Miscellaneous – A Stich in Time

Raspberry Pi as a Splunk Universal Forwarder to Store-and-Foward Logs

I am a fan of Splunk, so I run it at home. The problem is, I don’t want it running all the time, but I always want to collect logs. Why don’t I just leave Splunk running? I run it as a virtual machine and it consumes memory and cpu, which I often need for otherContinueContinue reading “Raspberry Pi as a Splunk Universal Forwarder to Store-and-Foward Logs”

Book Review: Lauren Ipsum

I don’t normally post book reviews, but I am so impressed with Lauren Ipsum that I feel compelled to plug it. It is a great book for young readers – and the rest of us too! Most importantly, it is a fun book. My 7-year old daughter and I are reading it together, and sheContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Lauren Ipsum”

Application Configuration Management

For many years now, I’ve been frustrated by the lack of configuration management maturity in the applications I use. I’m particularly surprised (appalled) that security software nearly always falls short. The problem isn’t only with security software, it’s just that I would expect more from software designed to secure systems. Virtually all security software maintainsContinueContinue reading “Application Configuration Management”