Ian's Blog: Page 10

Real-Time Scheduler Library For Arduino

2013-07-18 01:05 by Ian

Arduino has turned out to be a prolific microcontroller platform, and has spawned many clones. This article will give a brief tour of a C++ library I wrote to accurately schedule many processes on the CPU using a single timing source.

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Building the CAVP Test Apparatus

2013-04-02 17:21 by Ian

The last entry gave a quick practical overview for building a FIPS capable OpenSSL. This one will explain how to compile a program against it. The particular program I will be compiling is one that I wrote to execute a set of test-vectors issued by NIST's CAVP.

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Bury it under the noise floor (Steganography)

2013-03-22 08:59 by Ian

Here is discussed a PHP program to hide encrypted messages and files inside of images without significantly changing the way the image looks. This is meant to be an instructional write-up to touch on some common ideas and mechanisms in cryptography.

311 in Tucson!!!

2013-03-08 09:01 by Ian

311 toured in Tucson and then Phoenix! I went to both shows and ended up getting Nick Hexum’s set-list! w00t!

Building a FIPS capable OpenSSL (Gentoo)

2013-03-08 08:24 by Ian

This is an anecdotal account of building OpenSSL with the FIPS container module on Gentoo. However, these instructions should be applicable to any other distribution with minimal translation effort. The result will be a static OpenSSL build suitable for inclusion into secure application software.

Installing asterisk 10 realtime

2012-09-04 11:28 by Ian

This is a brief guide to setting up asterisk on a generic linux host. This particular guide was written using CentOS 6. The process and configuration have been checked for accuracy on CentOS 6, Debian, and Gentoo. I have tried to indicate steps where such differences are relevant,

Automotive Isolation Box

2012-09-03 01:47 by Ian

This is a brief construction log of the barrier that sits between the computer and the hostile electrical environment found in a car.

Useful linux commands and notes

2012-09-02 12:39 by Ian

This page documents useful linux tricks and links that are helpful and probably not obvious.

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The Overhead Console

2012-04-15 18:15 by Ian

The biggest drawback to driving a Jeep is the fact that you can't easily protect its contents from theft. So if you have a firearm or an expensive radio transceiver stored in it, you should figure that it will eventually be stolen.