# Writing

Technical research, security notes, and the occasional detour outside the terminal. By Krishna Agarwal (`kr1shna4garwal`).

- [Dictator of Life](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/dictator-of-life): Most of us govern ourselves by referendum, asking our fear, our comfort, our mood for permission before we move. A meditation on trading the parliament of moods for a single, quieter ruler.
- [Honorable Hacking: How to Red Team Without Losing Your Soul](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/honorable-hacking-how-to-red-team-without-losing-your-soul): In this non-technical post, I talk about why red teaming doesn't have to turn you into the villain, discussed various non-technical aspects of responsible red teaming.
- [Pwning Infrastructure via file protocol](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/pwning-infrastructure-via-file-protocol): A new support ticket feature. A suspicious download_url parameter. An unfiltered file:// protocol. Got a config file. 99+ plaintext secrets exposed
- [The Decay of Civilizations: A Meditation on Our Present Course](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/the-decay-of-civilizations): A meditation on the ancient pattern of civilizational decay, my thoughts on erosion of critical thinking and worship of ignorance.
- [The Superposition of Thoughts](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/the-superposition-of-thoughts): Before a thought becomes a decision, it exists in all its possible forms at once, this is an exploration of what happens in the mind before collapse.
- [The War Inside You](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/blogs/the-war-inside-you): Exploring the eternal internal conflict of the mind through Vedanta, Stoicism, psychology, and personal reflection.

See also: [Home](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/) · [llms.txt](https://kr1shna4garwal.com/llms.txt)