Need a quick count of repeated occurences of matching rows for statistical analysis?
Popularity: 23%
Create RSA private key
Generate CSR
Verify data in CSR
Generate a self-signed certificate (for testing only)
Remove passphrase from a key
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Popularity: 17%
MacWorld published a screenshot automation AppleScript which automatically names the file with the date and time and saves the screen shot in the Pictures folder then opens the image in Preview.
The AppleScript works great, so I added an option to add my own names instead of the date and time.
Download: ScreenShot.scpt
Popularity: 17%
The MySQL client allows specifying the database password on the command line using the following parameters:
If you are in a habit of doing this… STOP NOW!
If you are using a shell like Bash, the password is saved in the bash_history file. Should anyone into the server, they can easily get your MySQL password by viewing the history file.
Altering the command line to:
Causes MySQL to ask for the password, so that it cannot be stored in the history.
Proper security is layered. Just because one account password is hacked, doesn’t mean you should give away the keys to MySQL too!
Popularity: 18%
Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. Hegemony controls the ways that ideas become “naturalized” in a process that informs notions of common sense.
Popularity: 19%
MySQL’s RAND() function can be used to set random values or fill a table with random data.
The following SQL snippet will change column1 in all rows to a random number 0-50.
Popularity: 29%
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Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged |
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Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon |
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Jeremy D. Zawodny: High Performance MySQL |
