The Arai XD-4

I have a Shoei RF-1200 head. The RF-1200 in an XL is the best fitting and most comfortable helmet I have owned, yet when my lovely all white RF-1200 with its extremely cool Mass Effect and Destiny the Game stickers was due for replacement, my eyes started to wander. In …

Auth0 Flask Tools

Another Auth0 project, this time using Flask and the Auth0 python SDK. First up: build my own interface for managing users in an Auth0 hosted user database. The main reason for doing this is to expose user_metadata and app_metadata for editing by an authorized user.

You can edit metadata in …

Password Expiry is a Terrible Policy

A pet peeve, and an opinion, triggered by a recent experience:

Regularly occurring enforced password expiry is a terrible policy, whether it is every 60 days, or every 12 months. As a policy, it encourages users to choose the minimally secure password. Given a set of password complexity requirements (length …

Auth0 Command Line Utilities

Not to be confused with my authzero command line interface, this repo contains general purpose python scripts for interfacing with the Auth0 Management API.

authzero - A CLI for the Auth0 Management API

I started work on a command line interface for the Auth0 Management API. The tool is built with TypeScript, oclif, node.js, and Auth0's node-auth0 SDK.

$ authzero --help
Auth0 Command Line Interface

VERSION
  authzero/0.0.0 darwin-x64 node-v11.6.0

USAGE
  $ authzero [COMMAND]

COMMANDS
  client      Get client …

My Year in Books 2018

36 books this year!

The Gartner IAM Summit

I was in Las Vegas this week for Gartner's IAM Summit, hosted at Ceasar's Palace. Vegas isn't really my cup of tea but one goes where the conferences are. Pro tip: The desert is really freaking cold in December. I mean, not Canada cold, but way colder than a desert …

The Viking Tour - Day 13

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Distance traveled: 240kms

Home Sweet Home

The Viking Tour - Day 12

Edmundston to Salaberry-de-Valleyfield

Distance traveled (approximate): 611kms

Almost homeward bound. More of those gorgeous inter-New Brunswick - Quebec views.

On our way to our last motel, we stopped at the massive Carrier Harley / Can-Am / BMW Motorrad shop in Drummondville. These guys had everything, even the BMW Motorrad bikini, flip-flops, and board …

The Viking Tour - Day 11

Antigonish to Moncton to Edmundston.

Distance traveled (approximate): 718kms

Today was a very long haul, with a somewhat unplanned detour. The Harley was very clearly spitting oil out the right side so on our way to Edmunstun, we headed into Moncton to visit Toys for Big Boys Harley-Davidson. Apparently the …