Audit Windows Event Log Size and Retention with Ruby and WMI
the shed // windows // wmi A 20 MB Security log can hold minutes of history on a busy server....
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Audit Transparent Huge Pages and Hugepage Usage in Ruby
the shed // linux // memory Transparent Huge Pages can quietly add latency spikes to Redis, MongoDB and other databases....
Audit Linux Processes Near Their Open-File Limit in Ruby
the shed // linux // limits “Too many open files” takes down busy services at 3 a.m. This script walks...
Lint Config Files Before Deploy: A Ruby JSON, YAML and INI Checker
the shed // ruby // cross-platform // config A trailing comma in JSON or a tab in YAML takes a...
Audit Windows NTLM Hardening in Ruby: LmCompatibilityLevel, LM Hashes and Session Security
the shed // ruby // windows // registry NTLMv1 and LM fallbacks are still the easiest path to credential relay...
Audit the Linux Routing Table in Ruby: Missing Defaults, Duplicates and Unreachable Gateways
the shed // ruby // linux // networking A box with two default routes at the same metric, or a...
The Millisecond Hunt: XCOR Quiets Your Pager, Lexxy Quiets Your Keyboard
tha-shed daily build — oct 05 2026 The Millisecond Hunt: XCOR Quiets Your Pager, Lexxy Quiets Your Keyboard Two teams...
Audit Windows Scheduled Tasks for SYSTEM Privilege Escalation with Ruby
the shed // windows // scheduled tasks Scheduled tasks that run as SYSTEM from a user-writable folder are a classic...
Audit Cron Jobs in Ruby: Next Run Times and Risky Job Detection
the shed // linux // cron Nobody remembers what is in /etc/cron.d. This script parses every crontab line in pure...
Find What Is Eating Your Disk: A Single-Pass Disk Usage Report in Ruby
the shed // linux // disk usage The disk is 95% full and du -sh * took ten minutes. Here...