Krehn Solutions Blog

The personal blog of Raymond Krehn

Category: Dreams

  • Password Manager LastPass Security Breach

     “LastPass, a company that offers users a way to centrally manage all of their passwords online with a single master password, disclosed Monday that intruders had broken into its databases and made off with user email addresses and password reminders, among other data.”

    But, you probably shouldn’t worry too much. LastPass utilizes AES 256-bit encryption on your device with the lastest PBKDF2 algorithms. I’ll go more in-depth of these shortly, but what you really need to know is that since the data is encrypted on your device, by the time it arrives on the LastPass servers in what they call a vault, they don’t even know what your passwords are. They’ll need to know your salt encryption key to even begin exposing your password. Before this, however, anyone looking at your passwords will need to know your master password, which is also encrypted. If you have two-way authentication, you’ll have to approve their access to your vault. 

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  • The Traveler

    I didn’t feel there was a reason for such violence. At first, I couldn’t understand why. Then I started to ask various questions: Is it because I have money? Is it because I’m different? Did I hurt them somehow? The more questions I asked, though, the fewer answers I had. None of these questions would have been asked if I weren’t brutally hit several times. This is exactly what happened on my way to Chicago. The worst of it is that I don’t know who did it.

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  • Let’s Talk About Peer-To-Peer Lending

    A synopsis:

    Peer-to-Peer lending is when individuals loan money to other individuals who need loans.

    An Analogy:

    Remember when Napster first existed? The idea was that you had a song on your computer that was typically in a format known as mp3. You most likely listen to mp3s to this day through programs like iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Pandora, etc. With Napster, you shared this song with other people through its software. This was the first time we started using the phrase, “peer-to-peer” on a daily basis. You are a peer, and you’re providing your favorite songs to another peer, or group of peers, people just like you. Peer-to-Peer lending works in a very similar way. But, instead of songs you’re using money.

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  • An RSVP PHP Script

    I’ve been terrible about posting on here and I just noticed after all this time that my blog doesn’t contain any web-based scripts. I am getting married this fall, so I built a website with an RSVP PHP form for our guests. I’d rather have all our guests in a centralized location than a group of acceptance letters stored somewhere, where I may or may not have an accurate count when the wedding date gets closer.

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  • e(volve) release date announced!

    Expect e(volve) to arrive October 13, 2014! It will be available on iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Music, Spotify, XBox Music, Sony Music, and much more! It will be available to listen to on bandcamp.com and only $5 for purchase.

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  • The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Explained

    Before I begin, I will state that the following article is a completely unbiased and is a shortened version of the actual act itself. What people call “Obamacare” is actually the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (abbreviated to PPACA or ACA). However, people started calling it “Obamacare” before all the rules were even applied. It’s a term that was, at first, mostly used by people who didn’t like the PPACA, and it’s become popularized in part because PPACA is a really long and awkward name, even when you turn it into an acronym like that. Barack Obama has since said that he actuallylikes the term “Obamacare” because, he says, “I do care”.

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