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136 entries · Articles, Security Awareness, Data Science & CCIE Labs

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A2Billing VoIP Billing Engine: Architecture, AGI Integration, and Rate Management Telecom
How A2Billing integrates with Asterisk via AGI for real-time call billing, rate deck structure, calling card IVR flow, and MySQL database…
ACL Analytics & Excel Data Manipulation Reference Analytics
Production-grade scripts, formulas, and audit patterns — from data cleaning through fraud detection. Built for professional auditors and data analysts…
Active Directory Management: Domain Controllers, FSMO Roles, Replication, DNS & Best Practices Systems
Active Directory is the identity and access backbone of nearly every Windows-based enterprise network. Understanding its architecture — how Domain…
Advanced Integer Factorization Using the Quadratic Sieve Algorithm Cryptography
This document covers the design and implementation of an efficient integer factorization tool using the Quadratic Sieve (QS) algorithm.
Asterisk PBX Architecture: Channel Drivers, Dialplan Engine, and AGI Integration Telecom
Core Asterisk components — chan_pjsip, extensions.conf dialplan logic, AGI scripting, AMI/ARI interfaces, CDR to MySQL, and STIR/SHAKEN…

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Banking and Paying Safely Online Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
BGP and Autonomous Systems: Routing You Can Trust Networking
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Bitcoin & Crypto Node Tools Cryptography
A technical reference for Bitcoin node operators — covering live block monitoring, blockchain queries, halving phase analysis, threat detection, and r…
Bitcoin Blockchain Data Platform & Genesis Block Deep Dive Cryptography
A comprehensive reference covering the architecture, revenue model, and API design for a Bitcoin historical data platform — plus a technical deep dive…
Bitcoin LXD Sandbox — Network Isolation Analysis Systems
Analysis of a Bitcoin node running inside an LXD container (bitcoin-sandbox) on Ubuntu 24.04, confirming correct network isolation from the host…
Building a Production CLEC Stack: Asterisk 22 + Kamailio 5 + A2Billing on Docker Telecom
This article documents the full integration of a production-grade Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) platform using Asterisk 22, Kamailio 5, and…
Building an Open-Source Security Monitoring Stack Security Operations
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Complete Reference Guide: Modular Arithmetic & Equivalence Classes Cryptography
A complete, self-contained reference guide bringing together core principles, definitions, equivalence classes modulo 8, calculations, and algebraic proofs…
Carrier-Grade SIP Infrastructure: 10-VM Open Source Telecom Stack Architecture Telecom
Architecture, network segmentation, jumbo frames, and call flow for a production VoIP carrier stack built entirely on open source…
A Cascade of Factoring Techniques: From Pollard's Rho to the General Number Field Sieve Cryptography
While the General Number Field Sieve (GNFS) remains the premier method for factoring very large integers, other techniques are used depending on the size of…
CCIE Advanced Lab — 20-Router MPLS + DMVPN Topology CCIE Lab
20 hands-on labs on one 20-router topology: MPLS core with LDP and L3VPN, dual DMVPN clouds, BGP route reflection and confederations, OSPF/EIGRP desig
CCIE Enterprise Lab — 18 Labs, Full EI v1.0 Blueprint CCIE Lab
18 labs covering 100% of the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1.0 blueprint across five domains: campus switching, routing protocols, transport (MPLS/D
Cisco CSR1000v: Converting Serial Consoles to a Secure REST API Networking
Cisco CSR1000v instances running on ESXi expose their consoles via serial-over-network — Telnet sessions mapped to incremented ports (2301–2320). This is…
Cisco Device Hardening: Disabling Call Home and Controlling Outbound Communications Networking
Cisco networking equipment ships pre-configured with telemetry and support features — including Call Home, Smart Licensing transport, and HTTP management…
Cisco IOS Path Selection: How a Router Chooses the Best Route Networking
How Cisco IOS picks one path from many: longest prefix match, Administrative Distance, metric, and the lowest-instance tie-break, then how the RIB feeds the FIB for hardware forwarding. By Ioannis (John) Konstas.
Cisco IOS Survival: Password Recovery, ROMMON, and SSH Networking
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Cisco Nexus 1000V Port Channels and Trunking: Troubleshooting Guide Networking
End-of-Life Notice: Cisco announced End-of-Sale for the Nexus 1000V for VMware vSphere in 2019 and End-of-Support in 2025. This product should not be…
Cisco UC500 / CME Lab: Unified Communications Manager Express Configuration Networking
Architecture of CME 8.6 on a UC520, SCCP ephone configuration, FXO/FXS voice ports, DHCP for phones, CUE module, and Python serial console…
Classical Machine Learning Still Wins on Tables Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Cybersecurity for Small Business Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Diplomacy in the Age of Code: Blinken at the RSA Conference Policy & Security
Six foundational technologies, cyber-physical risk, AI governance and trusted supply chains, with what it means for security practitioners.
Data Science for Security Operations Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Data Wrangling: Polars, Pandas, and Parquet Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Deep Learning with PyTorch Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Deepfakes: How They Work and How to Spot Them AI & Security
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Docker VoIP Stack: Boot Sequencing, Health Checks, and Dependency Management Telecom
How to correctly order Docker container startup for a Kamailio + Asterisk + A2Billing stack using health checks, and bridging VLAN-isolated IP…

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Endgame and the Blurring Line of Cyber Warfare Cybersecurity
The rise of Endgame in the early 2010s marked a critical shift in cybersecurity — the commercialization of advanced offensive capabilities. What once …
ESXi CPU Temperature Monitor: A Shell Script for Real-Time IPMI Alerting Virtualization
ESXi does not ship with a continuous, color-coded temperature dashboard. If you manage bare-metal hosts in a lab or production environment and want immediate…
ESXi Recovery Playbook: hostd, localcli, vim-cmd, and Log Triage Virtualization
When the vSphere client cannot reach an ESXi host and PowerCLI connections time out, the management agent (hostd) has likely crashed or failed to start. This…
Gatekeeping the Built-In Administrator: A Break-Glass Blueprint for the RID-500 Account Identity Security
Most organizations still have the RID-500 Administrator enabled. How to vault it under dual custody, isolate it to Tier 0, deny it everywhere by GPO, and alarm every use.
The Executive Briefing Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Expert Review: Energy-Efficient Approaches to the General Number Field Sieve Cryptography
The project proposal accurately identifies a critical nexus in modern computational security: the convergence of classical cryptanalysis, high-performance computing, and sustainable computing.
Extended Euclidean Algorithm, Euler's Theorem & Cryptological Applications Cryptography
The Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of two integers is the largest integer that divides both without remainder — Euclid's algorithm computes it in O(log min(a,b)) steps.

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A Field Guide to Denial-of-Service Attacks Cybersecurity
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
The Field, Mapped Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Firewall Architectures, From Packet Filters to Zero Trust Networking
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Fixing a Broken SSV Seal MacBook Pro Restored from a Mac mini over Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode Systems
This report documents a full macOS restoration performed on a MacBook Pro (Late 2019, Intel, T2 Security Chip) using a Mac mini (M4 Pro, Apple Silicon…
Floating Static Routes: Backup Path Selection in Cisco Networks Networking
A floating static route is a backup route with a higher Administrative Distance than the primary path, so Cisco IOS keeps it out of the table until the preferred route fails — simple, protocol-free failover for WAN and Internet links. By Ioannis (John) Konstas.
Formal Security Models: Bell-LaPadula and Biba Foundations
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Galois Fields in AES — Reference Cryptography
Mathematical reference for the Galois Field arithmetic that underpins AES encryption. Covers GF(2⁸) structure, polynomial representation, the AES irreducible…
Galois Fields in AES: GF(2^8), Irreducible Polynomials, and the Extended Euclidean Algorithm Cryptography
AES — the symmetric cipher protecting the majority of encrypted data on the internet — is built on a branch of mathematics that most engineers never…

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HF Point-to-Point CommunicationHarris Modem Interface, STANAG Waveforms & Signal Processing Communications
A technical framework for High Frequency point-to-point communication using Harris military-grade modems, covering the full stack from ionospheric propagation theory through hardware.
High-Frequency Radio: Still Vital in a Satellite World Communications
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
How Bitcoin Core Stores the Blockchain Systems
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Identity Theft and Internet Scams Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Information Security Fundamentals: CIA, Risk, Access Control, Cryptography & Compliance Security
Sound information security practice rests on a small number of foundational concepts that appear repeatedly across every framework, standard, and regulation…
Inside Classified Networks: NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and JWICS Networking
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Konstas Markets Desk: An FX Dealing Room on One Mac Trading Systems
A complete FX dealing-room training system: eight competing banks, Reuters-style conversations, client calls, forwards and money markets, a full back office, and every ACI Dealing formula.
Kamailio SIP Server: Proxy, Load Balancer, and Session Border Controller Telecom
Architecture, core modules, dispatcher load balancing, fraud protection, TLS, and RTPEngine integration for Kamailio in a production VoIP…

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Lab 01 — MPLS Core LDP CCIE Lab
MPLS Core LDP Label Distribution
Lab 01 — Switched Campus — STP, EtherChannel & VLANs CCIE Lab
Switched Campus — STP, EtherChannel & VLANs
Lab 02 — EIGRP Named Mode & Advanced Features CCIE Lab
EIGRP Named Mode & Advanced Features
Lab 02 — MPLS L3VPN — VRF CORP End-to-End CCIE Lab
MPLS L3VPN — VRF CORP End-to-End
Lab 03 — MPLS VPN — PE-CE BGP with AS Override CCIE Lab
MPLS VPN — PE-CE BGP with AS Override
Lab 03 — OSPF Multi-Area — OSPFv2 & OSPFv3 CCIE Lab
OSPF Multi-Area — OSPFv2 & OSPFv3
Lab 04 — BGP Policies, Communities & Path Control CCIE Lab
BGP Policies, Communities & Path Control
Lab 04 — MPLS VPN — VRF Internet Access and Route Leaking CCIE Lab
MPLS VPN — VRF Internet Access and Route Leaking
Lab 05 — MPLS VPN — OSPF Sham-Link for Backdoor Suppression CCIE Lab
MPLS VPN — OSPF Sham-Link for Backdoor Suppression
Lab 05 — Multicast — PIM-SM, Anycast RP & MSDP CCIE Lab
Multicast — PIM-SM, Anycast RP & MSDP
Lab 06 — DMVPN Phase 3 — West Region Dual-Hub CCIE Lab
DMVPN Phase 3 — West Region Dual-Hub
Lab 06 — MPLS LDP & L3VPN (VPNv4/VPNv6) CCIE Lab
MPLS LDP & L3VPN (VPNv4/VPNv6)
Lab 07 — DMVPN Phase 3 — Dual-Hub & Per-Tunnel QoS CCIE Lab
DMVPN Phase 3 — Dual-Hub & Per-Tunnel QoS
Lab 07 — DMVPN Phase 3 — East Region with QoS Marking CCIE Lab
DMVPN Phase 3 — East Region with QoS Marking
Lab 08 — DMVPN EIGRP — Summarization, Stub, and Leak-Map CCIE Lab
DMVPN EIGRP — Summarization, Stub, and Leak-Map
Lab 08 — FlexVPN — IKEv2 Site-to-Site & Spoke-to-Spoke CCIE Lab
FlexVPN — IKEv2 Site-to-Site & Spoke-to-Spoke
Lab 09 — BGP Route Reflection — iBGP Scalability CCIE Lab
BGP Route Reflection — iBGP Scalability
Lab 09 — Switch Security — 802.1X, DHCP Snooping & DAI CCIE Lab
Switch Security — 802.1X, DHCP Snooping & DAI
Lab 10 — BGP Confederation — Sub-AS Architecture CCIE Lab
BGP Confederation — Sub-AS Architecture
Lab 10 — Device Security — CoPP, AAA & uRPF CCIE Lab
Device Security — CoPP, AAA & uRPF
Lab 11 — BGP Communities — Tagging and Policy Control CCIE Lab
BGP Communities — Tagging and Policy Control
Lab 11 — QoS — MQC, DiffServ & HQoS CCIE Lab
QoS — MQC, DiffServ & HQoS
Lab 12 — BGP Prefix Filtering — Prefix-List, ORF, and Distribute-List CCIE Lab
BGP Prefix Filtering — Prefix-List, ORF, and Distribute-List
Lab 12 — Network Services — FHRP, DHCP, NAT & NTP CCIE Lab
Network Services — FHRP, DHCP, NAT & NTP
Lab 13 — Optimization & Operations — IP SLA, NetFlow & SPAN CCIE Lab
Optimization & Operations — IP SLA, NetFlow & SPAN
Lab 13 — OSPF Multi-Area Design — Stub, NSSA, Type-3 Filtering CCIE Lab
OSPF Multi-Area Design — Stub, NSSA, Type-3 Filtering
Lab 14 — Cisco SD-Access — Design & Deployment CCIE Lab
Cisco SD-Access — Design & Deployment
Lab 14 — OSPFv3 Dual-Stack — IPv6 Backbone Routing CCIE Lab
OSPFv3 Dual-Stack — IPv6 Backbone Routing
Lab 15 — Cisco SD-WAN — vManage, OMP & Policies CCIE Lab
Cisco SD-WAN — vManage, OMP & Policies
Lab 15 — EIGRP Named Mode — Wide Metrics and Address Families CCIE Lab
EIGRP Named Mode — Wide Metrics and Address Families
Lab 16 — EEM Applets & Guest Shell Python CCIE Lab
EEM Applets & Guest Shell Python
Lab 16 — MPLS Traffic Engineering — TE Tunnels and RSVP CCIE Lab
MPLS Traffic Engineering — TE Tunnels and RSVP
Lab 17 — Multicast PIM Sparse Mode — Auto-RP and MSDP CCIE Lab
Multicast PIM Sparse Mode — Auto-RP and MSDP
Lab 17 — NETCONF/YANG & RESTCONF — IOS XE API CCIE Lab
NETCONF/YANG & RESTCONF — IOS XE API
Lab 18 — API Programmability — DNA Center & vManage CCIE Lab
API Programmability — DNA Center & vManage
Lab 18 — QoS on DMVPN — DSCP Classification, LLQ, and Shaping CCIE Lab
QoS on DMVPN — DSCP Classification, LLQ, and Shaping
Lab 19 — 6PE — IPv6 over MPLS without P-Router IPv6 CCIE Lab
6PE — IPv6 over MPLS without P-Router IPv6
Lab 20 — Full Integration — All Protocols Simultaneously CCIE Lab
Full Integration — All Protocols Simultaneously
Large-Scale Genomic Data Processing Data Science
Educational Bioinformatics Pipeline Reference · macOS · GRCh37 / GRCh38
Layered Security Stack Architecture
A privacy-first, full-tunnel architecture combining WireGuard, encrypted DNS, network IDS, and SIEM — deployed on a client/server model.

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Malware and Ransomware, Demystified Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Maximizing Bitcoin Analytics with Local Snapshots Cryptography
How a full Bitcoin snapshot (~700 GB) with txindex enables high-speed offline analytics, Electrum/Esplora indexing, and privacy-preserving blockchain research.
Memory Safety, Buffer Overflows & Baggy Bounds Offensive Security
A unified technical reference for system programmers, security engineers, and reverse engineers — from overflow fundamentals through allocator interna…
Meta / Facebook Surveillance Architecture & Technical Privacy Defense Privacy
A technical analysis of Meta's cross-site tracking infrastructure, their 2024–2026 policy changes, and a working layered defense stack validated in pr…
The Modern Python Stack Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Mutation-Based Fuzzing: From Commodore 64 POKEs to Drone Firmware Offensive Security
Working Python mutators for text and MAVLink telemetry, binary-fuzzing feedback without source, and a field guide to firmware and UAV fuzzing tools.

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Name Standardization & Filtering Analytics
Reusable ACL Analytics patterns for text normalization, structured key generation, multi-segment name codes, and exclusion filters for audit-ready dat…
Network Jitter, Standard Deviation & Bandwidth Measurement Networking
A technical reference for network engineers — covering RTT variance analysis, jitter classification, bandwidth testing, and annotated Python diagnosti…

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Overview of Cryptology Cryptography
Taxonomic architecture of modern cryptology: Cryptography (Symmetric Ciphers, Asymmetric Ciphers, Protocols) and Cryptanalysis (Mathematical, Side-Channel, Quantum threats).
Online Gaming Without the Griefers Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
The OSI and TCP/IP Models, Revisited Networking
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Passwords, Passkeys, and MFA Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Penetration Testing Professional Reference Guide Offensive Security
Rationale, methodology, network attack taxonomy, tooling reference, and service provider selection criteria — for security engineers, compliance teams…
Penetration Testing, End to End Offensive Security
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Phishing in the Age of AI Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Post-Quantum Cryptography Is Now a Deadline Cryptography
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Public-Key Cryptosystems Based on the Discrete Logarithm Problem Cryptography
Technical reference on the Discrete Logarithm Problem (DLP), Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (DHKE), and the ElGamal Public-Key Cryptosystem — mathematical mechanics, computational hardness, and modern cryptographic applications.
The Power of Software-Defined Systems Architecture
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
PowerCLI ESXi Shutdown: Code Review and Production Rewrite Virtualization
The original PowerCLI shutdown script circulating across VMware communities is widely copy-pasted into production runbooks. It works in a lab — but it has…
PowerShell Active Directory Reference Systems
A professional collection of modern PowerShell 7 scripts for Active Directory administration — covering the full lifecycle from user provisioning to d…

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Raising Digital Natives Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Ransomware Defense in 2026 Cybersecurity
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Reclaiming Your Privacy Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Reporting a Cybercrime Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Restoring Microsoft 365 Mail Flow After a Domain Re-Add Email Security
Why removing and re-adding a domain in a Microsoft 365 tenant breaks autodiscover, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and MX in scattered ways — and the outside-in DNS recovery…
RTPEngine: Media Proxy for VoIP — NAT Traversal, Transcoding, and SRTP Telecom
How RTPEngine solves NAT, codec mismatches, and media security in a Kamailio-based VoIP platform, with configuration and capacity reference.Why…

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SD-WAN Lab Blueprint — Cisco CSR1000v v17.03.03 Networking
Three CSR1000v edges dual-homed across two independent transports for automatic failover, with a full SD-WAN controller stack — vBond, vSmart, vManage — plus the underlay OSPF and overlay configuration.
SENTINEL: An Autonomous, Quantum-Safe Defense Platform Security Operations
Zero Trust, active deception, and post-quantum cryptography (FIPS 203/204), built as a closed-loop, self-correcting system rather than a passive alert stream.
SENTINEL Mobile Shield: Hardened Endpoint Security & Zero-Trust Tunnel Architecture Security Architecture
Mobile security architecture and capability overview: dual-stack ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption, live-path inline intrusion detection, DNSSEC-validated DoH, and zero-trust per-device isolation.
Securing the Connected Home Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Shipping It: MLOps Without the Buzzwords Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Side-Channel and Timing Attacks Cryptography
Articles · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
SS7 (Signaling System No. 7) — Technical Reference Telecom
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) is an architecture for performing out-of-band signaling in support of the call-establishment, billing, routing, and information-exchange functions of the PSTN.
Statistics That Earn Their Keep Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
STIR/SHAKEN: FCC-Mandated Call Authentication for VoIP Carriers Telecom
How STIR/SHAKEN works, attestation levels A/B/C, PASSporT token structure, STI-CA certificate requirements, and Asterisk implementation.What Is…
Strategic Business Impact Planning Techniques Information Systems Strategy
An academic analysis of business–information systems alignment, competitive advantage, and strategic value creation across the seminal SISP frameworks (Porter, McFarlan, Parsons, Benjamin, Rackoff, Robson, Rockart), 1979–1997. By Ioannis (John) Konstas.
The Stack Security & Infrastructure
The operational security and infrastructure stack I designed and run myself: autonomous defense, edge mitigation, post-quantum cryptography, and encrypted infrastructure.

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TCP/IP: The Protocol Suite Behind the Internet Networking
From ARPA experiments to the Internet's common language: milestones, the four layers, Internet governance and how RFCs become standards.
TTB COLA Label Compliance AI Inspector Interactive AI Tool
Automated sub-second 27 CFR Label Verification & Compliance Audit System for TTB agents — verifying brand names, ABV/proof consistency, standards of identity, and strict Part 16 Government Health Warnings with interactive bounding box canvas and batch importer.
A Technical Comparison of IBM PowerHA Storage Replication and IBM Journal-Based Replication Systems
IBM PowerHA replicates at the SAN block level; Journal-Based Replication works inside the OS at the object level -- and that one architectural difference explains everything downstream.
Traveling with Technology Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Understanding Insider Threats Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Using Social Media Without Oversharing Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas

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Visualization and Storytelling Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
VMware ESXi Hardening: A 45-Control Security Configuration Assessment Virtualization
ESXi hypervisors are the foundation of every virtual infrastructure — and because every workload runs on top of them, a misconfigured host is a single point…
VMware Infrastructure Architecture Overview Virtualization
Historical reference: This article documents the VMware Infrastructure 3 / early vSphere architecture. Components referenced here — ESX Server, VirtualCenter…
VMware SD-WAN VeloCloud: Security Hardening Guidelines Networking
Compromised network devices can be used to redirect traffic, exfiltrate data, and pivot into internal systems — making SD-WAN Edge hardening a critical part…
VMware vSphere 7 Security Configuration Guide: A Practitioner's Overview Virtualization
The VMware vSphere Security Configuration Guide (SCG) is the official baseline for hardening and auditing vSphere infrastructure. Version 7 — which…
Voice VLAN Design: PoE Switch Configuration and Cisco IP Phone Provisioning Networking
Separating voice and data traffic with IEEE 802.1Q VLANs, PoE switch configuration, TFTP/DHCP provisioning for Cisco IP phones, and the SCCP…

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Why 26! ≈ 2⁸⁸: Substitution Cipher Key Space, Bit Depth & Mental Estimation Cryptography
Converting 26! alphabet permutations into base-2 logarithmic bit depth (2⁸⁸), Python verification, and 3 mental arithmetic shortcuts.
Wi-Fi: Public Networks and Your Own Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Working with Large Language Models Data Science
Data Science Series · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas
Wrapping Legacy Network Gear in a Modern API Automation
Turning legacy Telnet-only router consoles into an authenticated REST API with total network isolation, the Netmiko alternative for SSH-native fleets, and the roadmap toward a full automation platform.

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Your Phone Is Your Perimeter Security Awareness
Security Awareness · July 2026 · Ioannis (John) Konstas