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"https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2023-03-29-fixing-incredibly-slow-launching-on-intels-rapid-storage-technology-virtual-raid-on-cpu-application.html", "published_at": "2023-03-29T04:13:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e53e5285ac", "title": "Notes on capacitors, part 2: aluminium electrolytics", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2023-03-21-notes-on-capacitors-part-2-aluminium-electrolytics.html", "published_at": "2023-03-21T02:47:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e53ea08170", "title": "Notes on capacitors, part 1: ceramics & MLCCs", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2023-03-16-notes-on-capacitors-part-1-ceramics-mlccs.html", "published_at": "2023-03-16T00:13:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e53f9071c3", "title": "What is GuardMemcpyFunctionPointer?", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2023-01-30-what-is-guardmemcpyfunctionpointer.html", "published_at": "2023-01-30T16:07:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e5404bc82e", 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"01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e5487bde93", "title": "Recovering BitLocker when the BCD has been modified", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2019-09-23-recovering-bitlocker-when-the-bcd-has-been-modified.html", "published_at": "2019-09-23T01:33:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e548ed7415", "title": "Using uMod Patcher to create new hooks for Rust (the game)", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2019-05-14-using-umod-patcher-to-create-new-hooks-for-rust-the-game.html", "published_at": "2019-05-14T01:48:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e549ec48d9", "title": "Reflections on 100k", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2019-03-15-reflections-on-100k.html", "published_at": "2019-03-15T20:54:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e54ae2b9c3", "title": "Adventures in .NET references", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2018-02-03-adventures-in-net-references.html", "published_at": "2018-02-03T14:43:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e54b6915e5", "title": "Anti-debug with VirtualAlloc's write watch", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2018-01-24-anti-debug-with-virtualallocs-write-watch.html", "published_at": "2018-01-24T23:22:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e54b88783b", "title": "ASUS UEFI Update Driver Physical Memory Read/Write", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2016-06-12-asus-uefi-update-driver-physical-memory-readwrite.html", "published_at": "2016-06-12T13:06:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e54b98d6d0", "title": "Talking about Windows drivers at 44CON 2015's Community Evening", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2015-09-04-talking-about-windows-drivers-44con-2015s-community-evening.html", "published_at": "2015-09-04T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e54c14581c", "title": "W^X policy violation affecting all Windows drivers compiled in Visual Studio 2013 and previous", "url": 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Prepare to lose ASLR.", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2013-09-09-installing-dropbox-prepare-to-lose-aslr.html", "published_at": "2013-09-09T21:09:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e550f55a5b", "title": "The Router Review: From nmap to firmware", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2013-09-08-the-router-review-from-nmap-to-firmware.html", "published_at": "2013-09-08T02:46:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e551283e63", "title": "A quick crypto lesson - why \"MAC then encrypt\" is a bad choice", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2013-04-05-quick-crypto-lesson-why-mac-then-encrypt-is-bad.html", "published_at": "2013-04-04T23:54:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e551f6d7f9", "title": "Password cracking with VMware Authentication Daemon", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2013-03-13-password-cracking-with-vmware-auth-daemon.html", "published_at": "2013-03-13T02:42:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e5524f9559", "title": "Kelihos.B takedown", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2012-05-08-kelihos-b-takedown.html", "published_at": "2012-05-08T12:50:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e5530b46ba", "title": "Linux local kernel privilege escalation to root", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2012-01-27-linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-to-root.html", "published_at": "2012-01-27T07:12:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e553463885", "title": "Redis security", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2012-01-26-redis-security.html", "published_at": "2012-01-26T08:31:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08752-4eaa-70f9-bafa-d9e553716f7b", "title": "Preventing executable analysis - Part 1, Static Analysis", "url": "https://blog.poly.nomial.co.uk/2012-01-25-preventing-executable-analysis-part-1.html", "published_at": "2012-01-25T21:35:47+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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Watch out for missed warnings on vendor C++ toolchainsoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026

2025

Creating high quality electronics schematicsoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2025
Tips for getting PCBs made with JLCPCBoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2025
Abusing MOSFET parasitics to make a voltage-controlled low-pass filteroriginal ↗
19 May 2025
A neat allocation trick in C#original ↗
12 May 2025
Methods of defeating potting compound on electronicsoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2025
A new blog!original ↗
20 Feb 2025
Proper decoupling practices, and why you should leave 100nF behindoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2025

2024

A neat trick in OCP Grand Teton's power distribution designoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2024
A list of ADHD symptomsoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2024
Turning diode (and LED) datasheet IV plots into SPICE modelsoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2024

2023

How to identify the physical DIMM from a Machine Check Exception (MCE) memory error logoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2023
The DMCA enables harmoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
The problem with driving LEDs with PWMoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2023
Fixing incredibly slow launching on Intel's Rapid Storage Technology / Virtual RAID on CPU applicationoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2023
Notes on capacitors, part 2: aluminium electrolyticsoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2023
Notes on capacitors, part 1: ceramics & MLCCsoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2023
What is GuardMemcpyFunctionPointer?original ↗
30 Jan 2023

2022

CPU Socket and Core Count Limits in Windows 10 (And How To Remove Them)original ↗
7 Apr 2022

2021

Fixing HTTPSConnectionPool "certificate verify failed" error in FreeNAS 11.3original ↗
6 Dec 2021
Fixing Microsoft Store error 0x80073cf9 when trying to install or update a specific apporiginal ↗
1 Dec 2021
Tweaking the internals of Intel Cryo Coolingoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2021
A primer on Windows PE files and doing API calls without knowledge of memory layoutoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2021
Investigating a failure to read DIMM SPD data on Intel Xeon Scalable platformsoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2021
How many seasons of Futurama are there?original ↗
19 Jan 2021

2020

What I Would Change In Windows: October 2020 Editionoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2020
Gotta Go Fast: Building old Windows on new Windowsoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2020
Fixing picture glitches and freezes on the Logitech BRIO 4K webcam in Windowsoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2020
Re-enabling NIC Teaming (LBFO) in Windows 10 & other desktop SKUs, even after Microsoft removed itoriginal ↗
27 May 2020
Fixing "can't give argument to non-function not $.DisableHTTP" in Gitea Wiki pagesoriginal ↗
19 May 2020
Setting up SMB Multi-Channel between FreeNAS (or any BSD/Linux) and Windows for 20Gbps transfersoriginal ↗
18 May 2020
Setting a custom HTTPS certificate in Tomato, AdvancedTomato, or FreshTomatooriginal ↗
8 Mar 2020
Mirroring content across multiple screens on Windows, without changing display configurationoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2020

2019

Moving Epic Games Store games without re-installing themoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
Recovering BitLocker when the BCD has been modifiedoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2019
Using uMod Patcher to create new hooks for Rust (the game)original ↗
14 May 2019
Reflections on 100koriginal ↗
15 Mar 2019

2018

Adventures in .NET referencesoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2018
Anti-debug with VirtualAlloc's write watchoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2018

2016

ASUS UEFI Update Driver Physical Memory Read/Writeoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2016

2015

Talking about Windows drivers at 44CON 2015's Community Eveningoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2015
W^X policy violation affecting all Windows drivers compiled in Visual Studio 2013 and previousoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2015
Another year, another Securi-Tay, another talk... and this time we're sponsoring the bar!original ↗
17 Feb 2015
Pentesting Java EE web applications with LAPSE+original ↗
17 Feb 2015

2013

Talking about crypto at Securi-Tay 2014 (Dundee, Scotland)original ↗
11 Nov 2013
Steam Code Execution - Privilege Escalation to SYSTEM (Part 2)original ↗
11 Oct 2013
Steam UAC bypass via code executionoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2013
Installing Dropbox? Prepare to lose ASLR.original ↗
9 Sept 2013
The Router Review: From nmap to firmwareoriginal ↗
8 Sept 2013
A quick crypto lesson - why "MAC then encrypt" is a bad choiceoriginal ↗
4 Apr 2013
Password cracking with VMware Authentication Daemonoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2013

2012

Kelihos.B takedownoriginal ↗
8 May 2012
Linux local kernel privilege escalation to rootoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2012
Redis securityoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2012
Preventing executable analysis - Part 1, Static Analysisoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2012