Practical Technology

With the right plugins, ChatGPT 4 — the latest version of OpenAI’s language model system — can be very useful for helping you with various tasks. But even the most mature plugins are still, at best, beta quality. Used carefully, however, they’ll…Read More

OpenSSL is the most popular SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) program in Linux, Unix, Windows, and numerous operating systems. Besides operating systems, it’s used in web, security, and cloud applications. In other words,…Read More

Last month, I noted that staffers work from home just fine. Yes, I know some companies, including Zoom, demand that employees return to the office after making their fortune with remote work. And Congressional Republicans want to turn back the clock…Read More

Chae$ 4 isn’t your run-of-the-mill Chaes malware variant. The earlier versions of Chaes stole information, primarily login credentials, from browsers. It could also capture screens, monitor browsers, and perform reconnaissance. Annoying, but nothing…Read More

While checking my morning email, I saw notes from several friends who run tiny businesses. Each told me that they rely on Square, the popular online payment system, and that it wasn’t working for them and did I know how to fix it. I didn’t. I still…Read More

Sometimes, you need privacy for your developer platforms and cloud-native Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) thanks to stringent compliance and data sovereignty requirements. If that’s your situation, and you don’t want to burn your time building it…Read More