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http://blog.arnaudlacour.com/2012/11/backing-up-to-usb-drive-when-plugged-in.html
Tutorial on how to set up OSX to automatically backup when a USB drive is plugged in. Neat.
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http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/06/ecryptfs-backup-strategy.html
One strategy to backup encrypted ecryptfs data as suggested by the author of ecryptfs. Useful and simple. Backup the metadata and the raw files with rsync.
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http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/04/introducing-ecryptfs-recover-private.html
A critical utility for ecryptfs called ecryptfs-recover-private which automates and simplifies the process of recovering encrypted home directory data from Ubuntu.
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http://blog.rootshell.be/2009/03/27/yubikey-authentication-on-linux/
Article explaining how to use yubipam to enable yubikey authentication on a linux machine. However, yubipam only supports single factor auth, username + token, no additional password.
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http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1364
Code snippet to protect .svn / .bzr / CVS directories within apache via the .htaccess file for a single site.
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http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1365
Code snippet to protect .svn / .bzr / CVS directories within apache system wide in the httpd.conf file.
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http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/bzr.dev/en/user-reference/authentication-help.html
How to save usernames / passwords so bazaar doesn't ask for them every time. Handy.
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http://howtonode.org/introduction-to-npm
Oustanding little introduction to npm and how to use it. One trick, give your user access to /usr/local/ or /usr/lib/node_modules/ so npm doesn't need sudo. Nice.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/securitymonkey/howto-securing-a-website-with-client-ssl-certificates-11500
A wonderful article on how to setup Client SSL authentication. Includes all the openssl commands and apache config variables.
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http://lastwatchdog.com/driveby-downloads-lurking-8-million-small-ecommerce/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+LastWatchdog+(The+Last+Watchdog)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Interesting article on the dangers of not keeping software patched, particularly with regards to open source content management systems.
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http://learninginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/installing-ubuntu-804-with-full-disk-encryption/
Walkthrough on setting up Ubuntu Hardy Heron with full disk encryption. Very handy. :)
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http://lifehacker.com/5643460/how-to-track-and-potentially-recover-your-stolen-laptop-or-android-with-prey
Install this, prey, on phone (and laptop?). It's remote wipe, track, etc software, and it's free up to 3 devices apparently.
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http://moneyofdoom.com/
Money of Doom is an ebook for 40 euros that explains how to open offshore accounts, protect your identity, etc, etc.
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http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/
A javascript implementation of md5. Very handy.
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http://pastebin.com/yPyK193a
A different strategy to find an encrypted filename from an unencrypted filename under ecryptfs (Ubunut's encrypted home directory system).
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http://random.irb.hr/
A random number generation web service that uses the intrinsic randomness of the quantum physical process of photonic emission in semiconductors and subsequent detection by photoelectric effect. Very cool. Available as a web service.
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http://rapidnfc.com/
UK based NFC seller. Great info on NFC tags, how to program them, how much data they store, and so on. Very handy, seems reasonably priced.
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http://raymorgan.net/web-development/how-to-obfuscate-integer-ids/
Interesting article on how to obfuscate integer IDs by creating secure hashes which can be verified. Produces long hashes, but they are tamper proof.
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http://safe-mail.net/
Encrypted, paranoid friendly email service. 3mb free, 75MiB accounts from $25/year. Not particularly cheap and very Web 1.0.
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http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/12/12/simple-file-encryption-with-openssl/
Handy howto on encrypting files with openssl and a passphrase. Dead easy, `openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -in file -out file` then `openssl aes-256-cbc -d in file out file`. Can also be used in pipes like `tar cp /blah | openssl aes-256-cbc -salt -out b.tar``
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http://tredosoft.com/truecrypt_fedora_7
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http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/08/17/7-steps-to-an-encrypted-partition-local-or-removable-disk/
A tutorial on setting up encrypted partitions in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10). Goes into some detail as to what each command does. Useful.
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451510
An out of date guide on how to setup scponly and a chrooted scponly. It includes info on a bug (dev/null) which is now fixed, but otherwise it generally applies.
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http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/ubuntu/en/cryptolvm.html
A detailed how-to, including screenshots, on setting up an encrypted LVM in Ubuntu. This approach creates one single encrypted LVM and then multiple partitions within it (as well as an unencrypted boot partition). Easy to follow, useful reading.
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http://www.cs.tut.fi/%7Erammer/aide/manual.html
The beginnings of the manual for AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment), the free replacement for Tripwire.
