Sign Client Certificate Using Self Signed CA Certificate

In a cluster setting where TLS mutual authentication is required, it’s not uncommon to see client certificates signed by either self-signed root CA or private CA.

<span title='2020-10-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>October 10, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;David Xiao

Extract User Identity from AWS Cloudtrail

Whether you are troubleshooting or investigating something on AWS, being able to look up user identity across the Cloudtrail event logs can be very helpful.

<span title='2020-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>September 15, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;4 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;David Xiao

One Time Password, HOTP and TOTP

All you need to know about OTP from a security perspective.

<span title='2020-09-10 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>September 10, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;David Xiao

SSH and TLS: Differences and Similarities

Review the differences and similarities between the two protocols from an architecture and security perspective.

<span title='2020-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>September 1, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;David Xiao

TLS Handshake in a Nutshell

A quick overview of TLS handshake

<span title='2020-08-31 00:00:00 +0000 UTC'>August 31, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;David Xiao