What is a WAF? | Web Application Firewall explained
A WAF creates a shield between a web app and the Internet; this shield can help mitigate many common attacks. Learning Objectives After reading this article, you will be able…
Cable Management – Power Lines Gone Wrong!
Anyone involved in running copper or glass could probably relate to this; talk about a nightmare! Random Fact: Lightning is a perfect example of arcing. Lightning can contain 100,000 Volts…
I upgraded to “Dual Core.”
This is a humorous post, but it has a fascinating video to watch. The Microchip Geo-Political “cold war.” Biden (comments aside) has made it a plan to have the USA…
What is cross-site scripting (XSS)?
A cross-sites scripting attack tricks a web browser into running malicious code. Cross-site scripting (XSS) is an exploit where the attacker attaches code to a legitimate website viewed by the…
What is a Distributed Ledger?
Ledgers, the accounting foundation, are as ancient as writing and money. Their medium has been clay, wooden tally sticks (that were a fire hazard), stone, papyrus, and paper. Once computers…
Why are computers so smart?
I asked mom, “Why are computers so smart?” Mom replied, “Because computers listen to their motherboards.”
Serverless computing vs. containers | How to choose
Serverless computing and containers are architectures that reduce overhead for cloud-hosted web applications, but they differ in several important ways. Containers are more lightweight than virtual machines, but serverless deployments…
What is serverless computing? | Serverless definition
Serverless computing is a method of providing backend services on an as-used basis. Servers are still used, but a company that gets backend services from a serverless vendor is charged…