carbon Copy Cloner (Mac only) Sync Cryptomator (File encryption for cloud storage) I currently use this in combination with Dropbox for cloud-based file sync Notes All note solutions below support Markdown and provide some level of encryption, at various levels of paranoia. 🙃 ...
My name is Jon Mark Allen and I’ve been a geek most of my life. I’ve been involved in the computer security field for over 19 years, but never really took the time to write down tidbits of what I’ve learned. So that’s what you’ll find here: generally small tips and tricks with various tools or applications, typically related to security but maybe not always. I can nearly guarantee anything I have here you can find somewhere else on the Internet - but at this point I think that’s probably a true statement for almost any site… ...