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@jgamblin
jgamblin / instantkali.sh
Created March 5, 2018 00:39
Start an EC2 Kali Instance In Under 60 Seconds.
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -u
clear
ami="ami-10e00b6d"
size="t2.medium"
today=$(date +"%m-%d-%y-%H%M")
localip=$(curl -s https://ipinfo.io/ip)
@shubheksha
shubheksha / brackets-pair-colorizer.md
Last active July 8, 2025 16:12
A list of extensions/plugins that highlight matching parens/braces for various editors/IDEs.
@alexellis
alexellis / k8s-pi.md
Last active March 1, 2026 16:50
K8s on Raspbian
@kitmenke
kitmenke / finderrors.ps1
Created August 1, 2016 02:45
Working in progress: powershell script to automatically fix DCOM errors which show up in the event log
# Get-EvengLog doesn't quite work I guess:
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31396903/get-eventlog-valid-message-missing-for-some-event-log-sources#
# Get-EventLog Application -EntryType Error -Source "DistributedCOM"
# The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
#$logs = Get-EventLog -LogName "System" -EntryType Error -Source "DCOM" -Newest 1 -Message "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID*"
# 2 is error
# 3 is warning
$EVT_MSG = "The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID"
# Search for System event log ERROR entries starting with the specified EVT_MSG
$logEntry = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashTable @{LogName='System'; Level=2} | Where-Object { $_.Message -like "$EVT_MSG*" } | Select-Object -First 1