Anyone that has written code in C will most likely have heard that you shouldn't use functions like strcpy, strcat, sprintf, etc., due to them being unsafe and very easily susceptible to buffer overflow attacks. While true, and fantastic advice for new programmers, like any dangerous tool, in the hands of a trained professional, there isn't much to worry about. In this blog post, we look at how buffer overflows are exploited and how to protect against them while still using strcpy.

The Xserve RAID is a Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) chassis which came out in the early 2000s. While long dead, it is still usable today, and this guide will show you how.

The Dynamic Cluster Compiler (DCC) is a compiler that allows you to compile any project that uses a makefile across a cluster of servers, or nodes.

This is a guide walking you through how to setup and configure the Lights-Out Management (LOM) port on a 2,1 or 3,1 Xserve while running the latest version of macOS.

The Elite Encryption Algorithm (EEA) is a brand new symmetric-key encryption algorithm. Taking inspiration from one-time pads, cipher block chaining, symmetric-key encryption, randomness and variablity to provide a new way of encrypting data.

Have you ever used Windows in either a school or work environment, tried to open up the command prompt and got a message saying "the command prompt has been disabled by your administrator"? Then proceeded to search the internet only to find all the solutions require you to have admin access to re-enable the command prompt? Well look no further. In this blog I discuss why system administrators do this, what the proposed solutions are, and the real solution for anyone without administrator access on a Windows machine, to get access the command prompt.