I was recently published on Huffington Post about how we need new ways to encrypt and protect our data. Here is the article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-edwards/the-cyber-cold-war_b_5440791.html
I personally am working on drunycode, which is mostly for protecting code libraries, external scripts, and content delivery networks... So pretty much everything important. I believe that if we can have encryption algorithms that can even be shorter, but include not latin characters it makes encryption SOOOOOO much harder to crack. Check it out.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Coding in Spanish and other languages: Diseño Web en Español
With a growing international marketplace and the spread of computers to everyone throughout the world, coding and web design has to start making moves towards internationalization, which can take place in multiple different ways... Not to mention some of the methods ICANN has implemented can be used in different ways.
The Drunycode Method- ICANN recently implemented Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) using punycode, which allows non-latin unicode characters to be used in URLs (such as in my resume). In my research, I have found that by using this as well as special characters in filenames (which doesn't require punycode) you can block ddos software or vulnerability scanners, since they cannot interpret them as valid sites or files. It is basically way of encrypting URLs and filenames. Below are some screenshots of tests:
Coding in Spanish- While domain names can now use special characters, coding does not, because all the tags are all in english. I personally believe it is important to add what you can to span class tags, input name (and $ php values), and other tags. While it doesn't do a whole lot, it does help spanish speaking html, php, or css coders to understand what each tag means. Other things to keep in mind are the lang='es' tag and the special character codes for text. I have posted the code for an example of a spanish language html page below:
<html lang='es'>
<head>
<title>Diseño Web en Español</title>
<style type="text/css">
.estilo {color:blue;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:center;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<span class="estilo">Este es un ejemplo de la codificación en español.</span>
<br>
<form action="correo.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="submit"/> Tu Nobre:<br />
<input name="nombre" type="text" value="" size="30"/> <br /> Tu direccion:<br />
<input name="direccion" type="text" value="" size="30"/> <br /> Mesaje:<br />
<textarea name="correo" rows="7" cols="30"> </textarea> <br />
<input type="submit" value="Enviar"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Codificación en Español- Mientras que los nombres de dominio ahora pueden usar caracteres especiales, la codificación no es así, ya que todas las etiquetas están en Inglés. Personalmente, creo que es importante añadir lo que pueda para abarcar las "span class", "input name" (y "$" valores en php), y otras etiquetas. Si bien no hace mucho, sí ayuda HTML, php, o css codificadores de entender el significado de cada etiqueta. Otras cosas a tener en cuenta son las etiquetas lang = 'es' y los códigos de letras especiales para el texto. He publicado el código de un ejemplo de una página HTML idioma español anteriormente.
In closing, as always, if you are going to post a job listing or trying to find a web designer, search engine optimization/social marketing, or someone to do web security- look not more. You can hire me, as I am currently looking for something new. Especially if you are looking for someone to code in spanish (or crudely in another language).
The Drunycode Method- ICANN recently implemented Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) using punycode, which allows non-latin unicode characters to be used in URLs (such as in my resume). In my research, I have found that by using this as well as special characters in filenames (which doesn't require punycode) you can block ddos software or vulnerability scanners, since they cannot interpret them as valid sites or files. It is basically way of encrypting URLs and filenames. Below are some screenshots of tests:
Coding in Spanish- While domain names can now use special characters, coding does not, because all the tags are all in english. I personally believe it is important to add what you can to span class tags, input name (and $ php values), and other tags. While it doesn't do a whole lot, it does help spanish speaking html, php, or css coders to understand what each tag means. Other things to keep in mind are the lang='es' tag and the special character codes for text. I have posted the code for an example of a spanish language html page below:
<html lang='es'>
<head>
<title>Diseño Web en Español</title>
<style type="text/css">
.estilo {color:blue;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:center;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<span class="estilo">Este es un ejemplo de la codificación en español.</span>
<br>
<form action="correo.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="submit"/> Tu Nobre:<br />
<input name="nombre" type="text" value="" size="30"/> <br /> Tu direccion:<br />
<input name="direccion" type="text" value="" size="30"/> <br /> Mesaje:<br />
<textarea name="correo" rows="7" cols="30"> </textarea> <br />
<input type="submit" value="Enviar"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Codificación en Español- Mientras que los nombres de dominio ahora pueden usar caracteres especiales, la codificación no es así, ya que todas las etiquetas están en Inglés. Personalmente, creo que es importante añadir lo que pueda para abarcar las "span class", "input name" (y "$" valores en php), y otras etiquetas. Si bien no hace mucho, sí ayuda HTML, php, o css codificadores de entender el significado de cada etiqueta. Otras cosas a tener en cuenta son las etiquetas lang = 'es' y los códigos de letras especiales para el texto. He publicado el código de un ejemplo de una página HTML idioma español anteriormente.
In closing, as always, if you are going to post a job listing or trying to find a web designer, search engine optimization/social marketing, or someone to do web security- look not more. You can hire me, as I am currently looking for something new. Especially if you are looking for someone to code in spanish (or crudely in another language).
Friday, May 9, 2014
PaleOnion and Other Recent Projects
As far as search engine optimization goes, I need to keep adding information to this blog, so I'll update it with some of the projects I've been working on recently.
First and foremost is a new open-source software project I've been working on called PaleOnion, which is a Tor browser based on the optimized firefox browser called Palemoon. The version I just released on sourceforge and github is a Linux/BSD/Unix version written as a bash shell script. My hope was that it would have somewhat faster load times than the original Tor browser. If you are not familiar with TOR, it stands for "The Onion Router" and it is the best tool to keep your anonymity by not only encrypting your web traffic but routing you through several "nodes" to keep your browsing completly anonymous and secure from snooping and surveillance. Anyone wanting to help work on the project is more than welcome! Here are some screenshots:
The second project I've been working on is playing around with the OpenCatamount operating system built by Sandia National Laboratory for their supercomputers. I was trying to build the Catamount Lightweight Kernel on Lubuntu (a lightweight linux) which didn't turn out too well... so I'll keep working on that one. Here's a screenshot of that project:
So, that's about it for now. Of course if anyone in Lexington, Frankfort, Georgetown, Richmond, or just anywhere in the Central Kentucky area needs webpage design, web security, or SEO feel free to get in contact and we'll see how I can help.
First and foremost is a new open-source software project I've been working on called PaleOnion, which is a Tor browser based on the optimized firefox browser called Palemoon. The version I just released on sourceforge and github is a Linux/BSD/Unix version written as a bash shell script. My hope was that it would have somewhat faster load times than the original Tor browser. If you are not familiar with TOR, it stands for "The Onion Router" and it is the best tool to keep your anonymity by not only encrypting your web traffic but routing you through several "nodes" to keep your browsing completly anonymous and secure from snooping and surveillance. Anyone wanting to help work on the project is more than welcome! Here are some screenshots:
The second project I've been working on is playing around with the OpenCatamount operating system built by Sandia National Laboratory for their supercomputers. I was trying to build the Catamount Lightweight Kernel on Lubuntu (a lightweight linux) which didn't turn out too well... so I'll keep working on that one. Here's a screenshot of that project:
So, that's about it for now. Of course if anyone in Lexington, Frankfort, Georgetown, Richmond, or just anywhere in the Central Kentucky area needs webpage design, web security, or SEO feel free to get in contact and we'll see how I can help.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
In need of web security or front end development?
Hi! I'm Drew Edwards!
I do freelance web security (owasp standards) and front end web development in Lexington, Ky.
You may be wondering why, if I am a web developer, am I using blogger instead of making an awesome site to promote myself? The answer is simple: Google often puts blogspot in the top of the rankings on a google search (I do seo as well... but it seems EVERYONE does seo).
So lets get down to what I can do for you.
First and foremost, I do web security. You want your website to to be secure from hackers or other predatory beings. The first thing I do is a full evaluation of your website by owasp standards (xss, sql-injections, privilege escalation, etc) then check it for more simple but overlooked vulnerabilities such as exposed internal directories, vulnerability to well crafted social engineering attacks, heartbleed, and other bad "stuff". Then I help fix anything I do find, plus help you with solutions for common problems such as protecting from ddos, setting up ssl, and more.
Protecting your company's security often means the following:
I have proven results through security bug bounties at:
Cisco Meraki
Mozilla Corp.
Barracuda Networks
The Gallery Project
As well as having my own research into the use of punycode/Unicode/special characters in defense against Denial-of-Service software and and Vulnerability Scanners:
http://xn--d1alf.tk/
And for those interested in web design and development services I code html, css, php, javascript (including jquery and json). As well as use and knowledge of linux (ubuntu and apache) and windows systems. See more on this at:
www.xn--5dbdcf0e.tk
(this has an htpasswd file, so use username "login" and password "password" to see my resume)
If you are interested, feel free to contact me at drew[at]xn--5dbdcf0e[dot]tk
I do freelance web security (owasp standards) and front end web development in Lexington, Ky.
You may be wondering why, if I am a web developer, am I using blogger instead of making an awesome site to promote myself? The answer is simple: Google often puts blogspot in the top of the rankings on a google search (I do seo as well... but it seems EVERYONE does seo).
So lets get down to what I can do for you.
First and foremost, I do web security. You want your website to to be secure from hackers or other predatory beings. The first thing I do is a full evaluation of your website by owasp standards (xss, sql-injections, privilege escalation, etc) then check it for more simple but overlooked vulnerabilities such as exposed internal directories, vulnerability to well crafted social engineering attacks, heartbleed, and other bad "stuff". Then I help fix anything I do find, plus help you with solutions for common problems such as protecting from ddos, setting up ssl, and more.
Protecting your company's security often means the following:
- A firewall on your systems
- SSL on all websites
- Buffer overflow protection
- pgp or other secure email system for internal email
- Vulnerability assessment
- Potection from DDOS attacks
I have proven results through security bug bounties at:
Cisco Meraki
Mozilla Corp.
Barracuda Networks
The Gallery Project
As well as having my own research into the use of punycode/Unicode/special characters in defense against Denial-of-Service software and and Vulnerability Scanners:
http://xn--d1alf.tk/
And for those interested in web design and development services I code html, css, php, javascript (including jquery and json). As well as use and knowledge of linux (ubuntu and apache) and windows systems. See more on this at:
www.xn--5dbdcf0e.tk
(this has an htpasswd file, so use username "login" and password "password" to see my resume)
If you are interested, feel free to contact me at drew[at]xn--5dbdcf0e[dot]tk
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