Nextcloud is a great tool for self-hosting your data in the vein of Dropbox. It facilitates exchange of information and files in a team, with the extra benefit of providing a robust monitoring and protection capabilities. There are Nextcloud clients available for Windows, Linux and MacOS, which are easy to install and use. With one click you can upload your files to your personal cloud and share them. But sometimes the need arises to upload files from machines that don't use a Graphical user Interface (for example Ubuntu Server distribution). Luckily there exists a way to still be able to upload your files to Nextcloud using the command line and Curl.
ReadSometimes we might want to play with python scripts that are usefull for us when ran locally. But othertimes the script you have been playing with starts to be more and more important and involved in different projects. In such cases it is an interessting option to upload the python script to an internet repository so it can easily be accessed by you, your team members or other people that might need the same functionalities your script offers.
ReadThe possibility to test integration on our projects when using Gitlab gives us a powerful testing tool to be sure that the code we submit to the repository will work as intended and wont break anything. The way that Gitlab does Continuous Integration (CI) tests is by using Docker containers that can be deployed at demand to test specific aspects of our project.
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When hackers prepare a network attack, they usually start with a network scan to detect running computers and installed software.
ReadToday we are proud to present a paper at BeMilCIS conference entitled Blockchain for dummies.
ReadBlockchain is currently a very hot research topic. To understand how it works and what it can achieve, here is a simple java implementation.
ReadThese last few years everyone everywhere went crazy about cryptocurrencies and more in particular about Bitcoin. The value of the star cryptocurrency did indeed sky-rocket in December 2017 to 19.783$, a 1824% increase in less than a year [2]. However, even though everybody has probably heard about this digital currency, it's likely that very few understand the fascinating technology behind it called blockchain.
ReadThis week we presented two papers at the International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS) in Budva, Montenegro:
ReadSimpleRepos is a simple file sharing website that allows to upload files using a REST API. Here is how to use it in conjunction with GitLab to automatically release your binaries...
ReadPHP CodeSniffer is a great tool that enforces everybody is using the same coding standard when contributing to a project. For a Laravel project, there are however a few caveats to handle...
ReadFont Awesome is a fantastic icon set to improve your web application. The integration in Laravel requires a few additional steps...
ReadShit happens! Chances are great that you or one of the developers in your team will one day commit a file containing secrets or private keys to a public GIT repository...
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