February 16, 2023

An outline of Minecraft mob spawning mechanics

January 11, 2023

Was your Minecraft server recently joined by a user named "masscan", bringing you to my blog? It's not me!

December 29, 2022

The fascinating algorithms behind the quintessential image format.

December 28, 2022

You were a hell of a year.

October 3, 2022

It's probably a color profile issue.

August 21, 2022

A guide on how to configure Nginx to store requests in an SQLite table.

August 16, 2022

Some pictures we took at DEFCON 30.

August 7, 2022

It's time to get real. *badum tss*

July 24, 2022

Utilizing DNS tomfoolery for fun and profit. Well, actually, just fun.

June 24, 2022

Deconstructing the new chat reporting feature to understand its implications for the game.

June 14, 2022

A tutorial on how to decompile modern versions of Minecraft using Mojang's official mappings.

May 9, 2022

How your friends are getting pwned by Discord's terrible QR code login.

March 31, 2022

Searching four billion IP addresses for friends to play with.

February 25, 2022

Learn how TLS secures the modern web by examining a real session, down to the byte level.

February 4, 2022

It's as stupid as it sounds.

January 23, 2022

Examining an often-overlooked component of the Internet: how are domains resolved, anyways?

January 13, 2022

Taking apart an attempted Log4Shell attack on my Minecraft server, with some interesting discoveries.

January 4, 2022

So what makes this thing tick, anyways?