So you decided that your managed hosting service does not suit your needs (anymore) and would like to move to a cloud service like Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Then you’ve come to the right place! In this article, I try to provide a short reference of the most important steps and considerations during the migration. Note that this process requires a certain level of technical expertise, therefore some background knowledge on the topics covered is expected.
... ➦Some of you may be using Google’s “Authenticator” app for Android in order to achieve a higher security level for your Google account.
(If you are not yet using it, I recommend setting it up, you can find the details here).
In this post, I’m going to present my Python implementation of the authentication algorithm.
... ➦After this old article got some more attention recently, I decided to give this subject another shot.
The old C++ code was messy and the result of copying together the right WinSCP source code to create a deobfuscator. This time I decided to implement the same script in Python, adding the feature to read the newest values from this machine’s registry, because I am pretty sure that this is the most common use case.
... ➦A couple of months ago, I lost my precious Google Chrome browser (running on Windows 7, 64bit): All of the sudden (not so much as I will find out later), Chrome was not able to establish secure connections anymore.
... ➦There were some great tutorials online concerning octopress deployment via rsync or ftp. Unfortunately, my web hosting service only supports access via sftp.
... ➦Edit: this article has been superseeded by a newer version, implemented in Phython: WinSCP session password decryption - Part 2
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