Author: Warith AL Maawali
iOS Tips: Keyboard Shortcuts on iPhone & iPad
How to set up text replacement keyboard shortcuts on iPhone and iPad, plus practical iOS tips with the settings paths updated for current iOS.
SSL Evaluation for Oman Local Banks
My SSL Labs review of Omani online banking from 2014 to 2016: what each grade means, why certificates fail trust, and how banks should set up TLS today.
Automate backups from Linux servers to Amazon cloud
My Linux server backup script: tar each host and MySQL, encrypt with 7-Zip AES-256 and GnuPG, upload to Amazon S3 with s3cmd, plus what to change today.
Beyond vBulletin Functionality
A 2014 record of the PHP tweaks and custom scripts I used to extend a vBulletin 4 forum, kept for reference; the forum has since moved to WoltLab.
Setting up a VNC repeater on Linux
Run your own UltraVNC repeater on a Debian server so viewer and server connect through NAT and firewalls without a third party, with 2026 security notes.
Validating a proxy via PHP
Check whether a proxy works with a short PHP and cURL script: pass the IP and port, see the exit IP and speed, with a safe version for PHP 7 and PHP 8.