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@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active March 8, 2024 02:11
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@mtigas
mtigas / gist:952344
Last active April 3, 2024 07:57
Mini tutorial for configuring client-side SSL certificates.

Client-side SSL

For excessively paranoid client authentication.


Updated Apr 5 2019:

because this is a gist from 2011 that people stumble into and maybe you should AES instead of 3DES in the year of our lord 2019.

some other notes:

@Adirael
Adirael / fix-wordpress-permissions.sh
Created August 17, 2012 23:16
Fix wordpress file permissions
#!/bin/bash
#
# This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations
# from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions
#
# Author: Michael Conigliaro <mike [at] conigliaro [dot] org>
#
WP_OWNER=www-data # <-- wordpress owner
WP_GROUP=www-data # <-- wordpress group
WP_ROOT=$1 # <-- wordpress root directory
@1wErt3r
1wErt3r / SMBDIS.ASM
Created November 9, 2012 22:27
A Comprehensive Super Mario Bros. Disassembly
;SMBDIS.ASM - A COMPREHENSIVE SUPER MARIO BROS. DISASSEMBLY
;by doppelganger (doppelheathen@gmail.com)
;This file is provided for your own use as-is. It will require the character rom data
;and an iNES file header to get it to work.
;There are so many people I have to thank for this, that taking all the credit for
;myself would be an unforgivable act of arrogance. Without their help this would
;probably not be possible. So I thank all the peeps in the nesdev scene whose insight into
;the 6502 and the NES helped me learn how it works (you guys know who you are, there's no
@wilbowma
wilbowma / jail.pl
Last active August 1, 2022 11:16
A perl script to create nginx chroot in arch linux.
#a/usr/bin/perl
# This script was hastily cobbled together for my own use. It can
# probably break your system. Use at your own risk.
$JAIL = "/srv/http";
$USER = "http";
$GROUP = "http";
$WWW_DIR = "www";
sub run{
@KartikTalwar
KartikTalwar / Documentation.md
Last active April 13, 2024 23:09
Rsync over SSH - (40MB/s over 1GB NICs)

The fastest remote directory rsync over ssh archival I can muster (40MB/s over 1gb NICs)

This creates an archive that does the following:

rsync (Everyone seems to like -z, but it is much slower for me)

  • a: archive mode - rescursive, preserves owner, preserves permissions, preserves modification times, preserves group, copies symlinks as symlinks, preserves device files.
  • H: preserves hard-links
  • A: preserves ACLs
@jdamcd
jdamcd / 51-android.rules
Created July 22, 2013 15:49
Full set of Android USB vendor ID rules for Linux
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0502", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Acer
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0b05", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #ASUS
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="413c", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Dell
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="0489", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Foxconn
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04c5", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Fujitsu
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04c5", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Fujitsu Toshiba
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="091e", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Garmin-Asus
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Google
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="201E", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Haier
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="109b", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev" #Hisense
@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active April 24, 2024 11:15
Best nginx configuration for improved security(and performance)
# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048
@buhman
buhman / 00 wpa_cli passphrase network
Last active March 8, 2023 21:51
all wpa_cli ommands can be tab-completed
localhost ~ # cat <<EOF> /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
update_config=1
EOF
localhost ~ # wpa_supplicant -iwlp1s0 -Dnl80211 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -B
Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant
localhost ~ # wpa_cli
wpa_cli v2.0
Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
@hwdsl2
hwdsl2 / README.md
Last active March 17, 2023 00:57
My IPTables rules for securing the Asterisk VoIP server