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bio website ali.moeeny.com
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I love to build things that people love to use.
I like scientific data analysis.
I've spent most of my life in medicine and neuroscience!
I like: vim, zsh, python, debian
I am addicted to writing code! and learning new things!!


Dec
6
answered Best approach for making an app that connects to sensitive information
Dec
1
comment What are the security implications of SSH tunneling?
Aha! Got it, that is correct, if a tunnel exposes a vulnerable machine/service to the public side I have practically punched a hole into the defenses.
Dec
1
accepted What are the security implications of SSH tunneling?
Dec
1
awarded  Commentator
Dec
1
comment What are the security implications of SSH tunneling?
So if I understand it correctly, having people open a tunnel when they need it by ssh -D ... from either side is no "additional" problem (more than giving people ssh access in the first place).
Nov
30
comment What are the security implications of SSH tunneling?
thanks, so if the users are not potential trouble makers, and they already need to SSH into the edge machine for other reasons, both from the internal lan and from the public lan, and from home via VPN, there is no "additional" problem with tunneling all by itself, correct?
Nov
30
asked What are the security implications of SSH tunneling?
Nov
29
accepted What is the security implications of enabling SSH onward connections
Nov
28
asked What is the security implications of enabling SSH onward connections
Nov
24
comment Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault
@RoryAlsop I don't want to wast your or my time much on this, but choice of disk encryption for laptops is a serious requirement which in practice affects a lot of other choices, like where I work you can not use a laptop + OS combination that does not provide an approved disk encryption. This means many people are stuck (or at least were stuck for a long time) with windows + slow software encryption. In theory this is not an interesting IT sec question but in practice it affects lots of other things.
Nov
24
comment Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault
Sorry, I modified the question to make it more clear and relevant. Can we reopen it now?
Nov
24
revised Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault
added 10 characters in body; edited title
Nov
24
comment Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault
This is mostly a user experience discussion, I want to know if people have had any negative experience (data loss, security/privacy problems, performance problems...)
Nov
24
asked Ubuntu home folder encryption, compared with file vault
Sep
14
accepted Do I really need all these Certificate Authorities in my browser or in my keychain?
Sep
12
asked Do I really need all these Certificate Authorities in my browser or in my keychain?
Sep
8
awarded  Scholar
Sep
8
accepted I see two different sets of certificates for Google websites when I am at work and when I am at home
Sep
7
comment I see two different sets of certificates for Google websites when I am at work and when I am at home
All the metadata (as well as the SHA1 and MD5 which is displayed in the FF certificate viewer) are exactly the same! Only when I export them they are different!
Sep
6
comment I see two different sets of certificates for Google websites when I am at work and when I am at home
I would do it tomorrow and post the result here.