Python

Introduction Some projects are born out of technical necessity, others from curiosity and the desire to experiment. Bannator.py was created for all these reasons. It was April 2, 2010. I was working as a consultant for a company that was experiencing repeated unauthorized access attempts on its servers: classic SSH password brute force attacks. A quick, simple, and understandable solution was needed. I could have written a couple of lines in Bash and solved the problem in a few minutes… but this was also an opportunity: to turn a technical need into a learning moment. ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many kids like me were introduced to the world of computing thanks to the legendary Commodore 64, the first assembled personal computers, and rudimentary operating systems like DOS and Windows 3.11. I still vividly remember my first Commodore 64, a gift from my parents in 1989. I was just seven years old, in the second grade of my small hometown school, and the wonder I felt when powering up that computer, with its unmistakable blue and cyan screen, was priceless. That little device opened up an entire universe before me, filled with challenges, study, dedication, and gratification. ...