Teri Radichel·5 days agoMember-onlyResource handler returned message: “The provided policy document does not meet the requirements of the specified policy type.”Error message for AWS CloudFormation with a Service Control Policy is *Not Helpful* (or any IAM-like policy) — I’m trying to deploy a service control policy with CloudFormation. This should be straightforward. I got the policy working without an fn::ImportValue that references a value in another stack. I cannot find any documentation saying this won’t work. This is standard CloudFormation so I presume it is OK.Error Message3 min readError Message3 min read
Teri Radichel·5 days agoMember-onlyBug in AWS CloudShellI have a particular file that has a portion of the code that looks like this when I open it up: However, that is not actually the format of the file. The file was pulled from GitHub and looks like this:Bug2 min readBug2 min read
Teri Radichel·5 days agoMember-onlyAWS Organizations SCPs — Redundant and Extraneous PoliciesThe design of AWS Organizations is such that accounts and OUs end up having repetitive and redundant FullAWSAccess policies. It seems like you should be able to remove one of the redundant policies. …Bug4 min readBug4 min read
Teri Radichel·5 days agoMember-onlyPasting Code in AWS CloudShell from Mac — Not PrettyIf anyone out there working on AWS CloudShell happens to see this, I’d consider this a bug because it makes CloudShell pretty much unusable for copy/paste from a MAC. I’m working in a terminal window on a Mac. I highlight and copy a block of code using ctrl-c Head over…Bug2 min readBug2 min read
Teri Radichel·Mar 22Member-onlyMedium Analytics and Placement for a PremiumA new feature request for the Medium Wishlist — Perhaps Medium should charge authors who want better stats and placement for their stories on the platform. For example, Twitter charges $8 per month to be verified and get better placement of Tweets. I find that a small price to pay for better visibility in my particular line of work. …Medium3 min readMedium3 min read
Teri Radichel·Mar 15Member-onlyInconsistent Medium Stats RolloverI wrote about my attempt to reverse-engineer some Medium stats in this blog post: Reverse-Engineering Medium Stats Figuring the time of day most people are visiting your Medium blogmedium.com You’ll notice that part of the way down I captured a Medium rollover at midnight my time. I happen to be on the East Coast. Medium is headquartered in San Francisco. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mediumBug3 min readBug3 min read
Teri Radichel·Mar 9Reverse-Engineering Medium StatsFiguring the time of day most people are visiting your Medium blog — It is unfortunate that Medium doesn’t provide deeper dive statistics regarding your blog. For some types of statistics and analysis you have no choice but to move your blog to a platform over which you have more control to collect the data. However, there are some ways to reverse-engineer some…Feature Request6 min readFeature Request6 min read
Teri Radichel·Mar 4Member-onlyAWS GetCallerIdentity ~ By My User Wrong IP and User Agent — AWS CloudShellSaw something curious today in my logs. I have a user that I’ve been writing about named OrgRoot. I’ve only used it in AWS CloudShell without adding any developer credentials. That means it is using the credentials it gets from AWS by virtue of being logged into the AWS console. …Bug3 min readBug3 min read
Teri Radichel·Feb 27Member-onlySuspicious IP Registry EntryTake a look at this registry entry. I entered one of the IPs in this range on ARIN. Let’s say you want to block this network in a firewall that requires a CIDR. You’d have to enter all these CIDRs. …Error2 min readError2 min read
Teri Radichel·Feb 27Member-onlySummary of Recent Problems in Network TrafficIt all started when the TVs started spinning periodically. I looked in the logs and found a bunch of packets with a push flag added into them. For some reason those push flags caused PFSense to block the traffic. In the past it only blocked a few packets but something…Network Traffic7 min readNetwork Traffic7 min read
