Category: Security Notes

Been dealing with this issue as of late with my MacOS terminal (running MacOS Monterey version 12.4). Have no idea when it started, or why.

Looks something like this:

$ 00~stupidcopy01~

The easiest fix I have seen, that seems to do the trick is to use the “reset” command:

$ reset

It doesn’t hurt to kill your terminal instances.

Have no idea why it started, but I’m glad it’s gone. Was causing issues with passwords.

Thanks, hope it helps.

If you’re building Android apps for the Android or Amazon Playstore you will need to sign your apps with a certificate. To do this, you will need a Keystore file. There are a lot of instructions on how to do this on a Mac, but if you’re on a Windows machine it’s a labyrinth of useless information.

This is a simple guide on how to create a keystore using Windows, here is what you will need:

Operating System	Windows 10
Java	Java SDK 17 (or latest version)

Yes, you need Java so just do it.

By default, the installation will go to: C:\Program Files\Java\ (remember this)

NOTE: Open Command prompt as Administrator, not doing this will generate a permission error.

In your command prompt, navigate to the bin folder. For me, it was:

cd "c:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\bin"

From here, you can now run the keytool application like this:

keytool -genkey -v -keystore my-release-key.keystore -alias [change this value] -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 

Set the -alias to whatever you’re going to call it. For instance it could “tonys-androidapp“.

NOTE: You can set the path where you want to store the .keystore by doing something like this

-keystore “C:\Users\Tony Perez\[Path to Keystore]\my-release-key.keystore”

It will prompt you to provide your keystore password:

Enter keystore password:
Re-enter new password:

Save this, you will need it. Fill out the rest of the information as you see fit:

What is your first and last name? Tony Perez
What is the name of your organizational unit? Engineering
What is the name of your organization? Tony Codes, LLC
What is the name of your City or Locality? Texas
What is the name of your State or Province? Texas
What is the two-letter country code for this unit? US
Is CN=Tony Perez, OU=CleanBrowsing, O=CleanBrowsing, L=Texas, ST=Texas, C=US correct? yes

That’s it, now you have a new keystore that you can use to sign your apps.

Cheers!

I don’t know when it started, but at some point in 2021 I was not able to scroll inside my linux terminal on Windows. I really don’t care why it started, but I do know the fix.

After banging my head on a wall, and living with it for a few months, I decided enough was enough.

Continue reading “Can’t Scroll in Windows Subsystem for Linux”

This error is telling you that you forgot to update your listening address. You likely have another pool configuration pointing to the same address.

For example, name1.conf is pointing to:

listen = 127.0.0.1:9000

Continue reading “Troubleshooting PHP-FPM: ERROR: [pool [name1]] unable to set listen address as it’s already used in another pool ‘[name2]’”

I was recently working with a new Windows app we built at CleanBrowsing and our users were getting hit with security warnings post-installation. This warning was generated because the app was not signed.

Ok, let’s get things signed.

To sign I would need a code-sign certificate. I went through the process of getting an Extended Validation (EV) certificate from GlobalSign.

Site Note: The process was not too bad, you sign some forms, take some pictures and you’re done. You do need a Windows machine when download the certificate, be prepared for that.

Continue reading “Signing an App using a CodeSign certificate with SignTool & Windows 10”