5+ min ago (173+ words) Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) provides a fully managed Kubernetes service that eliminates the complexity of operating Kubernetes clusters. With EKS, you can: Scale seamlessly to meet changing workload demands Improve security through AWS integration and automated updates Choose between standard EKS or fully automated EKS Auto Mode >> Here are the Steps to Create a EKS Cluster from Scratch: _Step 3: Create a IAM User give permissions to the user and create a Access key _ Step 4 : Configue the AWS CLI in the EC2 Instance _Step 5: Install the Kubectl in the EC2 Instance _ Step 6: Install the Eksctl in the EC2 Instance Step 7: Create EKS Cluster Step 8:Associate IAM OIDC Provider :It means connecting an external identity provider (OIDC)like GitHub, Kubernetes (EKS), or any OIDC-supported serviceto AWS IAM so that those users or services can securely request temporary AWS permissions without using long-term AWS keys. Step 9:Create…...

6+ min ago (438+ words) Hello, I'm Ganesh. I'm working on FreeDevTools online, currently building a single platform for all development tools, cheat codes, and TL; DRs " a free, open-source hub where developers can quickly find and use tools without the hassle of searching the internet. If you run a server with limited resources"specifically, standard 4GB RAM and 2 vCPU setup- you are likely familiar with the constant, stressful balancing act between performance and security. You know you need antivirus protection and system audits. You know the risks of leaving a server vulnerable to intruders, malware, and data theft. But you also know that running a standard security scan on a lean VPS can be a death sentence for your uptime. Ultimately, you are forced into a terrible choice: leave the server vulnerable, or risk crashing the entire machine by running a heavy security scan. Standard…...

11+ min ago (672+ words) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has revolutionized how we manage cloud resources, and AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) takes it to the next level by letting you define infrastructure using familiar programming languages. In this guide, I'll walk you through setting up AWS CDK on Linux, from installation to deploying your first stack. AWS CDK is an open-source software development framework that allows you to define cloud infrastructure using programming languages like TypeScript, Python, Java, and C#. Unlike traditional CloudFormation templates written in JSON or YAML, CDK lets you leverage the full power of programming languages'including loops, conditionals, and object-oriented design patterns. Before we dive in, make sure you have: AWS CDK requires Node.js version 14.15.0 or higher. Pro Tip: If you need to manage multiple Node.js versions, consider using nvm (Node Version Manager). The AWS Command Line Interface is…...

11+ min ago (704+ words) Tomorrow is the first of December. It is time for the advent calendars. In recent years there been various developer related advent calendars. The calendar may offer code challenges, like the Advent of Code, or be content centered like HTMHell. Why release my list the day before, to give people time to check them out before the challenge drops. Also Advent of Code opens at midnight EST. Most of these start Dec 1 and run 24 days but a few only run 12 days and might start later in the month. The most well known is the Eric Wastl's Advent of Code it will start dropping challenges at midnight EST (UTC-5) on December 1. There is a big change this year. There are only 12 days of puzzles this year. Eric been running this challenge for ten years and needed to reduce stress. The puzzles…...

12+ min ago (291+ words) This guide accompanies the main article, AIDE in Motion: Automating and Signing System Integrity Checks, and pairs with the AIDE Daily Integrity Checklist for a concise, printable summary of the workflow. This section walks you through how to build your own automation script, step by step. Instead of copying a pre-made solution, you'll learn how each component fits together so you can adapt it to your environment, strengthen the workflow, or extend it with your own logic. Your final script will do four major things: Let's walk through how to build each part. Before writing any code, decide where the script lives and where evidence files will be stored. A secure directory for signatures and hashes: Once you understand the layout, you're ready to build. Before generating a new AIDE report, your script should confirm that the last one is…...

12+ min ago (291+ words) This guide accompanies the main article, AIDE in Motion: Automating and Signing System Integrity Checks, and pairs with the AIDE Daily Integrity Checklist for a concise, printable summary of the workflow. This section walks you through how to build your own automation script, step by step. Instead of copying a pre-made solution, you'll learn how each component fits together so you can adapt it to your environment, strengthen the workflow, or extend it with your own logic. Your final script will do four major things: Let's walk through how to build each part. Before writing any code, decide where the script lives and where evidence files will be stored. A secure directory for signatures and hashes: Once you understand the layout, you're ready to build. Before generating a new AIDE report, your script should confirm that the last one is…...

12+ min ago (209+ words) Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less Cinemasins just dropped a new video tearing into KPop Demon Hunters, highlighting every plot hiccup and over-the-top moment with their trademark snark. They've got all the sinning action spread across YouTube (CinemaSins, TVSins, CommercialSins, the Cinemasins Podcast), plus a linktree for the latest updates. Behind the jokes are writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Dene, Ian and Daniel'find them on Twitter and Instagram. Want more? Join the Discord or Reddit community, take their "sinful" poll, or back the team on Patreon for extra pop-culture burns. Watch on YouTube #everything-wrong-with-kpop-demon-hunters-in-16-minutes-or-less Everything Wrong With KPop Demon Hunters In 16 Minutes Or Less Behind the jokes are writers Jeremy, Chris, Aaron, Jonathan, Dene, Ian and Daniel'find them on Twitter and Instagram. Want more? Join the Discord or Reddit community, take their "sinful" poll, or…...

16+ min ago (321+ words) A Complete Step-by-Step Checklist for Deploying Signed, Verifiable AIDE Integrity Monitoring. Tagged with automation, fileintegrity, linuxadmin, security. This checklist is a companion to the main article, AIDE in Motion, and the detailed AIDE Automation Build Guide, which explains each step in greater depth. #aide-daily-integrity-automation-build-checklist " AIDE Daily Integrity Automation " Build Checklist A step-by-step checklist for creating a signed, verifiable AIDE automation workflow. #1-prepare-the-folder-structure " 1. Prepare the Folder Structure #2-confirm-your-gpg-signing-key " 2. Confirm Your GPG Signing Key #%F0%9F%9B%A1-3-verify-the-previous-aide-report " 3. Verify the Previous AIDE Report Before generating a new report: #4-run-todays-aide-check " 4. Run Today's AIDE Check #%F0%9F%8F%97-5-decide-baseline-policy " 5. Decide Baseline Policy #6-hash-and-sign-todays-report " 6. Hash and Sign Today's Report #7-add-error-handling " 7. Add Error Handling #%E2%8F%B1-8-automate-the-script " 8. Automate the Script #9-test-the-entire-workflow " 9. Test the Entire Workflow This checklist is a companion to the main article, AIDE in Motion, and the detailed AIDE Automation Build Guide, which explains each step in greater depth. #aide-daily-integrity-automation-build-checklist " AIDE Daily…...

17+ min ago (672+ words) If your system could testify, AIDE would be its expert witness. In this article, we take the next step " not just monitoring integrity, but proving it. I'll be the first to admit: encryption isn't my strongest area. Sure, I've worked with public and private keys for SSH authentication and have signed keys before, so I'm not entirely new to the topic. But I hadn't really explored how cryptography ties into system integrity " until now. In the first article of this series, we installed and configured AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) " a silent guardian that fingerprints your Linux system and detects when files change unexpectedly. It's an excellent tool for monitoring file integrity, but it raises an important question: If AIDE verifies the integrity of your files, who verifies the integrity of AIDE? That's where hashing and cryptographic signing come into…...

29+ min ago (785+ words) AES is a symmetric-key encryption algorithm that is considered extremely secure, very easy to implement, and used in real world. This guide teaches you how to implement its 128-bit CTR mode variant, in C language. The procedure: Note: Secretly sharing the key is done using a protocol like Diffie-Hellman. It's not covered in this guide. First half of the guide focuses on implementing the following function: This function encrypts the given 16-byte block using a 16-byte key. This function can be thought of a pipeline of multiple functions applied on the block one after the other. The 11 "Apply Key" steps all use a different round key, derived from the main cipher key using the function getNthRoundKey. The second half of the guide works towards defining the following functions by repeatedly using AES128. Note that the block is in column-major order, meaning…...