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Without a doubt, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides the most features and functionality in the “Always Free” category of public cloud providers. Whether you would like to create an instance to host your wordpress blog, or if you prefer to setup a minecraft server, OCI provides everything you need for free. OCI Compute Instances In… Continue reading Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Always Free – Best in Class

Often times when troubleshooting an application, it is necessary to determine what DB2 tables are being modified or queried by an application. IBM DB2 has this functionality built in out of the box and it is called the event monitor. I often use the DB2 event monitor to determine what tables are involved when troubleshooting… Continue reading How to monitor what SQL commands are being run against a DB2 database

In a previous post, we covered how to create a self signed SSL certificate using openssl. However, there are some consequences when using self signed certificates… Some web browsers will return warnings/errors because the certificate isn’t trusted. Typically “trusted certificates” are signed by a single or possibly multiple certificate authorities (certificate chain) that are trusted… Continue reading Create a signed SSL certificate using OpenSSL

In my line of work, I do a lot of testing and configuration of web based security products. Most times, these web based applications or appliances require SSL certificates to ensure that communication to and from the server are encrypted. Purchasing an SSL certificate issued from a trusted certificate authority (CA) like Thawte or Verisign… Continue reading Create a self signed SSL certificate with Subject Alternative Name