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Last touches on dissertation

Finalisng index and last entry of references

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Working on presentation this week

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Decided to take Ecole’s course - Any advice on how to improve my research is always welcome.

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Never thought that I’ll be reading technical documents about Universal Naming Convention and Unicode syntaxes.

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Trying out peepdf - a Python tool to explore and analyse obfuscated PDF files.

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Swapping to research paper

After self evaluation, everything I’ve learned and implemented so far will work better as a research paper.

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Finally finished reading The Art of Invisibility.

Cybersecurity had been a big interest of mine for a while, so this book didn't bring enlightment but I certainly learned a few things. Author, in simple language designed for average Joe, describes basics of security in the era of internet. He mentions few useful applications and websites, but this is not step by step guide how to install Tor on your computer for example. This book could be two edge sword - it can make you feel depressed, as there is not such a thing as a complete invisibility in today's world, so you decide to do nothing, or it can prompt you to put as many locks on your virtual door as you can.

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Can I use SVG as an “image” for canary tokens?

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Installing a certificate to be able to utilise HTTPS for secure communications.

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Not every dropped token will get tripped, and some tokens may be discovered, but this really isn't a problem. In the real world, an attacker isn’t usually thinking “is this a trap?” every step of the way, they’re thinking “this could be the jackpot”. Sooner or later, they tip their hand and announce their presence.

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Managed to troubleshoot email notification delivery. Issue was with assigning trusted emails with MailGun server.

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SMTP, the standard protocol used to send email, is a traditional case of “easy to learn, hard to master.” While it’s straightforward to send simple messages one at a time, it is more complicated to assemble and manage rich content, and sending at volume requires knowing how to properly scale your messaging infrastructure and follow all the best practices imposed by the various ISPs (Internet Service Providers) to ensure your message doesn’t end up in the spam folder. It’s easier to let someone else handle the sending and rely on an API to perform necessary email functions.

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App is online

Managed to set up the VM and fix the DNS.

Token email notifications are not working - next problem to fix.

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#productivity

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Interim Report

The writing is done, can start focusing on server deployment.

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Working on a Virtual Machine for the URL Token