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# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# generate server.xml with the following command:
# openssl req -new -x509 -keyout server.pem -out server.pem -days 365 -nodes
# run as follows:
# python simple-https-server.py
# then in your browser, visit:
# https://localhost:4443
import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl
@thesamesam
thesamesam / xz-backdoor.md
Last active May 4, 2024 09:26
xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that

@edolstra
edolstra / nix-lang.md
Last active May 2, 2024 23:39
Nix language changes

This document contains some ideas for additions to the Nix language.

Motivation

The Nix package manager, Nixpkgs and NixOS currently have several problems:

  • Poor discoverability of package options. Package functions have function arguments like enableFoo, but there is no way for the Nix UI to discover them, let alone to provide programmatic ways to
@lorenzleutgeb
lorenzleutgeb / committer-progress.sh
Last active May 1, 2024 07:09
Nixpkgs Committer Progress
#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell
#! nix-shell -i bash -p bash gh
set -eu
# See <https://gist.github.com/lorenzleutgeb/239214f1d60b1cf8c79e7b0dc0483deb>.
# Will exit non-zero if not logged in.
gh auth status
if [ $# == 1 ]
@endolith
endolith / Has weird right-to-left characters.txt
Last active April 30, 2024 12:48
Unicode kaomoji smileys emoticons emoji
ּ_בּ
בּ_בּ
טּ_טּ
כּ‗כּ
לּ_לּ
מּ_מּ
סּ_סּ
תּ_תּ
٩(×̯×)۶
٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶
@andreyvit
andreyvit / tmux.md
Created June 13, 2012 03:41
tmux cheatsheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

Prefix key

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

remap prefix to Control + a

@lelandbatey
lelandbatey / whiteboardCleaner.md
Last active April 25, 2024 02:01
Whiteboard Picture Cleaner - Shell one-liner/script to clean up and beautify photos of whiteboards!

Description

This simple script will take a picture of a whiteboard and use parts of the ImageMagick library with sane defaults to clean it up tremendously.

The script is here:

#!/bin/bash
convert "$1" -morphology Convolve DoG:15,100,0 -negate -normalize -blur 0x1 -channel RBG -level 60%,91%,0.1 "$2"

Results

@XVilka
XVilka / TrueColour.md
Last active April 8, 2024 14:02
True Colour (16 million colours) support in various terminal applications and terminals

THIS GIST WAS MOVED TO TERMSTANDARD/COLORS REPOSITORY.

PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTIONS OR ADD ANY SUGGESTIONS AS A REPOSITORY ISSUES OR PULL REQUESTS INSTEAD!

@balsoft
balsoft / crd.nix
Last active April 7, 2024 11:36
chrome-remote-desktop on nixos/nix
{ config, lib, pkgs, ...}:
with lib;
let
cfg = config.services.crd;
in {
options = {
services.crd = {
enable = mkEnableOption ''
chrome remote desktop, a service which allows for remote control of your desktop from anywhere.
'';
@brettscott
brettscott / aes-256-cbc-test.js
Last active March 25, 2024 03:44
AES 256 CBC encryption between Golang and Node JS
// Node v6.9.0
//
// TEST FILE (cut down for simplicity)
// To ensure Golang encrypted string can be decrypted in NodeJS.
//
let crypto;
try {
crypto = require('crypto');