Scott Helme

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Home Assistant

V2: Hacking my Tesla Powerwalls to be the ultimate home energy solution!

In my first blog post about hacking my Tesla Powerwalls, I laid out all of the foundations and information about my home energy setup. You really need to read that...

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TLS

Shorter certificates are coming!

Well, I was certainly hoping for this result, but wasn't necessarily expecting it! I'm pleased to report that Ballot SC-081v3 passed, and that shorter certificate lifetimes...

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Home Assistant

Hacking my Tesla Powerwalls to be the ultimate home energy solution!

I've had solar and batteries at home for quite some time now, and despite my experience with them being really awesome, there were a few little things that...

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Report URI

PCI DSS FAQ SAQ WTF BBQ...

I was trying to come up with a sensible title for this blog post, but I feel this one mirrors the thoughts and feelings of many of us about recent...

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Report URI

Report URI: Launching Policy Watch and other improvements!

As we continue to expand and improve our offering, one particular area of focus over recent months has been on PCI DSS Compliance. Whilst 'compliance' might not be...

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Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt to offer 6-day certificates!

Continuing their trend of radical change for the better, Let's Encrypt have announced that, this year, you will be able to request certificates with a validity period of...

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Pi-Hole

Updating to Pi-hole v6 and enabling HTTPS!

I first deployed my Pi-hole back in 2018 and ever since then, I've never looked back! Pi-hole have just dropped a pretty major update and, of course, I...

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Report URI

Stronger Than Ever: How We Turned a DDoS Attack Into a Lesson in Resilience

Operating an online service like Report URI, it comes with the territory. The ever present threat of attack is something we are fully aware of, and prepare for as best...

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ocsp

Let's Encrypt to end OCSP support in 2025

Well, the writing has been on the wall for some years now, arguably over a decade, but the time has finally come where the largest CA in the World is...

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XSS Ranked #1 Top Threat of 2024 by MITRE and CISA

As we draw near the end of 2024, MITRE have taken a look back at the security vulnerabilities discovered throughout the year and published their list of the Top 25...