There are many really good tools capable of generating random passwords with different complexity and purposes. Some of them are integrated in password managers, some embedded in the browser others available programmatically from the cli with no need to use an online password generator. Continue reading “PowerShell: Random Password Generator”
Passwords and SecureString, How To Decode It with Powershell
Powershell is frequently described as secure by default or design, but I’ve found that end-users could be frequently tempted to take risks or bypass the security or not aware of what the implications are.
Nothing really new to most developers or sysadmins, but not many of them have gone through the process of decoding a SecureString, even if is quite a trivial exercise. Continue reading “Passwords and SecureString, How To Decode It with Powershell”
Working with Zip Files and Compressed Folder
Compressing folders is usually the easiest way to save disk space or network bandwidth moving data or files across different nodes, especially when is required to do it efficiently.
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