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2026 11

  1. Linux Software RAID Superblocks
  2. mtt.sh – Mounting Linux Images
  3. Workaround For Duplicate LVM Names
  4. Linux Investigation (Part 4)
  5. Linux Investigation (Part 3)
  6. Linux Investigation (Part 2)
  7. Linux Investigation (Part 1)
  8. Fun With volshell
  9. jq For Forensics
  10. Linux Forensic Scenario
  11. Linux Notes: ls and Timestamps

2024 11

  1. A Little More on LKM Persistence
  2. Linux LKM Persistence
  3. The Emperor’s New Clothes
  4. More on EXT4 Timestamps and Timestomping
  5. Systemd Journal and journalctl
  6. Hiding Linux Processes with Bind Mounts
  7. Recovering Deleted Files in XFS
  8. “You Caught Me In An Introspective Moment”
  9. Working With UAC
  10. Systemd Timers
  11. Orphan Processes in Linux

2022 1

  1. XFS Part 6 – B+Tree Directories

2021 4

  1. Hudak’s Honeypot (Part 4)
  2. Hudak’s Honeypot (Part 3)
  3. Hudak’s Honeypot (Part 2)
  4. Hudak’s Honeypot (Part 1)

2018 5

  1. XFS (Part 5) – Multi-Block Directories
  2. XFS (Part 4) – Block Directories
  3. XFS (Part 3) – Short Form Directories
  4. XFS (Part 2) – Inodes
  5. XFS (Part 1) – The Superblock

2014 1

  1. Advice to Recruiters

2012 4

  1. Getting Started in InfoSec… Or Any Other Career
  2. Consulting (Part 9) – Knowing When to Say When
  3. Consulting (Part 8) – Avoiding Overhead
  4. Consulting (Part 7) — Work? What Work?

2011 7

  1. Consulting (Part 6) — Work Finds Experts
  2. Consulting (Part 5) — Finding Work
  3. Consulting Advice from a Friend
  4. Consulting (Part 4) — Insurance Matters
  5. Consulting (Part 3) – Billing Rates
  6. Consulting (Part 2) — An Important Cash-Flow Lesson
  7. Consulting (Part 1) — The Case for Consulting

2010 3

  1. Practical, Visual, Three-Dimensional Pedagogy for Internet Protocol Packet Header Control Fields
  2. With a Little Help from an Adaptor Kit
  3. Not News is Bad News

2009 23

  1. Policy Matters
  2. Email “Protection Racket”?
  3. Skunkworks in the Clouds
  4. It Doesn’t Take That Much Longer To Do It Right
  5. Avoiding Avoidance
  6. Change Management: It’s Not Just for Big Companies
  7. You Don’t Hate Change Management (You Hate Bad Change Management)
  8. Follow the Money
  9. Barbara Lee (In Honor of Ada Lovelace Day)
  10. Never Sell Security As Security
  11. Pondering IT Project Management Issues
  12. Never Argue With Your Boss
  13. ‘Remember You Said Dead’
  14. The Blame Game
  15. Communicating Success (and Failure)
  16. Calabrese’s Razor
  17. Future Cloudy, Ask Again Later
  18. Making Mentoring a Priority
  19. Lessons from the Metasploit DDoS
  20. We’re In Your Kernel, Escalating Our Privs
  21. Good show!
  22. Queue Inversion Week
  23. How I Learned to Start Loving Implementation Plans