Active Directory Basics - Quick Guide

Introduction Active Directory (AD) is a directory service developed by Microsoft for the Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. Initially, Active Directory was used only for centralized domain management. However, Active Directory became an umbrella title for a broad range of directory-related services. A directory is a hierarchical structure that stores information about objects on the network. A directory service, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), provides the methods for storing directory data and making this data available to network users and administrators....

January 27, 2022 · 11 min · jincx

Bash Basics - Quick Guide

Introduction Bash is a scripting language that runs within the terminal on most Linux distros, as well as MacOS. Shell scripts are a sequence of bash commands within a file, combined together to achieve more complex tasks than simple one-liner and are especially useful when it comes to automating tasks. History Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell....

January 22, 2022 · 5 min · jincx

Python Basics - Quick Guide

Introduction Python is one of the most widely used, easy-to-learn, quick-to-understand and most convenient scripting languages; especially for cybersecurity, data science and machine learning. As the learning curve is simple enough to pick up and you can almost find a library for everything if you wish to automate if you search for it. History Python is an interpreted high-level programming language, meaning it reads and executes the codes line by line instead of compiling all at once like Golang or C#, etc....

December 1, 2021 · 6 min · jincx