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#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# import a PEM formatted private key made by some legacy build of certbot a few months earlier in 2023
# and output a JWKS version of the same key since that format changed on disk and I didn't know it.
# Also, I used chat-gpt-4 to help me write this, because finding out which crypto libraries
# were the right ones to use was a nightmare.  It worked, well, and fast, and that should scare the
# shit out of anyone trying to get into the world of programming at this moment in time.

from cryptography.hazmat.primitives import serialization   # Deal with X509/PEM formatted ecdsa keys
from jwcrypto import jwk                                   # work with JWK's, `sudo dnf -y install python3-jwcrypto`

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#!/bin/bash
#
# small script to help automate backup and recovery of my box o dvd backups.

# Config parameters
BACKUP_DIR="/mnt/nas/optical/backup"
DISC_MP="/mnt/cdrom"
BACKUP_VOL="$(lsblk --output LABEL /dev/sr0 | tail -1)"
ERROR_LOG="${BACKUP_DIR}/backup-${BACKUP_VOL}-log-$(date +%Y%m%d).txt"
BACKUP_DEST="${BACKUP_DIR}/${BACKUP_VOL}"

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Upgrading Avid (Nee digidesign) MBox2 Firmware

READ THIS FIRST

do this method instead. Thanks @halogeeni!

The back story

Found a free mbox 2 on craigslist. Picked it up, thinking it would unlock protools LE at least right? And maybe work on linux? Right??