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stuffSearch Gonçalo Valério Thoughts, projects and some other stuff Menu Home About Hire Me Projects Misc Feeds Search Search for: Home About Hire Me Projects Misc Feeds Categories Security Are Redis ACL password protections weak? Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date May 8, 2024 5 Comments on Are Redis ACL password protections weak? Earlier this year, I decided to explore Redis functionality a bit more deeply than my typical use-cases would require. Mostly due to curiosity, but also to have better knowledge of this tool in my tool belt”. Curiously, a few months later, the whole ecosystem started boiling. Now we have Redis, Valkey, Redict, Garnet, and perhaps […] Tags infosec , redis , Security Categories Technology and Internet Local AI to the rescue Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date April 10, 2024 The last couple of years have been dominated by the advancements in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) field. Many of us witnessed and are currently experiencing some sort of renaissance of AI. It started with generated images from prompts, then it was all types of written content, and in the last few weeks we’ve seen astonishing […] Tags ai , ollama , Technology Categories Security Security.txt in the wild Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date March 13, 2024 1 Comment on Security.txt in the wild A few years ago, I covered here in the blog the security.txt spec”. A standard place with the security related contacts, designed to help researchers, and other people, find the right contacts to report vulnerabilities and other problems. At the time, I added it to my personal domain, as an example. When I wrote the […] Tags infosec , Security Categories Blockchain Personal New Nostr and Lightning Addresses Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date February 19, 2024 Bitcoin Atlantis is just around the corner. This conference, happening here in Madeira, is something unusual for us locals. The common pattern is that we have to fly to attend such conferences. I plan to attend the event, and I will be there with an open mindset, since there are always new things to learn. […] Tags bitcoin , lightning network Categories Personal My setup to keep up with podcasts Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date February 6, 2024 2 Comments on My setup to keep up with podcasts To be sincere, I have a strong preference for written content. There is something with audio and video (podcasts and streams) that doesn’t fit very well with me or how I consume content when I’m at the computer. Nevertheless, there is a lot a great content that is only available through podcasts. So sometimes I […] Tags antennapod , kasts , nextcloud , podcasts Categories Python Software Development Filter sensitive contents from Django’s error reports Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date January 26, 2024 Reporting application errors to a (small) list of admins is a feature that already comes built in and ready to use in Django. You just need to configure the ADMINS setting and have the application ready to send emails. All application errors (status 500 and above) will trigger a new message containing all the details, […] Tags Django , djangofridaytips Categories Python Take advantage of Django’s system checks Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date January 19, 2024 1 Comment on Take advantage of Django’s system checks Today, let’s go back to the topic of the first post in this series of Django tips. At the time, I focused on the python manage.py check –deploy command. In this article, I will explore the feature on which it is built and how it can be quite handy for many other scenarios. So, the […] Tags Django , djangofridaytips Categories Security Meet the InfoSec Planet Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date December 31, 2023 If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you might already know that I created a small tool to generate a simple webpage plus an RSS feed, from the content of multiple other RSS sources, called worker-planet. This type of tool is often known as a planet”: In online media a planet is a […] Tags cloudflare-workers , Security , worker-planet Categories Books Personal The books I enjoyed the most in 2023 Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date December 19, 2023 We reached the end of another year, and generally, this is a good time to look back, to evaluate what was done, what wasn’t done and eventually plan ahead. While dedicating some time to the first task, it occurred to me that I should share some of this stuff. I doubt it will be useful […] Tags Books Categories Random Bits An attempt at creating a DIY baby monitor Post author By Gonçalo Valério Post date November 18, 2023 Occasionally, modern” baby monitors hit the news, but not for the best reasons. Sometimes for the lack of security, other times for exploitative practices, etc. This also applies to many other categories of products that we can include in the so-called Internet of Things”. 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