Software Engineer, Manchester, UK
With browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox forcing websites to use better ciphers, along with websites such as PayPal no longer support older versions of TLS it’s time to update your NGINX installations with the latest version of OpenSSL (TLS 1.2+) and set some decent ciphers. I’m finding the following cipher set are…
OpenVZ has had IO limits for years, but I’ve never really had opportunity to implement them, especially with SSD disks becoming cheaper and the standard. However in some cases implementing IO Limits on your OpenVZ VMs can be a good practice. Especially on Database servers (High usage MySQL/MariaDB) or Mail servers (Exim on cPanel can…
I’ve recently dug up old code from my University days, which I thought I’d share for the benefit/misfortune of others. There’s a common problem in programming called the knapsack problem. Here was my solution based on the dynamic algorithm. # Math is used to floor/round the floats to an interger and back! import math # Total allowed…
I’ve recently dug up old code from my University days, which I thought I’d share for the benefit/misfortune of others. There’s a common problem in programming called the knapsack problem. Here was my solution based on the greedy algorithm. # Name, Weight and Value of Items items = [(“Weapon and Ammunition”, 4.13, 1.4), (“Water”, 2.13,…
So, for a few years I’ve had a static landing page as my website. I thought it was time for a makeover. This time, rather than posting absolutely anything, I’m going to keep it strictly about coding, development, and tech. On a side note. I’m slowly opening up more of my GitHub repositories to the…