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__Risk__
A measure of the extent to which an entity is threatened by a potential circumstance or event. Typically a function of: (i) the adverse impacts that would arise if the circumstance or event occurs; and (ii) the likelihood of occurrence. [CNSSI No.4009]

#infosec

__Vulnerability__
Weakness in an information system, system security procedures, internal controls, or implementation that could be exploited by a threat source. [CNSSI No.4009]

#infosec

__Threat__
Any circumstance or event with the potential to adversely impact operations, assets, or individuals. [based on CNSSI No.4009]

#infosec

`curl` is the swiss army knife for querying remote services using the #FTP, #FTPS, #HTTP, #HTTPS, #IMAP, #LDAP, #POP3, #SMTP or #TFTP protocol (and many more!)

Here is a tutorial by Himanshu Arora showing 5 basic #curl examples:
https://www.howtoforge.com/linux-curl-command/

#linux #unix #cli

Linux curl Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)

While Web browsers are the primary medium through which users download stuff from the Internet, there are some Linux commands that also let you do thi...

HowtoForge

The largest functional processor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa9bQRPMB8

Featuring a ton of LEDs--because everybody likes seen blinking LEDs!

MegaProcessor - Computerphile

YouTube

Strengthen your #flexbox #css skills with that nice little frog:
http://flexboxfroggy.com/

#flexboxfroggy

Flexbox Froggy

A game for learning CSS flexbox

Tired of fighting against a bloated word processor when writing your latest report, novel, technical documentation or blog post?

Maybe that's the sign you ready to consider using a lightweight markup language. All you need is just a basic text editor, the knowledge of some simple and non-intrusive keywords and markup. And a processor to convert that text file to... well... whatever you want: HTML, PDF, LaTeX, ...

https://itsfoss.com/asciidoc-guide/
#AsciiDoc #Markdown #LaTeX #FOP

Complete Guide for Using AsciiDoc in Linux

This detailed guide discusses the advantages of using AsciiDoc and shows you how to install and use AsciiDoc in Linux.

It's FOSS

Understanding "posits", an alternative to the IEEE-754 floating point formats for representing reals:

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2018/04/11/anatomy-of-a-posit-number/ #FloatingPoint #IEEE754 #Posit

Posits: tapered precision real numbers

Posit numbers make more efficient use of the bits representing real numbers than do conventional IEEE floating point numbers. This post explains what posits are, how their bits are interpreted, their dynamic range, etc.

John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting

Simple and clear article by Nick Congleton about cleaning the DNS cache, whether you're using `dnsmask`, `bind`, `systemd-resolve` or `nscd`.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/flush-dns-cache-linux/

#DNS #cache #dnsmask #bind #systemd #nscd #linux

How to Flush the DNS Cache on Linux

Flushing your DNS cache can help to clear things out and possibly speed up domain name resolution. Learn several ways to clean out your DNS cache on Linux.

Make Tech Easier

Stop now the vi .vs. emacs war.

Ed is THE standard editor. And it is since unmemorable times.

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
#Ed #Standard #Unix #TextEditor

Ed, man! !man ed- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)