Information retention in the rapidly evolving field of Information Security is a significant challenge. Concepts often overlap; for instance, a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) payload may rely on specific URL Encoding quirks. A hierarchical folder structure fails to capture this relationship. Gyan Udyan serves as a "Second Brain," utilizing bidirectional linking to mirror the associative nature of human memory.
The platform is powered by Quartz v4, which transforms a local vault of Markdown files (managed in Obsidian) into a high-performance static website. This pipeline supports:
Changes are committed to a Git repository, triggering a CI/CD build process that generates the semantic HTML structure and deploys to the edge via Netlify.
The garden is divided into "Security Domains" and "Learning Paths" to guide the reader.
This domain documents the OWASP Top 10. Notes include practical reproduction steps for vulnerabilities such as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) and Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR). Unlike static tutorials, these notes evolve as new bypass techniques are discovered.
Documentation of passive and active intelligence gathering. Methodologies include sub-domain enumeration, tech stack analysis, and the use of public datasets.
A dedicated section for building efficiency. It covers workflows using **n8n** for data pipelining and the integration of AI models to summarize threat intelligence feeds.
The garden hosts writeups for HackTheBox and TryHackMe challenges. These are not merely solution guides but "post-mortem" analyses that deconstruct the exploit chain to understand the root cause of the vulnerability.
Gyan Udyan demonstrates that treating knowledge as a network rather than a library fosters deeper understanding and easier retrieval of critical security concepts.
The garden is openly available for the community.