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Cybersecurity Event in Mauritius

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Post Date September 2, 2017
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International cybersecurity expert Philipp Buehler is coming to Mauritius. He will be speaking about his experience in security and what recommendations he has for people who want to get into the field or just wants to learn new skills in that [Read More…]

How i optimised my WordPress website ?

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date January 1, 2017
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Some days back, I was brewing up some plans to optimize my website source codes, HTTP headers, latency, and other security aspects. I had to carry out some analysis and research using some tools available on the internet. I should [Read More…]

Security

Web Security Fundamentals by Varonis

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date October 16, 2016
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Some days back, i received an invitation to attend an online course by Varonis on Web Security Fundamentals which has been conducted by Troy Hunt. I should say though this course is for beginners, its worth watching and pretty interesting. [Read More…]

Database Systems Security

Introducing MariaDB MaxScale 2.0 – Webinar

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date October 6, 2016
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Today, I attended a webinar conference on MariaDB MaxScale carried out by Roger Bodamer at 10.00 AM PDT. That was really interesting and I strongly feel the future of system and database administrators are going to be enhanced with this technology. [Read More…]

Bind and DNS tools Security

Counter DNS Attack: Enabling DNSSEC

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date July 23, 2016
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To reach another person on the Internet you have to type an address into your computer – a name or a number. That address has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN coordinates these unique [Read More…]

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Cloud Computing

Playing around with SSM, Tags, and Resource Group in AWS

AWS Systems Manager is a service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that helps you automate and manage your infrastructure at scale. It provides a unified user interface so that you can view operational data from multiple AWS services and [Read More…]

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Smart Contracts and Tokens in Ethereum

Smart contracts in Ethereum are self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. They are computer programs that run on the Ethereum blockchain and automatically enforce the rules and conditions defined within their code. If you [Read More…]

Posted on January 17, 2024January 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Ethereum, Solidity and Decentralization

Ethereum can be considered a technology that is more capable than Bitcoin. In a traditional Blockchain technology like Bitcoin, I mentioned how Bitcoin is mostly focused on a ledger system with records and algorithms backing up the transactions. But Ethereum [Read More…]

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Blockchain and Fintech

Proof of Stake in Blockchain

In some of my previous articles, I wrote about the Consensus protocol. If you had been following closely, you would have come across the term several times. I explained how Consensus is a mechanism by which participants in a distributed [Read More…]

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa