Update draft of TLS writeup. Publish Philosophy of Bill, part 1.

_drafts/TLS_Writeup.txt

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-TLS - Transport-Layer Security
-
-Asymmetric Key Authentication:
-     - Relies on two keys: Public key, Private key
-     - Both keys are related, but impossible (computationally infeasable) to
-       identify the private key based on the public key [1][2]
-     - The public key can be distributed publicly
-          - Used to encrypt message to the owner of the private paired key
-          - Used to verify signatures from the private key
-     - The private key is kept secret
-          - Used to decrypt message from the public paired key
-          - Used to as a digital signature
-
-Basics of an Asymmetric Key handshake:
-     1. Client reaches out to server, requesting a secure connection
-     2. Server acknowledges request, sends back it's public key
-          - This is commonly known as a certificate. Often signed by a
-            third-party to ensure it is what it's supposed to be.
-     3. Client uses this public key to encrypt a secret, and sends the package
-     back to the server.
-     4. The server then uses it's private key to decrypt the public-key
-     encrypted secret, and uses that secret hence forth to encrypt all traffic.
-     5. A private connection is now established.
-
-Basics of Certificates
-     1. A certificate is a vessel for a server to provide authentication
-     information.
-     2. Typically a certificate will contain the following information:
-          - A UUID of the certificate itself
-          - The subject of the certificate
-          - The signature, and signature algorithm used
-          - The issuer of the certificate, as well as dates when it is valid
-          - The purpose of the key
-          - The thumbprint, and algorithm, used to hash the key
-          - The public key itself
-     3. Certificate Authorities act as a third part to verify the integrity of
-     public keys. 
-
-============================
 TLS: An examination into the Security of the Internet, Part 1
 
-
 TLS, more often referred to as SSL, is the means by which a secure connection is
 established over a computer network. Most often these connections are
 established over the Internet, between a client (ex., web browser) and a server
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      https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6290/how-is-it-possible-that-people-observing-an-https-connection-being-established-w
      [3]
      https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/20803/how-does-ssl-tls-work
+
+============================
+Notes
+Asymmetric Key Authentication:
+     - Relies on two keys: Public key, Private key
+     - Both keys are related, but impossible (computationally infeasable) to
+       identify the private key based on the public key [1][2]
+     - The public key can be distributed publicly
+          - Used to encrypt message to the owner of the private paired key
+          - Used to verify signatures from the private key
+     - The private key is kept secret
+          - Used to decrypt message from the public paired key
+          - Used to as a digital signature
+
+Basics of an Asymmetric Key handshake:
+     1. Client reaches out to server, requesting a secure connection
+     2. Server acknowledges request, sends back it's public key
+          - This is commonly known as a certificate. Often signed by a
+            third-party to ensure it is what it's supposed to be.
+     3. Client uses this public key to encrypt a secret, and sends the package
+     back to the server.
+     4. The server then uses it's private key to decrypt the public-key
+     encrypted secret, and uses that secret hence forth to encrypt all traffic.
+     5. A private connection is now established.
+
+Basics of Certificates
+     1. A certificate is a vessel for a server to provide authentication
+     information.
+     2. Typically a certificate will contain the following information:
+          - A UUID of the certificate itself
+          - The subject of the certificate
+          - The signature, and signature algorithm used
+          - The issuer of the certificate, as well as dates when it is valid
+          - The purpose of the key
+          - The thumbprint, and algorithm, used to hash the key
+          - The public key itself
+     3. Certificate Authorities act as a third part to verify the integrity of
+     public keys. 

_drafts/Worldview.html

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----
-     layout: default
-     tabtitle: Bye Bye Dropbox
-     tags: philosophy
----
-
-<article>
-     <h1>Perception And Thought</h1>
-
-     <p>I consider myself a very philosophical person.
-
-
-</article>

_posts/2015-05-04-Philosophy-of-Bill-1.html

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+---
+     layout: default
+     tabtitle: Philosophy of Bill, Abbreviated
+     tags: philosophy
+---
+
+<article>
+     <h1>Perception And Thought</h1>
+
+     <p>I consider myself a very philosophical person. That doesn't mean I'm any
+     good at philosophy, I just tend to think a lot about ethics, morality, and
+     happiness. Recently I've been thinking more about my worldview, what I
+     value as important, and how I achieve happiness in my daily life. I wanted
+     to jot down what I feel is a brief examination of my basic tenants; the
+     basic Philosophy of Bill.</p>
+
+     <p>I derive a lot of my philosophy from my Christian up-bringing and
+     Stoicism. I'm not a very religious person, though. I never really was. My
+     belief of what God is falls strongly under the agnostic category: I'm not
+     sure what God is, or if I believe in a God, but I do believe in a higher
+     power of some sort. I feel it's logical to always assume there is something
+     more powerful than yourself, but I also feel it's impossible to prove this.
+     I like to define faith as simply irrational belief. I have faith in many
+     things, both permanent and temporary. I like faith, actually, quite a bit.
+     I admire those who have strong faith, so long as they maintain reason and
+     are not fanatical. I also try to maintain a very open approach to religion.
+     I believe everyone has the right to worship however they choose, so long as
+     it does not involve anything overly immoral, such as killing. I have a hard
+     time tolerating people who are overly zealous about their faith, or about
+     denouncing someone else's faith. Nothing is more disgusting than attacking
+     someone for their beliefs. They are called beliefs for a reason; they are
+     not fact, they are opinion. It's ineffective to attack opinions, because
+     they are ephemeral to begin with. Like trying to hit a ghost with a
+     lamp-post: it just won't do what you think it will.</p>
+
+     <p>I love debate and discussion, but there is a clear difference between
+     debate for truth and argument for winning. I try to keep in the first camp,
+     but I'm not super-human and I have an ego so I often visit the later.
+     However, I always learn when I make mistakes, and I cherish when I fail,
+     because it only serves to better myself. I think that's the most
+     fundamental under-lying theme of my philosophy: always better myself;
+     always learn something. That ego thing, though, that's a tough monster to
+     handle. I've found myself adopting views similar to Zen Buddism (I think)
+     often when trying to quell my ego:</p>
+
+     <p><ul>
+          <li> All will return to nothingness.</li>
+          <li> Ergo, what I do will be inconsequential.</li>
+          <li> Ergo, I am inconsequential.</li>
+     </ul></p>
+
+     <p>I think most people hear this and grow disheartened or depressed, but I
+     view it as very uplifting. There's a certain freedom in knowning that, no
+     matter how much I fail, in the end it won't matter much. It's sobering to
+     remember that no matter how much I've achieved or won, in the end it won't
+     matter much. It's important to remember that I am nothing but an improbable
+     spec of matter floating on a rock in an unimaginably vast and empty space.
+     Too many people get caught up on that "in the end" part, though, and they
+     begin to question why they should act at all. Well, there's a bit of time
+     between now and "the end" and you need to fill the void with something. For
+     me, that's learning, and understanding, and appreciating.</p>
+
+     <p>In my studies, I've discovered and adopted Stoicism as a philosophy. I
+     won't explain too much what Stoicism is about, since there are many sources
+     online which do that. I apply Stoicism mostly in the mental aspects of the
+     philosophy, and less in the faith/religious aspects. From Stoicism, I have
+     reinforced my beliefs in the importance of understanding our environment. I
+     remind myself every day of things I cannot control, and that I can only
+     control my perception of things. I try to act according to logic and
+     wisdom, and not according to feelings, which can hamper reason. For
+     example, I try not to let anger control my actions if I get trolled by my
+     friend Nick. I understand that anger, love, stress, and all other feelings
+     are very much out of my control, but allowing them to control me is well
+     within my control. In other words, I very much get angry, or grow lustful,
+     or prideful, but I try not to let those feelings dictate my actions. I
+     believe it was Seneca the Younger who said, "Men are not angered by things,
+     but by their perceptions of them." One of many mantra I keep in
+     reserve.</p>
+
+     <p>The most important thing in my life, though, is not control but
+     happiness. I can seek to control my perceptions and emotions all I want,
+     but if it does not lead to happiness, it is a fruitless endeavor. I find
+     happiness most when I learn; when I understand a system. I'm an engineer at
+     heart, so I view the world as a system of systems (of systems, of
+     systems...) each of which is bare to understanding. I free myself from ego
+     and oppression so that I can learn without fear of failure or the
+     disapproval of my peers. I like to always remind myself that the only
+     person who truly cares about me, is me. That's not to say others don't care
+     about me, but they care about themselves first, and me afterwards.  That's
+     how things are; it's not wrong or depressing or hurtful it's just the way
+     the system works. I care for many people, but I'm always number one on the
+     list.</p>
+
+     <p>While all this is well and good, philosophy is an ever changing system;
+     a CICD environment. I am constantly integrating new ideas and concepts into
+     my understanding of the world, and sometimes purging old or unnecessary
+     ones. I have my fair-share of quandries, perhaps more so than others;
+     perhaps it's an unfair-share. That's what makes it worth it, though, to me.
+     I seek to learn, and in doing so, find happiness and confusion. It's a
+     recursive system: the confusion leads to learning, which leads to happiness
+     and confusion. And I love recursion.</p>
+</article>