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Let’s Encrypt
Using encrypted connections to move personal information on the internet is a given, at least it should be. That’s why the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) provides the free Certificate Authority (CA), Let’s Encrypt.
Digital certificates are provided to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites. This ensures that information moving around the world wide web is kept private between users. Everything from email messages to your banking information should be kept confidential when it moves across the internet, and that’s what digital certificates ensure is happening when you use a secured website. Certificate Authorities provide digital certificates that are registered with web browsers to verify and encrypt the information that is sent between users and websites, providing users with the confidence and trust required to use online services.
OpenPLC
If you’re looking for a free Programmable Logic Controller, look no further than the OpenPLC project. It is compliant with the IEC 61131-3 standard and can work with many hardware platforms; this includes both Arduino and Raspberry Pi, along with commercial PLC hardware. The project has two main components: the editor, and runtime. It supports: Ladder Logic (LD), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Instruction List (IL), Structured Text (ST), and Sequential Function Chart (SFC).
The source code is available on GitHub from Thiago Alves. Or you can visit the OpenPLC website.
Windows 11 Development Environment
Microsoft offers the latest version of Windows packaged for virtual machines. It is available for VMWare, Hyper-V (Gen2), VirtualBox and Parallels.
Included:
- Window 11 Enterprise (Evaluation)
- Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition with UWP, .NET Desktop, Azure, and Windows App SDK for C# workloads enabled
- Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 enabled with Ubuntu installed
- Windows Terminal installed
- Developer mode enabled
Kali Linux
Kali Linux is a platform designed for a variety of information security purposes. It is useful for penetration testing, security research, computer forensics and reverse engineering. The tools it packages range in scope from information gathering to reporting.