Checksum Quick Reference
Using the shasum utility on macOS to calculate the sha512 hash of a file on macOS
shasum -a 512 <filename>
Using OpenSSL to calculate the sha512 hash using binary input
openssl dgst -sha512 -binary <filename> | openssl base64 -A
Example:
openssl dgst -sha512 -binary draw.io-13.9.9.dmg | openssl base64 -A
Checkov - A Cloud Resource Security Scanner
The opensource project called Checkov developed and released by Bridgecrew has interesting approach to auditing and fixing common cloud misconfigurations. Checkov is a component of the Bridgecrew.io platform.
Interesting aspects of checkov:
Checkov policies are expressed as Python files
Checkov runs static code analysis on Terraform files...
GCP VPC Security Concepts
GCP VPC Key Concepts explained here:
Private Google Access is a feature that allows VM’s, that only have private network access, to access Google Services/APIs via Private Google Access (instead of egressing to public Internet).
VPC Service Controls
How to Setup Private Connectivity and VPC - Private Access Options documentation will help you...
Using Jekyll with TeXt Theme
Basic Page Types
How to create an article page with a table of contents on the right side.
See Jekyll TeXt theme Samples for more examples.
Working with Github Pages
At the time of writing this article, this page is hosted on GitHub Pages after previously been hosted on an Azure Storage Account. GitHub Pages allows you to host a static web site straight from your github repository.
Getting Started with GitHub Pages
GitHub Pages Basics
Custom Domain on GitHub Pages