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Long-form thinking on cyber defence, detection, and resilience — from Slackware-era honeypots through to AI-driven SOC analytics.

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John the Ripper: cracking my own password hashes

12 July 1999

I ran John the Ripper against the password file from one of my own machines. Within a few hours, three of my friends' passwords were broken. The lesson is uncomfortable and largely about defaults.

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