audit, code, crypto, hack, idrac, ipmi, python, security

new tool release: zipmi

August 17, 2026

zipmi – https://github.com/zenfish/zipmi – is a pure-Python IPMI/BMC stack — an `ipmitool`-style CLI plus a library where every byte is an inspectable and mangleable object. Built for people/AI (are AIs...

code, DARPA, dtrace, forensics, mac, security

Software tracing on the mac

March 11, 2026

There are two types of people in the world… those who love strace (and ltrace!) and the other 99.999% of people who have never heard of strace. This is for...

code, crypto, hack, philosophy, security

d3ck, d3ck, goose

May 13, 2015

A bit over 2 years ago I started on a journey that has become a bit surreal; I had what seemed like a modest goal, simply create something that would...

code, security, tech

really, really, really nuke iptables

February 9, 2015

I think this is the way to really clear out all the stuff in iptables, the arcane packet filtering thing for Linux. At least… I think. My take on it,...

code, dinosaurs, embedded, ipmi, python, security, tech

Get Device ID (moar IPMI… yawn….)

October 12, 2014

I’d had this sitting around for awhile and thought I’d take another look at it; in this I simply toss out an IPMI Get Device ID command and see what happens....

code, embedded, ipmi, security, tech

mega mega mega… chan chan chan….

September 4, 2014

Or… Notes on the IPMI Protocol Security Model. I wrote in Sold Down the River about the curious aspects of channels and authentication and users and all that stuff. Here’s...