First of all, let me get this out there. I am not a security guru. The genesis for this post stems from a conversation I was having with some other developers while discussing web applications. This post doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of the math involved, but rather tries to simply explain the purpose of using salted passwords in web applications. What is a Hash … [Read more...]
BASH on Windows?
The biggest announcement at Microsoft Build today is that Windows will be able to run bash natively. I did not expect anything like this and can't wait to try it out. This is a big deal. http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/30/be-very-afraid-hell-has-frozen-over-bash-is-coming-to-windows-10/ … [Read more...]