Tag: external resources

  • Going SQL: Postgres (1/3)

    Intro We tested (very quickly) a MongoDB “No SQL” backend in a former post. But many a time, good’ol SQL will be just good enough for a Backend. In the “Data Science” world, SQL is right up in the top list of key concepts. So let’s make a point to consider it in this Blog.…

  • Gathering data: Scraping the web

    Intro A couple of weeks ago I uploaded on my GitHub account the first version of a simple Scraping script. Getting web pages and working with them from a script, when API are not available, can be quite useful. In this case, I “scraped” the CRT.sh website, looking up information about mine. Nothing aggressive, one…

  • Gathering Security Data: Tests with Ansible

    Goal for today Gather Configuration data from Linux boxes. As the saying goes: “You can’t manage what you don’t know”. Well, today is about just that (with focus on IT Security). Introduction This is part of a series of posts about gathering security data (see for example: Shodan API tests or More external data sources…